Rawiri Brown
Ngāriki Kaiputahi, Ngāti Raukawa, Cook Island Māori fashion and textile designer.
Fale-ship Home Residency 2020Get a glimpse into Rawiri’s creative process as he shares his ‘messy workroom’ and the inspiration behind his capsule collection entitled ‘Happy Endings’.
Meet Rawiri Brown
Having over 15 years working in the fashion industry Rawiri aims to highlight the skilled craft and creative process involved in garment and textile making which is often overlooked and relegated to people’s bedroom floors.
Rawiri is drawn to design and textiles due to its close relationships with evocation, nostalgia, ceremony, tradition, ability to imbue power or authority through textiles’ everyday objects and applications.
Happy Endings - Process Compilation
“Employing a hyper saturated colour palette to the point of almost looking garish; incorporating found materials to reinforce narrative and using textiles considered tacky, or cheap to produce a collection with high end finishings and craftsmanship.”
‘Happy Endings’ - Capsule Collection
Made as a response to today’s current climate with tongue and cheek references to his ho.metown Rawiri Brown presents the capsule collection ‘Happy Endings’ created during his Fale-ship residency.
“I love coming up with the ideas and concepts behind a new collection…aesthetically at the moment I like juxtaposition of using already sourced or discarded things that aren’t considered valuable and turning them into something desirable.”
Q&A Talanoa with Rawiri and Leafa
Leafa and Rawiri sit down to talk about the processes behind developing a fashion collection.
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