He rongonui te ipu wheua, he mea rongonui mō tōna ataahua me tōna huatau pumau, ā, he hononga whakamīharo ki tētahi whenua tawhiti atu i tōna whenua whānau. Ahakoa tōna takenga mai i Ūropi, ko te ingoa "ipu wheua" he whakanui i a Haina, e whakaata ana i te whakamoemiti nui ki te taonga tuku iho o te whenua mō te mahi toi uku.
I tīmata te kōrero mō te ingoa o te ipu wheua i Ingarangi i te rautau 18, i te wā i aro nui ai ngā kaihanga uku Pākehā ki te porcelain ataahua i kawemai mai i Haina. Ko te porcelain Hainamana, me tōna mārama whakamiharo, tōna kaha, me ōna hoahoa matatini, i tino hiahiatia e ngā kaikohi me ngā rangatira puta noa i Ūropi. I te whakaaweawehia e te ataahua o ngā uku Hainamana, ka tīmata ngā tohunga toi Ingarihi ki te rapu i te tārua i ēnei taonga porcelain pai.
I a rātou e whai ana i te tino pai, i whakamātau ngā kaihanga uku Ingarihi i ngā rauemi me ngā tikanga rerekē, kia tutuki ai te ataahua me te pakari o te porcelain Hainamana. I roto i ēnei whakamātautau i kitea ai e rātou tētahi mea hou: mā te whakauru i te pungarehu wheua i ahu mai i ngā wheua kararehe ki roto i ā rātou ranunga porcelain, ka taea e rātou te hanga i tētahi momo uku hou me ngā kounga tino pai.
Ko te uku i puta mai, e mōhiotia ana ko te kiri wheua, he rite tonu ki te porcelain pai o Haina i te āhua me te kounga. Nā tōna tinana mārama, tōna kaha, me tōna tae rite ki te rei i kukume i ngā kaimātakitaki, ā, kāore i roa ka rongonui te kiri wheua mō tōna ataahua me tōna ātaahua. Heoi, ehara i te mea i whiriwhiria noatia te ingoa; engari, he whakanui i te whenua i whakaoho i tōna hanganga.
Mā te tapa i tā rātou mahi toi "kirini wheua", i whai ngā kaihanga uku o Ingarangi ki te whakahonore i te taonga tuku iho o Haina mō ngā rautau kua pahure ake nei o te mahi toi uku. Ko te ingoa i whakamahia hei whakanui i te whenua i roa nei e whakanuia ana mō tōna pūkenga ki te hanga porcelain. I tua atu, i wehewehe i te kirini wheua mai i ētahi atu momo porcelain, e tohu ana i tōna hiahia kia whakataetae ki te mana rangatira o te porcelain Hainamana.
Ahakoa te takenga mai o Ūropi, he nui te hiranga o te ingoa o te ipu wheua, e whakaata ana i te awe pumau o Haina ki te ao o ngā mea uku. E whakamihi ana i te whakawhitiwhiti ahurea me te toi i waenganui i te Rawhiti me te Hauāuru, tae atu ki te whakamoemiti me te whakaute a ngā kaihanga uku Ingarihi ki ō rātou hoa Hainamana.
I ēnei rā, e mau tonu ana te aroha ki ngā taonga uku wheua nā tōna ataahua me tōna āhua ataahua mutunga kore, he tohu tēnei mō te taonga tuku iho pumau o te tikanga uku o Haina. Ko tōna ingoa, e hono ana ki te whenua nāna i whakaoho tōna hanganga, he tohu mō te whakamoemiti, te whakaute, me ngā hononga pumau i hangaia mā te toi me te mahi toi.
Wā tuku: 17 Paenga-whāwhā 2024
