by Louise Hill | Aug 29, 2024 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
“There’s a wonderful sign hanging on a Toronto junkyard which reads: “Help beautify junkyards—throw something lovely away today.” And this is a very effective way of getting people to notice a lot of things.” — Marshall McLuhan In his 1964 work, The Medium is the...
by Fran Carter | Aug 26, 2024 | Fran Carter, Handshake8
It’s a grey, mist-enshrouded Monday. ‘A weather event’ has ascended on the region overnight, heavy rainfall swelling rivers and causing havoc on the land and commuters. I’m tucked up in my nest among the hills, exorcising a chest infection,...
by admin | Aug 20, 2024 | Curation, News
The second Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial (2025-26) The second Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial, curated by Sian van Dyk will take place at: The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson (8 March – 8 June 2025) and Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North (23 August 2025 – 1 March 2026) Moniek...
by Tui Diprose | Aug 14, 2024 | Handshake8, Tūī Diprose
This stone talisman was made in part of a deepening inquiry into matriarchal energy and matrilineal lines, embodiment and intuition. I explore this stone and others in varying ways, allowing instinct to guide me. I cleansed and blessed it in a stream on the land I...
by Nellie Peoples | Aug 13, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
In my previous post, ‘Pōhutukawa Play’, I was exploring surface treatments and finishes that I could achieve with the timber. The second part of the exercise given by my mentor, Neke Moa, was to go deeper into the material. Beyond the surface. It was time to explore...
by Denise Callan | Aug 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8, Sample
As I look back at my works from our Proof of Concept exhibition as a beginning point to move forward, the prospect of a new beginning feels quite daunting. Yet, the more rational parts of me know there is much to discover if I can take that first step. From this...
by Denise Callan | Aug 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
Our last workshop series with Estela has been spent learning to present our work electronically. We spent many weeks responding to her outrageously genius prompts. The results for me have been both painstaking, and pleasantly surprising at times. The prompt for this...
