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 called ‘Desire Lines’, 2024, Necklace, Found timber, FireLine, stainless steel, sterling silver. Collected timber locations: Tāmaki Makaura… Continue reading Tell me more about ‘Desire Lines’
Author: Nellie Peoples
To bead, or no to bead, that is the question…
Each morning I am in the studio the morning often begins with a question, “to bead, or not to bead…?”. Whilst my making and form exploration has been happening on many projects this year, simultaneously, I have been working on an idea that has been bubbling away in between all the other work. From found… Continue reading To bead, or no to bead, that is the question…
Drift Lines
Recently I had a solo exhibition Drift Lines at Masterworks, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. To see the full catalogue please click here. “The beach is made of drift lines, all on different time: the seashell rack lines that dance with the waves; the volcanic rock, carved by water, trapping fish and driftwood and oysters;… Continue reading Drift Lines
Form follows material
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 what forms could speak to what I had… Continue reading Form follows material
Pōhutukawa play
At the last catch up that I had with my mentor, Neke Moa, she gave me an exercise to help expand my material knowledge. For this exercise I focused on pōhutukawa timber. I had briefly introduced myself to the material with my previous hand carved timber form studies. For this part of the exercise I… Continue reading Pōhutukawa play
Balancing Act
Since the beginning of the year I have placed metal aside, for the moment, to explore other materials I have come across in my explorations. On my walks I have been collecting timber, driftwood, stones and shells. I began by focusing on timbers. I have worked with timber before, but sporadically and I am not… Continue reading Balancing Act
All aboard the Mentor-ship
Whoever wrote the proverb “never meet your [creative] heroes”, obviously had never met Neke Moa. She is my mentor this year for Handshake8. I will not recite the incredible things that Neke has created, exhibited and taught, but I would redirect, and recommend, you to read Neke’s Handshake Project webpage here. Below are images from… Continue reading All aboard the Mentor-ship
My shoes were wet. The tide was changing. We had run out of time.
I found myself amidst the rocks and seaweed and lapping waves of Karaka Bay following a prompt from Andrea Daly in our History and Theory classes for Handshake 8. We were asked to think about the rules that surround the field of Contemporary Jewellery and in so doing we were to ponder the rules that… Continue reading My shoes were wet. The tide was changing. We had run out of time.
The colours of tarnish
We have had yet another wonderfully thought provoking prompt from Andrea Daly’s Theory and History lecture. We were asked to observe something inanimate over a couple of weeks. We were to pay attention, to see how the inanimate thing changes and evolves, also how it might impact on things around it. I felt like the… Continue reading The colours of tarnish
Books, books, books
In the Handshake 8 journey we have recently begun our Contemporary Jewellery History and Theory classes with the incredible Andrea Daly. It has been wonderful to stretch my brain in the theory space in a much more focused way. One of our first projects for the class was to think about what themes and ideas… Continue reading Books, books, books