by Macarena Bernal | Oct 21, 2022 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
I began to think about this idea back when Handshake 6 started. Back when the Social uprising in my country had just began. This nonsensical news article hit me in my soft spot I guess. I took me all of two years to get it out of my system. Pearl Molotov, jewellery...
by Macarena Bernal | Apr 11, 2022 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
A letter sent to Peter in support of the Handshake Project. March 2022 As a busy full time jewellery artist and business owner, over the past two years, Handshake has kept me anchored to my somewhat elusive artistic practice. In a world where I work hard to generate...
by Macarena Bernal | Apr 11, 2022 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
“I keep having these weird dreams of jewellery getting really big and really small…its overwhelming”
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...
by Macarena Bernal | Aug 25, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
Coloured skin, What does it go through, what does it endure? How does it feel? It’s the end of August. Im in level 4 lockdown being diligent. MB
by Macarena Bernal | Jul 7, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
What lies beneath the beauty of the work needs to be revealed, I realise. That the exhibition conditions might not facilitate this and that is OK. The topic is too big to unpack all at once. Because what lies beneath the beauty of the work will not go away, it’s...
by Macarena Bernal | Jun 15, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
Notes from Estela Saez’s Online Exhibition masterclass. 27 may 2021 Experiment, try different things, sound , image. Their combination, the outcome is unknown. She loves her practice because contemporary jewellery is quite new, and if we will be judged, we will...
by Macarena Bernal | May 24, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
When the brief for ChainReaction came trough, I was conflicted because most of my practice is dedicated to making Links. I decided to re-interpret my LINKS by blowing them up, so I went on trade me and under the category Party and Festive I found a large inflatable...
by Macarena Bernal | Aug 21, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
Im studying skin colours, in the search for a colour system or Pantone. Drawn to the word degrade, its meanings, its connotations. Degraded, degrading, degradé. And what it could mean to wear it. I noticed that this set of sphere halves, resembled the colour pallet of...
by Macarena Bernal | Jun 8, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
The contrast in time Monika sips green tea, I sip wine. NZ is easy to contain, she says. She is speaking about bloody Covid. This strange continuity with online graduations is forcing creativity. I learn that working naked (meaning...
by Macarena Bernal | May 8, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
Notes from communication with Monika Brugger May 7th, 2020 About the Kauri Gum bead neckalce: This she found the most interesting, I agree. She can interpret this one. It describes a cycle with many readings. Something everyone can relate too finding different...
by Macarena Bernal | Apr 17, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
Photo of the aftermath. Maca Bernal- Monika Brugger. April 15th 2020, 9 am France, 7pm New Zealand. Handshake during Covid pandemic times……….. I had my first meeting with Monika and this is what came out of it; Nothing is completely new,...
