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I have been thinking about objects; those most precious to us and their significance in our lives. What is it that makes them so comforting; so significant? Here are a few thoughts I have had around this… Objects allow us to feel connected. Connected to experience, to memory, to the intangible. Connected to the…
Handshake met Dialogue Collective some years back. Now Hanshake3 collaborate with Dialogue Collective in the exhibition, Dialogue Collective meets Handshake, ‘It Will All Come Out In The Wash’, 10-12 March 2017, Lot62, Munich; an exhibition part of Schmuck week. Working with the theme of being neighbours, sharing a common thread (in this case quite literally…
Every object has a story to tell, one often formed through human interaction. All objects have a life; some moving from hand to hand; others traveling like nomads. Some objects are loved; others lost, homeless, discarded. Some objects stay, remaining with their owner throughout the owner’s life. In such a case, for each, there is…
Only a short time left of my Scottish residency. My latest research was at the Highland Museum of Childhood in Strathpeffer and Fort George‘s Highlander’s Military Museum, near Ardersier. To keep my research broad and avoid self-censoring or shutting down new ideas in their infancy, I’ve approached ‘research’ by recording anything that interests me, with the plan to…
So I just finished packing these guys – accumulations of plastic matter conglomerates for the handshake3 show at the messe. Phew, nearly there…Munich here we come!
Objects and the traces left behind them. I) Construct – Chalk line mapping out constructions. Transient markings turned into structures. II) Shelter – Channels directing rain, leaving the impression of protection. III) Collapse – Returning to the beginning after a life, materials shedding and collapsing back into the surroundings. Cycles, change, what is built, what…
On our first day in Stockholm in September last year for the Handshake3 Platina show Raewyn Walsh, Sarah Read and I enjoyed a delicious lunch and two glasses of wine outside a lovely little restaurant in Gamla Stan. The conversation turned to a crit session of ‘where to now’ and ‘where to for The Dowse…
Refugees Welcome, by VladyArt, September 2015 Kalamaria/Thessaloniki, Greece. A red carpet entry to Europe: plastic pipes, gold paint, red cloth, naval rope, wooden finials for curtain rods, paper plates. From mid-2016 we Handshakers worked with the London-based group Dialogue Collective to build a collaborative show for Munich Jewellery Week 2017. In a flurry of inter-hemispherical bonding we exchanged words and…
For July’s Handshake show at Platina in Stockholm I collaborated with Kate Whitley, the photographer who shot the tabletop images for the Touch table. The show coincided with the Rio Olympics and Paralympics, and we wanted exhibition visitors to experience the elation and surge of well-being that occurs at That Podium Moment. We were inspired by a…
Besides making work for the programmed Handshake shows, we’re each tasked with developing our independent practice. 2016 was a busy year. Here’s a digest of the side projects that occupied me between March and December 2016. March – With Occupation: Artist – Golden Section Click here for details This lighthearted, ephemeral group project was pivotal…
“It Will All Come Out In The Wash” When is a singlet not a singlet? When is a necklace a singlet? Incorporating textiles into my work allows for an investigation into hybridising something that can initially be understood as a garment but then also as a piece of jewellery or wearable object. A space between…
Various ideas collected from the surrounds. To stretch out the exploration once back in NZ, there is a book waiting for me, How to Be an Explorer of the World. Speaking to lots of new people, I’ve also collected interesting career options – Maria Maclennan is the first ever forensic jeweller – see her TED talk…
These are all images I took at the remains of several World War II gun emplacements; an Emergency Coastal Defence Battery on the banks of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The view was obviously spectacular, but more so were the colours on the walls inside the gun emplacements. Time, the environment and…
This packet of sunshine pegs was just so beautiful that I had to take a photo of it before I ripped into it to take a handful of pegs camping this weekend. I have the funniest feeling that the remainder of the packet is going to be worn. Just stick a string on it and call…
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