
    {
  "images": [{
    "alt": "meet me at the wharenui",
    "aspect_ratio": "1.0",
    "attached_to_variant": false,
    "height": 864,
    "variants": [],
    "width": 864,
    "src": "//shop.precinctonline.co.nz/cdn/shop/files/Untitleddesign-3.gif?v=1713319652"
  },{
    "alt": "meet me at the wharenui",
    "aspect_ratio": "0.7143179765130985",
    "attached_to_variant": false,
    "height": 4428,
    "variants": [],
    "width": 3163,
    "src": "//shop.precinctonline.co.nz/cdn/shop/files/vase_4side_1.jpg?v=1713319652"
  },{
    "alt": "meet me at the wharenui",
    "aspect_ratio": "0.7143490796185407",
    "attached_to_variant": false,
    "height": 4509,
    "variants": [],
    "width": 3221,
    "src": "//shop.precinctonline.co.nz/cdn/shop/files/vase_4side_5.jpg?v=1713319652"
  },{
    "alt": "meet me at the wharenui",
    "aspect_ratio": "0.7143817204301075",
    "attached_to_variant": false,
    "height": 4464,
    "variants": [],
    "width": 3189,
    "src": "//shop.precinctonline.co.nz/cdn/shop/files/vase_4side_7.jpg?v=1713319652"
  }]
}

meet me at the wharenui

Olivia Asher, me at the wharenui, 2023

340 x 290 mm

whitestone clay, glaze - stoneware

These works reference the hue (gourd), a hollowed out vegetable used as a tool (vessel - ipu) to carry water by Māori. Though I reference the hue a lot in the making of these works, the reference of the body and femininity in uku came about as well – especially in the curvature of the ipu. They became living things, holders of water and life, rather than just an object.

...