by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Handshake6, Peter Deckers
MORPHING thoughts in ART variables DESIGN is the form. FORM is the purpose + medium. The CRAFT is the making, including techniques. The MATERIAL is the character. VISUAL ART is the content. The CONTENT connects the imagination. IMAGINATION forms the value. The...
by Mia Straka | Jul 29, 2022 | Handshake7, Mia Straka
To kick off HandShake7 we embarked on a series of fast paced masterclasses conducted online by jeweller and educator Estela Saez. Coming straight in from HandShake6 and Estela’s online exhibition masterclasses, I was prepped for the fast paced energy of the...
by Caroline Thomas | Jul 26, 2022 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake7
Estela Saez is a force of nature. Despite the limitations of Zoom she managed to herd the cats of Handshake 7 and facilitate some really good making [plus a large dollop of indifferent making by me which Estela rightly identified!]. I hugely enjoyed the input of my...
by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Amelia Rothwell, Antonia Boyle, Aphra Cheesman, Fran Leitch, Handshake6, Jack Hadley, Macarena Bernal, Mia Straka, Michelle Wilkinson, News, Nikki Perry, Nina van Duijnhoven, Simon Swale, Susan Videler
The HANDSHAKE6 group has been collaborating on a fundraising necklace project for a while, and they are excited to share the results! These necklaces are a collaboration between the group with each participant designing one of the 12 shapes. There are 4 different...
by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6, News
HANDSHAKE 6 artist Aphra Cheesman won the TALENTE PRIZE – Prize for Design 2022 at TALENTE (‘Preiss für Gestaltung’), Munich MORE
by Simon Swale | Jul 4, 2022 | Handshake7, Simon Swale
Well we’re underway again with some more Handshake masterclass magic!. Estela Saez had us leaping into the dark and if not exactly leading us blindly into the night, then certainly coaxing us into new and (for meat least) quite unknown territory. Just as you’d expect...
by Mandy Flood | Jul 3, 2022 | Handshake7, Mandy Flood
I am a believer of what you put in equates to what comes out. So how did someone who works with enamel, concrete and silver end up with fabric and thread? She took a risk, got inspiration from Estela and had the time to explore. The opportunity to do this is due to...
