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Sumptuous new book honours the artist Hundertwasser’s legacy in New Zealand
Hundertwasser in New Zealand
The Art of Creating Paradise
Andreas J. Hirsch
‘New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.’
Hundertwasser in New Zealand is a lavishly illustrated new book that tells both the public and personal stories of what drew Hundertwasser to his ‘promised land’.
Greenstone Carving
Greenstone Carving: Techniques and Concepts in Pounamu
by Len Gale
The late Len Gale was not only a superb craftsman in many materials, but also a teacher who had the gift of explaining creative processes in simple terms.
That shines through in this smart edition of his much-appreciated introduction to the art of greenstone carving, which had been out of print but still in demand for the past 20 years.
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Oratia Books Catalogue 2022
The Oratia Books Catalogue 2022 is out now in print and digital form.
We fly the Koru Flag on the cover, in homage to its creator Friedensreich Hundertwasser, whose story we’ll publish this July in Hundertwasser in New Zealand.
Alongside that deluxe book, this year’s catalogue presents more than a dozen new titles across children’s and non-fiction genres, along with some significant reprints.
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Back in stock!
Steve Braunias’ brilliant and hilarious Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers sold out within weeks of its publication in late October. The reprint is now available in its LP-sized full-colour splendour from good bookstores everywhere.
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