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$79Black Stem Taro canvas bagThese bags use a mass-produced canvas tote (made in India from 100% cotton) as a base, with a synthetic felt appliquéd patch, and Paracord cross-body bag strap with cowrie shells, attached to snap-hook carabiners. They’re a cute handbag scale, 25x26cm with a 5cm flat base. Hand-made in South Au...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
Wailoku Matakau, Kaiviti Series (2023) Print$59$49Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.In this work, the central figure is a Fijian matakau – a carved female ancestor figure, featuring tattooed hips, loins and mouth. It is from central Viti Levu, and is the “property" of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The civavo...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$550“Grounded” (2022) by Vasemaca TavolaGrounded, Flux Faith (2022) was a series that artist, Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola, produced during the 2021 lockdowns to pay homage to the design and practice of tarot card reading. She says, “I used tarot cards a lot during the pandemic. They’ve felt like a way to calm the chaos in this climate ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
“Faith” (2022) Print$400$350Original price was: $ . $350 Current price is: $350.An exhibition print of “Faith" by artist Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola, is one of three works from the “Grounded, Flux Faith" series (2022) originally commissioned for Volumes: Bodies of Knowledge curated by Dr Torika Bolatagici for Communi...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
“Grounded” (2022) Print$400$350Original price was: $ . $350 Current price is: $350.Grounded, Flux Faith (2022) was a series that artist, Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola, produced during the 2021 lockdowns to pay homage to the design and practice of tarot card reading. She says, “I used tarot cards a lot during the pandemic. T...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
Vanua, Kaiviti Series (2023) Print$59$49Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.Kaiviti and Vanua are terms in Fijian language related to the ways we connect, identify and ground ourselves as Fijians. Kaiviti refers to someone from Fiji, and Vanua is defined as “interconnectedness inclusive of culture, chiefs, know...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$400Toitū te Tiriti Day of Activation painting, 30 May 2024This work was made at Vunilagi Vou as a fast and intuitive one-day painting inspired by the Toitū Te Tiriti nationwide activati0n on 30 May 2024. The Toitū Te Tiriti movement and solidarity for this vital and urgent kaupapa inspired a powerful reflection on the ground stone of the structural viol...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$150All Ears (2019) by Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho & Rebecca Ann HobbsProduced for the Vunilagi Vou exhibition project, Finding Emory: A Poster Show (2019), this work is one of a series of seven original posters inspired by the iconic aesthetic of Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. From the controversial trial of armed Police respo...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
“Down by the Riverside” (2020) by Antonio Filipo$150$49Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.A special print edition of a stunning aerial photograph by Ōtara-based artist Antonio Filipo. The work was made in 2020 from a drone flying above Ngāti Ōtara Park in Ōtara, looking north to where the Ōtara Creek joins with the Tāmak...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
Kaiviti 1, Kaiviti Series (2023) Print$59$49Original price was: $ . $49 Current price is: $49.In this digital collage, the central image is a re-assembled pot from the ‘Lapita’ period, Oceania’s first inhabitants. In the re-assembling of ceramic shards, found across the region, patterns and motifs are revealed, l...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$79RESIST BuntingBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Three-colour synthetic felt bunting with pom pom fringe on approximately 3m of cotton cord.
Hand-made in South Auckland by Vasemaca Tavola.
Inspired by Aotearoa’s political zeigeist, post 14 October 2023.
Available on back-order
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$99DECOLONISE BuntingBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Decolonise every day, in every way!
Perfect for the office? Or home? The bedroom even? A daily affirmation!
Made of synthetic felt and red ric-rac trim on approximately 3m of cotton cord, and inspired by the outcome of Aotearoa’s 2023 General Election, this bunting was therapeutically hand-made in South Auckland by Vasemaca Tavola.
Available on back-order
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$49Team Mela Fans#TeamMela was popularised on when the social network was in its prime as a space where indigenous networks, thought, scholarship, creativity, sexuality, insights, entrepreneurship, and just everyday lives were shared, discussed and celebrated.The hashtag #TeamPoly connected Polynesians all over the...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
PNG Bilum Handbag$120$99Original price was: $ . $99 Current price is: $99.The iconic Papua New Guinean bilum bag, hand-bag stylee!Sourced from Port Moresby in 2019, this unique zipped bilum bag is hand-washable and made from synthetic wool. Stretchy and durable, it honours the classic and complex, distinctively...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$89Felt Salusalu (Garland) – Baby Pink RosiTraditionally made from either vau (dried wild hibiscus fibre) and masi (barkcloth), or fragrant fresh flowers and foliage, Fijian salusalu (customary garlands) are made and gifted to mark achievements, social bonds and milestones. They adorn the chest and shoulders, circling the head – the m...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$89Felt Salusalu (Garland) – Lime Green RosiTraditionally made from either vau (dried wild hibiscus fibre) and masi (barkcloth), or fragrant fresh flowers and foliage, Fijian salusalu (customary garlands) are made and gifted to mark achievements, social bonds and milestones. They adorn the chest and shoulders, circling the head – the m...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$20Grief Brooch – Black Spock Purple TearsBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Textile studies on grief.
Felt, ric-rac, 10oz canvas base, fabric stiffener glue nickel-coated kilt pin.
Hand-made in South Auckland.
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- Felt: 100 x 55mm
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$20Grief Brooch – Magenta Brow Yellow TearsBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Textile studies on grief.
Felt, ric-rac, 10oz canvas base, fabric stiffener glue nickel-coated kilt pin.
Hand-made in South Auckland.
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$20Grief Brooch – Brown Brow Blue TearsBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Textile studies on grief.
Felt, ric-rac, 10oz canvas base, fabric stiffener glue nickel-coated kilt pin.
Hand-made in South Auckland.
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- Felt: 100 x 55mm
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$20Grief Brooch – Pink BrowBuy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0Textile studies on grief.
Felt, ric-rac, 10oz canvas base, fabric stiffener glue nickel-coated kilt pin.
Hand-made in South Auckland.
Variable dimensions:
- Felt: 103 x 52mm
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$150EYED-ENTITY (2019) by Cypris AfakasiEYED-ENTITY by South Auckland-based artist and performer, Cypris Afakasi, was produced for the Vunilagi Vou exhibition project, Finding Emory: A Poster Show (2019). This poster is one of a series of seven original works inspired by the iconic aesthetic of Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture f...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$29Decolonise Ōtāhuhu (2019)A poster made whilst Vunilagi Vou was based in Ōtāhuhu and artist-curator Ema Tavola begrudgingly encountered the Nixon Memorial on Great South Road multiple times a day. The poster was Initially designed as back-up work for the exhibition, Finding Emory – A Poster Show but it wasn’t ...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
Pimpi’s Art Life Spiral Notebook$24$12Original price was: $ . $12 Current price is: $12.Before Vunilagi Vou, there was PIMPI.Whilst working as a public servant, PIMPI was born as an unfiltered alter ego publishing real talk art reviews that were generally outrageous.Originally a drawing & a blog, PIMPI went on to be Paci...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0 -
$650“Backbone” (2023) by Vasemaca TavolaOne of two large-scale paintings produced for artist Vasemaca (Ema) Tavola’s third solo exhibition, Backbone presented at Vunilagi Vou in April-May 2023.The work produced for Backbone was informed by what is commonly known as Lapita Pottery, a ceramic tradition that maps human migration and settl...Buy from Store ⊕ More like this 0 0
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