The wonderful and lovely Joy Andersen

Joy Irene Andersen (1952-2026)

Our much loved mother and friend, Joy peacefully passed away surrounded by whānau on Monday 12 October, aged 74. Best friend and wife of John, Mother of Svend and Celeste, Catherine and Dylan, Phillip and Rebecca, Ellen and Pete, Paul and Joella, Erik and Rachael, and the much missed Louise. …

Purple

The story of this weaving.Purple was Louise’s colour.         There are One Hundred Whenu. Each one represents a hospital …

Memories

 The hukahuka for this piece are made with Foxton harakeke prepared in different ways. The exception is the white muka which …

All Cotton

  I decided to do something different. Working with cotton I made a child sized kakahu that Kitty wore for her farewell …

A New Taonga

  One of the  things I love to do  is weave a wahakura and yes I do say it often.   It is …

Other distractions

The Fire hieke had been rolled up since I completed it.  Occasionally I would take it out and look at it because …

It has been a long time

It has been more than a year since I made an entry here! But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. My …

Reflections

A recent photo posted on a Facebook page had me reminiscing about some of the wahakura and kete I have made for …

With a little help

Finally a another post about the last in the series of hieke. Completing this has been very special.  I have had the …