by Becky Bliss | Sep 11, 2020 | Curation
The Colour of Change Industrialisation was the catalyst for the current state of our planet. The decision to use fossil fuels to power progress has become unsustainable and life-threatening in contemporary times. While science is shouting at us, we continue to cling...
by Becky Bliss | Sep 11, 2020 | Curation
I made panels of squares, 70 of them, each to represent almost 2 years starting from 1900 to 2020, and painted them as scientifically correct as I could from the data of Dr. Ed Dawkins from Reading University. The tiles were made in moulds in plaster resin. They...
by Becky Bliss | Sep 11, 2020 | Curation
I was offered a 6 metre long wall at Te Uru. I contemplated filling it with wearable jewellery of varying sizes, but decided to fill it with a graphic representation of temperature change in our Pacific environment, something on top of my mind. Industrialisation...
by Nik Hanton | Jun 1, 2020 | Curation, Curation Stanley Street, Nik Hanton
Jewellery pieces that had previously been seen as novel and innovative are now dated and iterative. This is the joy of the craft. It *IS* ever-changing. And should be ever-changing. Potentially, drawing on history and making it “now”. There are so many...
by admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Curation, News
NZ jewellery artists remind us to play with complexity while pushing the boundaries of the worn object every which way. New Zealand jewellery artists continue to produce work that is intellectually strong, materially curious and playful. In April, Stanley Street...
by admin | Apr 12, 2019 | Curation, Handshake3, Handshake4, News
by Lieta Marziali An essay about the exhibition Te Ao Hurihuri /Ever-Changing Worlda collaboration between Dialogue Collective and Handshake Project, The Crypt Gallery, London, 23-27 October 2018. Read it on...
by admin | Nov 26, 2018 | Curation, Handshake3, Handshake4
Journeys through jewellery from New Zealand and the UK…… In October 2018, as part of the events marking the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific, two groups of artists from opposite sides of the world met to exhibit their...
by admin | Oct 14, 2018 | Curation
SUPER POSITIONS, Stanley Street Gallery, 2018 click here for images and artists statements
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Curation, Handshake4, News
exhibitions: JEWELdisplayJEWEL at Pataka, Porirua till 14 October MOREPOLARITY at Corbans, Auckland till 21 October MORETe Ao Hurihuri – Ever Changing World at the Crypt, London 23-27...
by admin | Sep 27, 2018 | Curation, News
~Journeys through jewellery from New Zealand and the UK~ CLICK here for imagesCLICK here for Lieta Marziali essayThe Crypt galleryDukes Road Entrance off Euston Road, London NW1 2BA.23 – 27 October 2018 12:00 – 19:00.Opening Event Tuesday 23 18:00 –...
by admin | Sep 8, 2018 | Curation, News
Pātaka Art + Museum, Toi Gallery, Porirua, 14 September– 14 October 2018 ARTISTS: Nik Hanton, Katie Pascoe, Kylie Sinkovich, Kim Whalen, Sharon Fitness, Renee Bevan, Jennifer Laracy, Kristin d’Agostino, Judy Darragh, Vanessa Arthur, Lisa Higgins, Jessica Winchcombe,...
