by Mia Straka | Oct 5, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Since Wednesday 17 June I have been documenting my time with daily diagrams, so far I’ve drawn nearly 16 weeks: 110 days. Instigated in response to earlier conversations with Manon about weaving work that translates specific data, my pictographs include...
by Mia Straka | Jul 29, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Practicing NOT making jewellery NOT using metal To move beyond where I’m at It’s a challenge Everything wants to be a necklace Collecting, Deconstructing, Reconstructing A double sided homemade cardboard loom with a built in hole Site for experimental...
by Mia Straka | May 25, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka
This past month we have moved beyond full lockdown, after the dissolution of my bubble I shifted back to my flat and set up my home studio again. Now I am able to get back into my shared workshop. Manon and I had our first face to face meeting via Zoom two days ago, I...
by Mia Straka | Apr 23, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Jewellery for me is a medium to connect, it has brought Manon and I together via the internet, the tool which most of us are using to keep in touch with family and loved ones during coronavirus lockdown, plus to connect with the outside world. What role might...
by Mia Straka | Mar 3, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka
‘What makes the body present in this world is the doorway that is too small to fit through without having to make a shift’. Iris Eichenberg Over four days at the end of January 2020, we 12 Handshake6 participants came together for the first time to take part in a...
