Te waiora rere atu i te wharurua nei, Mai runga, mai rangi hei te oranga o nga tangata Ara, Ko Te Awa Kairangi! Na Trevor Himona i tito The health bearing quality of this river which traverses through the valleys, sourced from above, from the heavens, provides for the health and well being of the…
For some time I have been taking the odd photo of the things that happen to cross our kitchen table. Living with engineers, the table becomes a place of exchange where objects are traded between us or as a temporary residence for objects; between them having been one thing, like a raw material, and them…
The Art of the Motorcycle Solomon R. Guggenhiem Musuem, New York June 26 – September 20, 1998 https://archive.org/details/artofmot00solo In the start of the preface to this book, The Art of the Motorcycle, Thomas Krens references Walter Benjamin’s essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). From this extract [image below], I…
A snapshot of the event – so much fun working with everyone View this post on Instagram 50% dialogue collective 50% handshake #dialoguecollective #itwillallcomeoutinthewash #mjw17 #schmuck #blackandwhite A post shared by Dialogue Collective (@dialoguecollective) on Mar 20, 2017 at 9:53am PDT
A quick snap shot of the setup process. After more than a month back I am finally beginning to get through the jewellery hangover that followed from exposure in March.
Can form become more precious than material? For the HS3 Frame Galleries exhibit I have combined some of my Kauri Plate pieces, from the Platina show, with 2 new necklaces made from an unknown wooden bowl. My intention was to extend an earlier exploration from Handshake2 that used the same making process, with slight variances,…
For It Will All Come Out In The Wash, the Handshake 3/Dialogue Collective collaboration I teamed up with Wellington designer Greta Menzies. It’s March 2017 and we’ve 800 mm of precious Munich Jewellery Week air-space… What to send across the globe, in the face of all this crazy? Something hopeful; something for the artists. ‘In a…
Walking on Sunshine For Playthings in Nelson I made Walking on Sunshine, five pairs of tin can stilts When I was at high school I thought that to be an artist you had to look the part – tall, obviously, and enigmatic I got over that, as you can see, BUT when I recently met…
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!
My allocated slot in The See Here window gallery coincided with the winter solstice. Studies show that when people are exposed to bright light in the winter for just 15 minutes a day their mood lifts and their sense of well-being improves. I installed a light therapy lamp with a brightness level of 10,000 lux…
I am lucky enough to be a member of Occupation: Artist, a shared studio and crit group. We take our work seriously But not ourselves. In March 2016 we participated in Wellington Sculpture Trust’s Parking Day Project. The idea was Viv Atkinson’s (seen above with fries up her nose). In a comment on land prices, traffic,…
“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…
Some beautiful memories coming in for my project. Submissions are still open if you want to take part! https://proothatweexist.wordpress.com/contact/ View this post on Instagram Doubling as a test piece: an incomplete memory of mine from the archive about meeting a stranger whose name I’ll never know. Thanks to everyone so far who has shared their memories…
https://lux.org.uk/work/a-phrenological-self-portrait re·flec·tion (rĭ-flĕk′shən) n. 1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 2. Something, such as light, radiant heat, sound, or an image, that is reflected. 3. a. Serious thinking or careful consideration: engaged in reflection on the problem.b. A thought or an opinion resulting from such thinking or consideration: wrote down…
For the Handshake meets Dialogue Collective exhibition at MJW in March, It will all come out in the Wash, I am doing an exchange project; and this project starts now. In Up close and far away, I invite the online audience to take part in a simple exchange. I am collecting memories, via this website. These memories…
Getting ready to start my project for the collaborative exhibition ‘It will all come out in the wash‘, showing during Munich Jewellery Week, March 9th – 12th.
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