Rapanui (for Serafina)
**Currently, this piece is being shown at the National Feats of Clay competition in Lincoln, CA, and in July will be at the Red Earth Arts Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Rapanui was created in honor of Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano, who is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it onto the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound love for the sea.
She participated in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s study in 2024 of the coast off Chile.
**Currently, this piece is being shown at the National Feats of Clay competition in Lincoln, CA, and in July will be at the Red Earth Arts Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Rapanui was created in honor of Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano, who is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it onto the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound love for the sea.
She participated in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s study in 2024 of the coast off Chile.
**Currently, this piece is being shown at the National Feats of Clay competition in Lincoln, CA, and in July will be at the Red Earth Arts Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Rapanui was created in honor of Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano, who is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it onto the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound love for the sea.
She participated in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s study in 2024 of the coast off Chile.