by Nina van Duijnhoven | Oct 26, 2021 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
A brooch made for the show at Galerie Marzee, due to open 7 November. Brooch (2021) Untitled III Materials: Acid free 250gsm paper, pastel, silk cord Measurements: H220mm x W160mm x D60mm Weight: 29 grams Another lockdown for New Zealand started on the 17th of August....
by Nikki Perry | Oct 26, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Attai Chen 13 Sept 2021 Attai had just been able to visit Prague for the weekend – first trip since Covid hit. He talked about a Gingerbread Shop. I want to go back there too. Jealous that he can get on a train and be in Prague in a couple of hours. He said they’re...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 26, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Now I’m in August 2021. We had another workshop with the wonderful Estela Saez, and the brief was to make 20 sec video of a 3d model of our ‘solo exhibition’ in a specific colour. I got blue. No pieces of jewellery to be used. I have never built anything before like...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 14, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
I started this blog back in July. It was a big month of social activity because I turned 60. It was such a thrill to go to a music gig…the 40th Anniversary of Flying Nun at the Auckland Town Hall with thousands of people and a couple of restaurant celebrations....
by Fran Leitch | Oct 3, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Goya. (1798) Witches’ Flight Recently my thoughts and research ( see previous post) have turned to the rugs (flying, seems to be a theme right now!) which I have been making for my boys and the work with my own hair that I have been processing for now...
by Fran Leitch | Oct 3, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Magritte, R. (1947).La Philosophie dans le boudoir I thought I would share a brief glimpse of the book “Fetish”, lent to me (many thanks to Judy Darragh for her kindness in this lend), containing a fantastic collection of essays published by the Princeton School of...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Oct 2, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
She threw herself at heartbreak, like a moth drawn to flame. Patching up her broken wings, just to try it once again. And the world all thought her foolish, for she seemed to never learn. But how do you save somebody, who’s convinced that they should burn?...
by Macarena Bernal | Oct 1, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
It begins with me spilling out that I’m uncomfortable.She says it’s important that I communicate this to Peter and to everyone else.I tell her that it’s hard to have good ideas in frustration, in despair, in this atmosphere we live in today. That I’m having to fight...
