Fillipe tohi

Fillipe tohi 

On Tuesday the 3rd of september 2019 room 5, 6, 7 and 8 went
down to the hall for assembly because there was a famous
tongan artist that was coming to our school. The tongan famous
artist's name was Fillipe tohi he came to our school to show
room 5, 6, 7, and 8 his art that he made, where he goes, where
he lives and what he does. Fillipe tohi is 60 years old and he
was drawing and painting ever since he was a kid. Fillipe tohi
has been an artist since 1990.  His art is all around New
Zealand, in Tonga, in China and in Samoa. When he was a kid
he was inspired by his grandmother. He had to stay with his
grandmother because his mum died when he was a little kid.
He was inspired by his grandmother because his grandmother
started painting and drawing by using wood and steel.
The steel represents how strong his grandmother is. His art is
related to other cultures but especially pacifica. He also made
a beautiful model about a vaka meaning boat in tongan.
His biggest project is the statue took 3 years to make.
He showed us he made an ancient monument built a long time
ago. The ancient monument inspired him to make his own mini
monument, that was made out of rocks. Most of his famous
arts are made out of kafa that means lashes. His arts like
carpets are made out of different patterns and different
meanings.