01 / 03
2021
Tapa, embroidery thread, needle
330mm (H) x 400mm (W)
Unframed
Note, artwork sold unframed. The framing shown in the interior shot is for visual inspiration.
This series of works explores the re-representation and reclamation of Sāmoan identities with tapa using embroidery, earth pigments, plant-dyes and mixed-fibers. Looking at Sāmoan techniques of storytelling, a personal connection to Siapo is explored through stitched memories of places, people and objects of Matautu Lefaga’s oral-traditions.