Project: Karakia Whakairo
I look upon Karakia Whakairo as a pathway or connection to the divine, illumination and expansion of knowledge.
In this carving I show a figure tuning into the source (Io-te-wānanga) via the third eye and crown chakra, the connective interface between the physical and spiritual worlds. This carving also shows the convergence of knowledge (Hukatai) coming together through accumulation of facts that centralise themselves into wisdom (Rehu-tai), presenting expansion of consciousness.
The carving is made of three sections based on the golden ratio (φ = 1.618). They represent the human, planetary and stellar scales and simultaneously the three Māori states of existence, Te Ao, Te Pō and Te Kore.
I started off the carving with a tiki-styled figure at the base, morphed into a head at the lower rectangle zone which the viewer can associate oneself with. I have emphasised the third-eye region in the form of a ruru (owl) head. This shows extension and is exactly half a golden rectangle.
The lit-up V-formation on the figure represents life-force, highlighting our body’s solar plexus region, plus at the same time the accumulation of facts (Hukatai), [Sea-foam]. As the light comes together at the point of the third-eye area, it heads straight up in an organised manner representing wisdom (Rehu-tai), [Sea-spray].
Above the ruru head we have a representation of the twelve heavens. These I have depicted in organised layers like a rainbow, in the dual forms of the kārearea hawk and the whale’s back fin to denote travel and experience. The Rehu-tai beam of energy permeates through these levels straight up from the crown of the ruru to the elliptical takarangi spiral representing the cosmos, the abode of Io, the stellar scale and Te Kore. The elliptical form is reminiscent of the shape of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and also represents the duality of the micro and macrocosm.
The back-plate is in the shape of an upward-positioned waka, suggesting a celestial spiritual journey.
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