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InfoCentre's tukutuku panel
May 2009
Photo credit: Darryl Barnaby
This panel was designed, created and constructed by the InfoCentre team, as part of the Tukutuku project in 2009 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Christchurch City Libraries.
Tree of life/knowledge
- Scoobydoos and laminated foreign language book pages woven into a tree of life pattern
- 60 x 120 cm
The Tukutuku panel shows the Avon River with a chestnut tree in the foreground as viewed from the library. The chestnut trees remind us of the Tree of life patterns found in many cultures particularly Middle Eastern and Navajo Indian rugs and blankets.
Pūtahi ā te Puna Kōrero (InfoCentre) means Spring of Words, poetically Spring that gives forth words of Welcome, the stylised tree of life design flows upward in the manner of a spring giving forth life from the river. By incorporating this design we make reference to our World Languages collection by welcoming other cultures.
We have incorporated the laminated leaves of community donated foreign language books into the leaves of the tree of life. They are labelled with the words: knowledge, information, navigate, search and discover in languages from the collection.
The tree is decorated with gems of information threaded together into strands of knowledge and intertwined together till they blossom forth into learning and growth.
The weaving stitch design of the river and banks gives reference to the knowledge of those who came before us on which we build.
Overarching the design is a traditional double Poutama stepped stairway design representing a striving for knowledge, enlightenment and growth as an individual, also giving reference to Aoraki the mountain.
Panel creation
Images from the InfoCentre's tukutuku panel weaving
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