by Nadene Carr | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Nadene Carr
Within my practice a particular word stands out for me at this moment. Bling referring to the sound effect of tinkling bells sound of light hitting something shiny especially valuables to sound like a diamond ring acknowledge its use for tv cartoon – to...
by Nadene Carr | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Nadene Carr
My intent with these 3 artists is to question my own practice with a few of each artists highlights. Lucy – the ritual of her objects giving greater strength. Paul – his rugged strong and questioning approach to making. Ruddt – expressing his...
by Sarah Read | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Read
I’m feeling beyond lucky to be starting my third Handshake experience. HS1 (Prentice and Prodigy) emboldened me to develop work that honours my real-life preoccupations. HS3 (Concept and Conception) had me bouncing around the far fringes of expanded jewellery...
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
How can things indicate to a human what they what them to do or initiate specific actions? I’m interested in the ideology of objects being used as ‘Actants’; how they can be put in a certain place or paired with other things to make a person act in a particular way....
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
Looking at Te Uru – the architectural space and the brief to respond to that in some way. A starting point has been to look at a couple of different artists – Mel Bochner a conceptual artist who from the 1960’s developed a number of formats for making work one of...
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
February 20th, 2019 Draping venetian blind Of course, Lam de Wolf is the first starting point – looking at the broader scope of her work and noting that much of it is closer to contemporary textile art was a definite factor in her appeal, that and the fact that...
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Feb 27, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
The artists I have been paired with, Lucy Sarneel, Reka Fekete, and Attai Chen, all resonate with the idea of Thinking through Making. Similarly, I allow my own work to manifest itself as it develops. I see the theme Rough and Raw as a metaphor for Thinking through...
by Becky Bliss | Feb 27, 2019 | Becky Bliss, Handshake5
I am paired with the ADO collection and contemporary jeweller Lucy Sarneel. The ADO collection is an historical collection of wooden toys designed by Ko Verzuu from mid-1920 to early 1960s. The toys have clean lines and are brightly coloured, inspired by the De Stijl...
by Neke Moa | Feb 26, 2019 | Handshake5, Neke Moa
Timata..begin Ko te whiringa..the choosing Matte black circle curved bezeled convex symmetrical contrasting. Object. I never took notice of the artists but the appearance of the items i choose from Coda. The object pleases my order and i feel when i look at it a need...
by Vanessa Arthur | Feb 26, 2019 | Handshake5, Vanessa Arthur
In Onno Boekhoudts work, there is a freedom and sense of immediacy, a glimpse into the process of a maker. His work seamlessly bridges and defies definition between jewellery, object and material, drawing the viewer in for further consideration. The pieces selected...
by Nik Hanton | Feb 25, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I’ve been carefully reviewing the works that I have been given to respond to; making notes, playing with materials and researching the artists work. I’ve received three artists’ works: one from Evert Nijland, Tehri Tolvanen, and Jantje Fleishut. These...
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 24, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
February 10th, 2019 Acting out the idea of the fabric brush The HandShake 5 cohort gathered in Wellington and were treated to an interesting and stimulating Workshop conducted by Roseanne Bartley. The first of the two exhibitions we will participate in...
