by Nikki Perry | Nov 2, 2022 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
I wrote my last blog in September 2021. So it’s a wrap (see cover shot of all our names peeled off the wall). Our final show Morph, Aug 27 2022 – Oct 8 2022, at NorthArt in Auckland. We arrived, set-up, and opened. Small turn out for Auckland. I showed my face....
by Nikki Perry | Oct 26, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Attai Chen 13 Sept 2021 Attai had just been able to visit Prague for the weekend – first trip since Covid hit. He talked about a Gingerbread Shop. I want to go back there too. Jealous that he can get on a train and be in Prague in a couple of hours. He said they’re...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 26, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Now I’m in August 2021. We had another workshop with the wonderful Estela Saez, and the brief was to make 20 sec video of a 3d model of our ‘solo exhibition’ in a specific colour. I got blue. No pieces of jewellery to be used. I have never built anything before like...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 14, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
I started this blog back in July. It was a big month of social activity because I turned 60. It was such a thrill to go to a music gig…the 40th Anniversary of Flying Nun at the Auckland Town Hall with thousands of people and a couple of restaurant celebrations....
by Nikki Perry | Jul 21, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Now we are six. Looking back at the month of June. Big month. The magic cortisone injection into the shoulder took place early June. It took a couple of weeks to settle down, but it enabled me to get some sleep, and reduce my painkiller intake. Estela Saez...
by Nikki Perry | Jul 18, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Looking back through my diary to see what I’ve been doing…here goes…now May. I had nothing to show Attai this month. The debilitating shoulder is ongoing. Deeply frustrating and a much more social month as a consequence, catching up with fellow HS6’s and...
by Nikki Perry | Jul 18, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Looking back through my diary to see what I’ve been doing…here goes…back in April. I tripped up the stairs and hurt my shoulder. The aching was so bad and it was finally diagnosed as a frozen shoulder through ultrasound and have been getting treatment...
by Nikki Perry | Apr 7, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Scrambling to finish the ‘connection’ to my neighbour for CHAINreaction, Handshakes at the Refinery show in Nelson. I had used a ‘found’ piece of copper and stripped it down to make a rather tiny link and Attai asked me • why round? • how do you move from one material...
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Catching up again. Now I’m in February. And preparing for CHAINreaction exhibition. The Handshakers had a casual get together over Zoom and shared what we were working on. I was stunned it was February already and was feeling the pressure building over the imminent...
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Attai and I talked about the Te Auaha show. We talked about Covid. And family. And artists. We talked about holding on to work. Prioritising making money over work and finding a way to make it work. Oh the forever elusive balance. We talked about the upcoming chain....
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Looking back. Catching up. Just a few months behind. October 2020, my partner and I drove down to Wellington, with jewellery, rolls of paper and other paraphernalia for our Handshake 6 ‘process’ show. It was magic to be on the open road, going somewhere. We stopped...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 11, 2020 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Again I am drawing a blank about what I’ve done in the last month and a half. Life has messed with me again. Interference at its best. We have just moved back into a Level 1 Covid restriction in Auckland which means we can virtually go about our every day lives with...
