Ali Brown
923A Waiwhero Rd, Ngatimoti, Motueka, Tasman, 7196 Biography
Ali has been a weaver of New Zealand flax for a number of years. She also writes instructional books on how to weave NZ flax, (harakeke - New Zealand Phormium tenax). Her first book was published in 2008 and since then she has written three more instructional flax weaving books, the latest one being published in 2020. Her book structure of step-by-step instructions complemented by colour images is a method which many readers, both new and experienced in the craft, have commented is clear and easy to follow. As the origin of flax weaving is as a traditional craft of the indigenous M
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āori of Aotearoa, her books sell mostly in Aotearoa/New Zealand but they also sell all around the world. They are printed and published by Browncraft Ltd, the family publishing company, which allows for continuous publication, and sold directly to the public through https://www.alibrown.nz/shop/
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Interests- Basketry
- Contemporary
- Natural Fibres
- Recycled Materials
- Traditional