Nikau Palm Masks

These masks are as if I've handed the forest a camera then the forest has given me back its ‘selfies’.
I sense when we encounter the familiarity of a face, an organic mask, we recognise ourselves.
We might even become more understanding of our forest counterparts and increase empathy toward nature.
Ultimately, to recognise that we are nature, we are environment. 

This face from Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso comes after a conversation with friends on masks and found objects. The 'crown' at the top is made from Pingao, harakeke and found bottlecaps and the base leaf  was found on the beach at Papamoa. Picasso's faces were influenced by masks.

Tauhou - Nikau palm, harakeke, acrylic NZ$1000 €630

Aslak - Nikau palm, acrylic, harakeke $650NZ €410

Toti - Nikau palm, acrylic, harakeke NZ$1000 €630

Doctor Red - Nikau, acrylic, harakeke NZ$600 €380

Doctor Green - Nikau, acrylic, harakeke NZ$600 €380

Doctor Blue - Nikau, acrylic, harakeke NZ$600 €380

  Nikau Portraits - Photographs available                 Framed/Unframed prices on enquiry

Rene (after Magritte) - photograph 80 x 50

Zeus - photograph 80 x 50

David (after Attenborough) leaf mask - photograph 80 x 50

David (after Attenborough) leaf mask - photograph 80 x 50

Bugsy - photograph 80 x 50 leaf mask

Grotesque Buddha - photograph 80 x 50 leaf mask

Niko - photograph 80 x 50 leaf mask

leaf mask

Remi - photograph 80 x 50 leaf mask

Portraits taken in Waikanae on the West coast of the lower North Island in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The mask material came from this forest floor.
Photographs: Nicole Freeman

Mr Lavalava - leaf mask NZ$800 €480

Smiles - leaf mask NZ$800 €480

Onça -leaf mask $800 €480

Skopio - leaf mask NZ$600 €360

Khalil - leaf mask NZ$600 €360

Remi - leafmask NZ$800 €480

Zeus - leaf mask NZ$800 €480

Buddha (grotesque) - leaf mask NZ$800 €480