Maori Carving - "How to" on the teeth of pigs

Maori Carving Bone and Tusk pigs

Maori sculpture is done on bones of various animals these days. This article is about the sculpture on the defences of pigs. Maori sculpture on the defences of pigs appears very tribal, yet it was not a Maori tradition carving pigs defences. Maori wear defences of pigs, but they were not carved because no there was no reason to carve the compared to sculpt a fish hook. Matau hook or NOK fish was carved by suddenly to catch the fish before European steel materials Aotearoa (New Zealand) were introduced. Used today for the Maori sculpture are beef bones, whalebone if resources permit, dear antler, defenses of pigs and more.

Worldwide now learn the art of Maori and his drawings on bone tissue. China has marketed resin carved elements such as Maori tiki and various other forms of sculpture to emulate os Maori carvings. Maori designs and historic traditional designs are a treasure to Maori and preserve traditional art forms must be respected. However, contemporary Maori sculpture is encouraged, but while still on the knowledge and understanding of traditional values, when it comes to whakairo.

Traditional Maori designs of sculpture and the use of these designs on bones are acceptable in a contemporary way but most respected if the elements of the tradition of spirituality of Maori legends apparent through sculptures. This shows the sculptor has an understanding of the values which held and still today take to their culture, history, where Maori came if they are today and where they are going.

Given that the defences of pigs would be considered as a contemporary substitute used traditional bone, Maori designs on a hog defences may include several different patterns Maori depending on the size and the tools used to sculpt the defences of the bone. Traditional Maori motifs may be incorporated very effectively set to point to the root of the defence. Paua can also be inserted into the design.

Preparation of the pigs Tusk

A jaw of pigs is stripped with a knife sharp and then cut sawn maintains intact jaw. For a sculptor, pork jaw is left in the Sun outside insects and ants eat and cleanly remove all other flesh and bone marrow tusks. It is preferable to leave the jaw to weaken in the defences to the defences may be relaxed without break or sawing defences, in this way, the defences are left intact, allowing the removal of the whole integrated defence to halfway in the jaw jaw.

After the removal of the defence is then boiled with salt to retrieve oils and clean up essentially the bones ready for sculpture. Defences may be boiled up to three times to launder the bone.

Pencil sketches on the os your Maori design or template and then use a dremel to carving in the defences. There are many different accessories to be used for the detailed design and shaving can be done with a file. After polishing can be done with a dremel or even a shoe brush depending on how much a glow plug natural you want from the bones.

A bone with bleach and water may bleach water your bones more like plastic.

In the Maori tradition, bone yellowed by carriers skin oils to infiltrate the bone over time served carriers of course or spirit merge with the spirit or the meaning of the bone. When the os has been transmitted to descendants then next bearer would add to their spirit mana to the bone and so on, which could give the most symbolic pendant, which means become a treasure for whanau (family).