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Events and Workshops
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Open Studios Waitākere 2022
Auckland, November 26 - 27 November 2022 Each year the Open Studio Waitākere event invites artist studios, designers, makers and creatives - as well as art groups and galleries located in the Waitākere Ranges to participate. You... -
Giftcard | Art of Foraging with Cocktails
Adult During this 4-hour experience, your senses will be awakened with a tasting feast of native plants. Learn how to identify edible plants from their look, touch, taste, and smell. Botanical... -
Art of Foraging with Summer Cocktails
Velskov Forest, Waitakere 17 - 18 December 2022 During the guided afternoon experience, your senses will be awakened with a 16-course tasting feast created with native and seasonal flowers, fruits, leaves, and seeds. “Walking in the NZ bush... -
Art of Foraging with Summer Cocktails
Velskov Forest, Waitakere, Auckland 18 - 19 February 2023 During the guided afternoon experience, your senses will be awakened with a 16-course tasting feast created with native and seasonal flowers, fruits, leaves, and seeds. “Walking in the NZ bush... -
Art of Foraging with Summer Cocktails
Velskov Forest, Waitakere, Auckland 28 - 29 January 2023 During the guided afternoon experience, your senses will be awakened with a 16-course tasting feast created with native and seasonal flowers, fruits, leaves, and seeds. “Walking in the NZ bush... -
Art of Foraging with Autumn Cocktails
Velskov Forest, Waitakere, Auckland 18 - 19 March 2023 During the guided afternoon experience, your senses will be awakened with a 16-course tasting feast created with native and seasonal flowers, fruits, leaves, and seeds. “Walking in the NZ bush... -
Art of Foraging with Autumn Cocktails
Velskov Forest, Waitakere, Auckland 22 - 23 April 2023 During the guided afternoon experience, your senses will be awakened with a 16-course tasting feast created with native and seasonal flowers, fruits, leaves, and seeds. “Walking in the NZ bush...
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New Artworks
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NZD 250.00MAMAKAN, Kawakawa Green, November, 2022MAMAKAN, Kawakawa Green, November, 2022
Red Matipo, November, 202222 x 37 cm
8 5/8 x 14 5/8 inInk and Watercolour on PaperView more detailsNZD 220.00MAMAKAN, Red Matipo, November, 2022MAMAKAN, Red Matipo, November, 2022
NZD 220.00MAMAKAN, Harakeke Two, November, 2022MAMAKAN, Harakeke Two, November, 2022-
NZD 250.00MAMAKAN, Harakeke One, November, 2022MAMAKAN, Harakeke One, November, 2022
NZD 250.00MAMAKAN, Wharariki Two, November, 2022MAMAKAN, Wharariki Two, November, 2022
Recent Exhibitions
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GastroGeography x Auckland Central
Auckland University of Technology 1 August - 30 September 2022 On the 27th of July 2022, representatives from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, two universities, a council, and a botanical artist went on a foraging walk together at Pukekawa Auckland Domain. This... -
For the Love of Waitakere
March 16, 2022 We are pleased to present a new botanical art installation shown in Kumeu recently. The theme is 'Love of Waitakere' by Mamakan . The artwork was made with native plants... -
Mamakan Pop-Up | Art, Food and Foraging
Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Titirangi 16 May 2021 On May 16th, Mamakan was invited to create a pop-up art + food evening hosted by Iona Matheson and Chloe Geoghegan from Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery . The menu...
Discover the News
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Native floristry of New Zealand
August 18, 2022 What would a gala dinner look like if all the floral decor were indigenous to Aotearoa New Zealand? Yesterday, a group of advanced floristry students from MIT, their lector Lynette... -
Foraging at Auckland Domain
August 11, 2022 This week was the official kick-off of my new art+food installation called GastroGeography x Auckland Central to be premiered on August 19. An incredible group of people from AUT, Auckland... -
For the Love of Waitakere
March 16, 2022 We are pleased to present a new botanical art installation shown in Kumeu recently. The theme is 'Love of Waitakere' by Mamakan . The artwork was made with native plants...
About
VELSKOV
627 Huia Road, Parau 0604, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Call: (+64) 027 2209 107
Email: hello@mamakan.com
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On Instagram
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This Kawakawa babe going from @velskov.forest to California! Thank you to the beautiful art collector Ms Sandy Cold for buying... -
Did you miss today’s @openstudioswaitakere ? All studios are still open today from 10-4 pm. Come out to Velskov, 627... -
This weekend! Each year the Open Studios Waitākere event invites artist studios, designers, makers, and creatives - as well as... -
I have been experimenting again with native New Zealand plants using Nordic food traditions. Here is my Danish auntie Randi’s... -
New Velskov Cocktail. Pedersen III Aquavit, natural Nordic Mead, Kiekie syrup and forest rainwater, orange slice, Miro leaf and ice,... -
Thank you for the nice write up! Have you checked out our collaboration with @essethelabel.nz ? It’s on now at... -
The last part is a good lesson of life. Remember it next time you feel sorrow and sadness. A lovely... -
What is a ‘Forestscape’? This new mini-series of botanical sculptures was taking me into the four seasons of Manuka. Here... -
Come to Titirangi Village Market today and taste natural mead made with raw honey comb and pure forest rainwater. #mead... -
There is such a sculptural elegance in our native forests. Here’s a young Nikau palm delighting my eye with its... -
Have you ever tasted natural mead? Join us this Saturday for a foraging walk with a tasting of mead. #mead... -
Review of Forestscapes by @mamakan.artist and @essethelabel.nz. I’m continuously amazed by how talented our friends are. A fantastic collaboration of... -
Invitation! Just a few more days to the launch of the Mamakan x Esse collaboration featuring Forestcapes. The Forestscape project... -
Here’s for our love of Rimu, one of the many wonderful native trees of New Zealand. #asensorywonderland #nativeforest -
Working with ‘Forestscapes’ at the outdoor studio. Here is a work celebrating spring. @essethelabel.nz @themamakan -
Here is one of the ’Forestscapes’ to be launched next week: a native forest in glass including a giant fungi!... -
We are happy to share the spring premiere of the Art of Foraging. This season, we have created a menu... -
Thank you to ubercool urbanlist for listing our little pop-up art event as the thing to do this weekend. So,... -
What would a gala dinner look like if all the floral decor were indigenous to Aotearoa New Zealand? Yesterday, a...
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