by Simon Swale | Mar 24, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
CHAINreaction has been a really nice chance to focus on connections, community and solidarity, and to applaud the legacy of the Handshake project and all Peter and Hilda have given over the last ten years- I am so disappointed not to be there to share in the...
by Fran Leitch | Mar 22, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6, Sample
I started writing this blog on the flight back to Auckland from Wellington last year after the Te Auaha show…the blog was full of could have, should have, would have’s bla bla! The show was about process and our HS6 journey’s, much like stopping off...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 21, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
I became a little obsessed with monarch caterpillars this summer. In the absence of making, during a very busy and stressful time at work and with my family, my only outlet was focusing on these little creatures. I couldn’t make, there was no space in my head to do...
by Jack Hadley | Mar 12, 2021 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
The title ‘Object Runway’ alludes to the reality television series ‘Project Runway’, where fashion designers compete against each other in challenges. Circulating the space on a motorised pulley system are aluminium mobiles. Loosely...
by Amelia Rothwell | Mar 2, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell, Handshake6
My first year of HANDSHAKE 6… How to: Get from my head to my hands; from thinking to object Bring awareness to my process Evoke not describe Pare back Say more with less Writing has become a valuable tool in my making process. Stream of...
by Amelia Rothwell | Mar 2, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell, Handshake6
a pocket a stone presence absence remains ‘Stones. On the ground and of the ground. Grounded; grounding. Hand objects.’ Materials: Stone, EPNS, soap, wood,...