About Cook Islands Tivaevae
Tīvaevae are the appliqué quilts of the Cook Islands, made by women's quilting groups between 1950 and 1990. Each surface is built from bold, mirror-fold flower and foliage shapes — hibiscus, frangipani, ferns — cut from vivid cotton and satin and sewn onto a backing cloth.
This system distills that craft into the screen: a saturated hibiscus-pink ground, crisp flat appliqué color blocks, kaleidoscopic symmetry radiating from a central axis, and friendly rounded type. White survives only as the literal backing, never as the page.
- Origin
- Cook Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
- Era
- 1950–1990 flourishing of the women's quilting tradition
- Key figures
- Cook Islands vainetini (women's quilting groups) · Master tīvaevae makers
- Movements
- Tīvaevae appliqué and patchwork · Mirror-fold cut-floral textile design · Polynesian women's craft tradition
Cook Islands Tivaevae design spec
Colors
Typography
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