by Kylie Sinkovich | Jun 18, 2018 | Handshake4, Kylie Sinkovich
It appears that our mentorship programme is two thirds of the way done and dusted. I’ve been reflecting on where I’ve come from to where I am now during bouts of insomnia/extreme bursts of mental and physical energy. Everyone has their own private battles and mine is...
by Mandy Flood | Jun 12, 2018 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
Repetition is something I struggle with. So I thought I would make a chain, to face the thing I don’t enjoy. My attention span is that of a small child, unless chocolate is involved. So to move away from making chain I did some internet research. Chain making...
by Caroline Thomas | Jun 12, 2018 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake4
I was listening to a podcast on a very wet dog walk today. The podcast was WTF with Marc Maron and it was a replay of an interview he did with Anthony Bourdain in 2011 – http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/repost-anthony-bourdain-from-2011 I would not describe myself...
by Kim Whalen | Jun 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
What blooms, dies. Mortality, subject to the processes of nature, is beyond our control. And yet we celebrate life. We exalt a flowers essence – its freshness and singularity- on a literal pedestal, by making its fleetingness exquisitely visible. All too often,...
by Nadine Smith | Jun 3, 2018 | Handshake4, Nadine Smith
Merilyn Installing Nik Hanton’s pendants A trip to Sydney to be part of the Handshake Show Super Positions at Stanley Street Gallery provided a great opportunity to make connections with other Handshake artists, art appreciators and collectors. Liza and...
by Brendon Monsoon | Jun 1, 2018 | Brendon Monson, Handshake4
It has been a while since the last Handshake4 show “Process” so I have plenty of time to reflect on what I think worked and what didn’t work so well. Having a concept of process opened up my making a lot, I didn’t feel the need to having a completely...
