Te Maari

Name
Te Maari
Iwi/Ethnicity
Te Arawa/Māori
Ngāti Whakaue/Māori
Ngāti Raukawa/Māori
Date of birth
1982
Place of birth
Whakatane/Bay of Plenty (region)/New Zealand
Nationality
New Zealander
Biography
Since 2013, Te Maari has lived in the United Kingdom. She is self-taught and one of many in a long line of expert makers practised in traditional textile and fibre arts like tāniko, tukutuku, sewing, knitting, crochet and embroidery.

Te Maari is particularly fascinated by the abstract, geometric strengths of Māori pattern-making and often incorporates these striking, graphic elements in her *Manu Figures* (2018–).