by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Collaboration, Exhibition, Handshake6, News
ex HS6 artists presented their group exhibition MINUMENTAL at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne as part of the Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale 2024. Following its debut at Nelson Jewellery Week (Aotearoa) in 2023, this second iteration...
by Grace Yu Piper | Nov 13, 2024 | Grace Yu Piper, Handshake8
When I began my handshake journey I was a stone carver. I love the materiality of stone and its connection to the natural world. I gravitate towards reductive ways of working and enjoy the meditative process of carving. I’ve always been a forager and I love rock...
by Denise Callan | Nov 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
Sincerely Yours is the last in a what has become a three part series. It began with an exploration of identity and our human need for belonging, through my initial work titled Dear Public. Last year, as my work developed for our first handshake show, I realised what I...
by Tui Diprose | Nov 7, 2024 | Handshake8, Tūī Diprose
To heal; heal the waters. https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241030_163822.mp4 My work through HANDSHAKE8 explores themes of talisman, place, land, healing of matrilineal lines by connecting to matriarchal power, embodiment,...
by Denise Callan | Nov 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
Last year, Dear Maker contained a sealed confessional box called “Communion”. This piece facilitated a way for the audience to exercise the acknowledgement, expression and release of shame though written confessions. This year began with the burning of this...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 6, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
This my artwork created for the final Handshake 8 exhibition ‘Materlise’, present by the Handshake Project at the Artshouse Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau. The exhibition runs from 8 November 2024 – 16 February 2025. The piece is...
by Denise Callan | Nov 5, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
“Every act of creation begins with an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso This years work has begun with the destruction of confessions gathered throughout our last exhibition. The burning of these within their sealed confessional has left me with a new...
by Lisa van Hulst | Nov 5, 2024 | Handshake8, Lisa van Hulst
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had Manon van Kouswijk as my mentor over the past year. What stands out most about Manon’s approach is her quiet sense of humour—subtle and layered, it gradually reveals itself, inviting a deeper appreciation of her work. I often...
by Fiona Frew | Nov 3, 2024 | Fiona Few, Handshake8
Everyday, I walk my dog. Everyday, our walks are by our local water ways (the Kakanui beach and the Kakanui River). Nearly everyday, I wonder why there are so many things to be found that don’t necessarily belong there. So, everyday, I walk and I wonder about...
