Tawa Rikihana, also known as Derrick ‘Rick’ Rikihana, is a Māori artist from the Te Arawa iwi and the Tuhourangi-Tarawhai hapū. His Awa (ancestral river) is Te Wairoa, and his Maunga (mountain) is Tarawera. Rick’s wharenui, Hinemihi o Tarawhai, holds significant cultural importance to him and his whānau.
While walking the dogs today, it dawned on me that A-R-T, are the first three letters in the word ‘artificial’. Intrigued, I looked up the origin of the word and was pleasantly surprised. The first records of the word come from around 1400 and its roots lie ultimately in the Latin artificiālis, meaning ‘belonging to art’, from artificium, meaning ‘skill’. Now that was completely unexpected.
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Doodling has always interested me as a quick, easy and no judgement start to art. I used YouTube as a resource and doodling led into loose urban sketching. A broad definition of loose urban sketching is the ability to observe surroundings and simplify the bustling streets, architecture and people into basic shapes and lines.
Tawa Rikihana, also known as Derrick ‘Rick’ Rikihana, is a Māori artist from the Te Arawa iwi and the Tuhourangi-Tarawhai hapū. His Awa (ancestral river) is Te Wairoa, and his Maunga (mountain) is Tarawera. Rick’s wharenui, Hinemihi o Tarawhai, holds significant cultural importance to him and his whānau.
While walking the dogs today, it dawned on me that A-R-T, are the first three letters in the word ‘artificial’. Intrigued, I looked up the origin of the word and was pleasantly surprised. The first records of the word come from around 1400 and its roots lie ultimately in the Latin artificiālis, meaning ‘belonging to art’, from artificium, meaning ‘skill’. Now that was completely unexpected.
Common Ground is a space dedicated to expression for the Communities of Coromandel – brought to you by Coromind Magazine
Doodling has always interested me as a quick, easy and no judgement start to art. I used YouTube as a resource and doodling led into loose urban sketching. A broad definition of loose urban sketching is the ability to observe surroundings and simplify the bustling streets, architecture and people into basic shapes and lines.
