Leonie Sharp

Mallory graduating in her korowai that represents her whakapapa. The main body is rooster feathers (teased to look like kiwi) and hard to...

The link below will take you to an online article and video about my recent "peoples choice award" at the Lysaght Watt Awards in T...

The Te Kooti Series. Many Māori movements adopted distinctive flags. This is Te Kooti’s war flag. The meaning of the symbols on it has...

Next year's Artists Open Studios has a couple of new features. Firstly, the Trail Guide has been replaced with an art-centric catalogu...

I have moved address, I now have a viewing studio/workshop attached to my house and have somewhere to show my work to anyone interest...

Kotahitanga and Pata Marangai at 2015 NZ Art Show Kotahitanga Literally the act of becoming one. The Koru is often associa...

Special vessels for new mothers By Anne-Marie McDonald Rena Star (left) and Leonie Sharp coat the inside of the handmade ipu wh...

Cultural containers to carry placentas By anne-marie.mcdonald@wanganuichronicle.co.nz 9:00 AM Saturday Jul 12, 2014   SACRED VESSE...

IPU An “Ipu” translates as a container or vessel, however, not just a physical vessel also metaphysical, the section of moko reserved...

Just home from the Christchurch Art Show, thank you to all of those who ran it, it was very successful and I met some great people. ...