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P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 11:50 AM Incredible mug and great glazes Cass...I'm a sucker for that classic red/black/white combo too. I've been buying up books focused on Melanesian art (as opposed to Polynesian, which was always my thing) and just letting it percolate at the moment - as you mentioned, the variety is quite overwhelming and compared tomany other cultures, PNG art is probably the purest in terms of creativity. You've really been doing your homework on these pieces and it shows. I saw an incredible collection with a heavy emphasis on PNG art here when in OZ recently. Now I just need to work out how to translate the intricacy and detail of what I saw into stone. The colours defnitely make a big difference - I may have to go the resin route again just so I can use paint!

Incredible mug and great glazes Cass...I'm a sucker for that classic red/black/white combo too. I've been buying up books focused on Melanesian art (as opposed to Polynesian, which was always my thing) and just letting it percolate at the moment - as you mentioned, the variety is quite overwhelming and compared tomany other cultures, PNG art is probably the purest in terms of creativity. You've really been doing your homework on these pieces and it shows.

I saw an incredible collection with a heavy emphasis on PNG art here when in OZ recently. Now I just need to work out how to translate the intricacy and detail of what I saw into stone. The colours defnitely make a big difference - I may have to go the resin route again just so I can use paint!

Post #418608 by Paipo on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 11:50 AM