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Starting Again – Almost

Starting Again – Almost

by | May 30, 2024 | Handshake8, Lisa van Hulst

Suddenly it is almost June! I have had three sessions now with my mentor, Manon van Kouswijk. She has been insightful and generous. Suggesting exercises to help loosen up my practice and allow space for the unexpected. After our last meeting, she pointed out that my...
Balancing Act

Balancing Act

by | May 30, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples

Since the beginning of the year I have placed metal aside, for the moment, to explore other materials I have come across in my explorations. On my walks I have been collecting timber, driftwood, stones and shells. I began by focusing on timbers. I have worked with...
A Small But Mighty Tool

A Small But Mighty Tool

by | May 28, 2024 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman

Our current group of online workshops with Estela Saez, are geared towards figuring out new ways to show our work via film. As someone who grew up pre-internet and mobile phone, I’m still wowed by how much our phones and laptops can achieve. Recording audio on...
earth meditation

earth meditation

by | May 27, 2024 | Handshake8, Tūī Diprose

A reflection on earth by John O’Donohue Let us bless The imagination of the earth. That knew early the patience To harness the mind of time, Waited for the seas to warm, Ready to welcome the emergence Of things dreaming and voyaging Among the stillness of land,...
Rules Required?

Rules Required?

by | May 23, 2024 | Fiona Few, Handshake8

As part of the Handshake 8 journey, we have jewellery history lectures from the wonderful Andrea Daly, New Zealand Jeweller and educationalist. As part of a homework task, Daly required us to think about the unwritten rules of contemporary jewellery, consider our own...