Squiggla workshop with Tyrone Te Waa

Join Tyrone Te Waa to make drawing tools and set them loose in this special Squiggla workshop.
About this Event

Using all sorts of sticks and inspired by Keiji Takeuchi’s exhibition, walking sticks & canes, participants will design and create their own drawing sticks, putting their creative ideas to the test through playful experimentation.

Guided by Tyrone and supported by Squiggla educators, participants will explore ideas of movement, journey, balance, extension, wrapping, support, and accessible mark-making, while experimenting with different ways of drawing as part of an imagined journey.

This workshop is aimed at beginners but can be tailored to suit those with more experience. It is suitable for adults and children aged 15+.

Get your $15 tickets, with all tools, equipment, materials and refreshments provided.

Please note: This workshop will take place upstairs. There is no lift at Objectspace, so access is via stairs only.

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Tyrone Te Waa (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a material theorist and genealogy enthusiast from Taumarunui. His art practice is a record of the physical and spiritual happenings in and around the land. Grounded in historical and contemporary conversations and songs, Te Waa binds and felts his experiences with the old, ensuring his family's values and belief systems are enlivened in their most true form. Working among dreams and old songs written by his family, he states, “Herein lies the medicine and wealth of my family.” Since moving back to Taumarunui, Te Waa has immersed himself in the happenings of the marae and natural Māori healing through plant medicine and massage therapy, creating new links and enquiry of personhood, the body, and relationships that he feeds back into his art practice.

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Developed to accompany walking sticks & canes, this Objectspace workshop is delivered in collaboration with Squiggla, a creative mark making programme developed by The Chartwell Trust. Squiggla is a tool that helps people of all ages to develop creative thinking through the power of mark making. Find out more and get involved here.

Images:

[Header] walking sticks & canes, curated by Keiji Takeuchi, Objectspace, 2026, photograph by Sam Hartnett

[Above] Tyrone Te Waa, photograph by Chantel Bann