Ukuhiko is the exploration of ‘digital clay’ to make ancestral instruments 

Combining uku (clay) and hiko (electricity), Ukuhiko occupies a meeting place between ancestral knowledge and emerging technologies. It is an approach to craft that uses digital tools to explore, preserve, and re-imagine traditional forms.

At its heart, Ukuhiko is driven by a desire to make taonga / taonga pūoro more accessible to communities while upholding the tikanga, whakapapa, and stories realated to them.

The work does not seek to replace tradition, but to create new pathways into it.

Whangārei, Te Tai Tokerau,
Aotearoa / New Zealand