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TATtalk podcast — with Joshawa Elsas
Podcast conversation covering Marquesan Patutiki patterns, structural motifs, and the wider Polynesian roots that Patutiki draws on and is often confused with.
531pi Pacific Mornings — interview with Terje Koloamatangi
Radio interview with Terje Koloamatangi drawing the distinctions between Tongan tatatau and Sāmoan tatau. Useful counterweight to popular framings that collapse the two.
Founding educational contributor
Code, flow, and composition across Polynesian design.
Traditional tatau practitioner
The continuity of tatau, the pe‘a and malu, and lineage responsibilities.
Tā moko practitioner
Tā moko, kirituhi, and the protocols that distinguish them.
Contemporary Hawaiian tattooer
Revival, family motifs, and contemporary Hawaiian practice.
Practitioner working in Patutiki
Density, framing, and structural motifs in Marquesan composition.
Contemporary CHamoru tattooer
Revival, historical record, and modern CHamoru tattooing.
Tahitian tattoo artist
Disruption, revival, and the shape of contemporary Tahitian practice.
Academic contributor
Why online symbol dictionaries fail and what a responsible motif entry looks like.