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 object, 2022. Armadas,… Continue reading Full circle
Author: Macarena Bernal
Support Letter for Handshake Project
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 work for myself, where not a lot… Continue reading Support Letter for Handshake Project
Project Overwhelming
“I keep having these weird dreams of jewellery getting really big and really small…its overwhelming”
Pandemic State, a session with Monika Oct 30th
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 negative thoughts about my work. Everything… Continue reading Pandemic State, a session with Monika Oct 30th
August Progress
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
The next step. A meeting with Renee Bevan.
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 still there, beneath. We observe,… Continue reading The next step. A meeting with Renee Bevan.
She hates online exhibitions.
Notes from Estela Saez’s Online Exhibition masterclass. 27 may 2021
Party and Festive, ChainReaction
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 water toy. Its colours and forms gave… Continue reading Party and Festive, ChainReaction
thinking skin pantones, Maca Bernal
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 the apple I was going to eat. So I… Continue reading thinking skin pantones, Maca Bernal
The contrast in time
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 with less resources) forces ideas. I send her photos of… Continue reading The contrast in time