A delicious refreshing spin on the origins of gemstones and the various treatments used to enhance their colour and beauty. RECIPE INGREDIENTS Assorted shiny things e.g. faceted gemstones, shattered hard drive, glass beads Polymer clay Rolling pin Baking paper Baking tray Cutting board Craft knife Metal ruler METHOD Pre-heat oven to temperature recommended by polymer… Continue reading Heat Treated
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Hacking my way through the contemporary jewellery jungle
(Photo: Alamy) Well goodbye Handshake4, except it’s not goodbye is it? These past two years have raised more questions than given answers and I have no doubt that these questions will be nagging away for a while yet. I will try to kick them around in an attempt to lose them but I suspect they… Continue reading Hacking my way through the contemporary jewellery jungle
Hemispherical Polarity
For the upcoming and final (how did that come around so quickly?) HS4 show at Corban Art Centre, we have decided on the title ‘Polarity’. We were asked to write a few words to illuminate our various responses to this title and this was my response: “I’m approaching the theme of ‘Polarity’ from the point… Continue reading Hemispherical Polarity
Interdisciplinary Inspiration
I was listening to a podcast on a very wet dog walk today. The podcast was WTF with Marc Maron and it was a replay of an interview he did with Anthony Bourdain in 2011 – http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/repost-anthony-bourdain-from-2011 I would not describe myself as a fan of Bourdain and in fact had never really seen him… Continue reading Interdisciplinary Inspiration
Extincted
On Saturday night, Dave and I went to this show. Dave had seen a poster and we knew we both admired the artist’s work, having seen it adorn the streets of Wellington since we first moved here in 2007. Being the middle-class, middle-aged sticklers for promptness that we are, we were the first in the… Continue reading Extincted
Pareidolia
Some people see the Virgin Mary in a piece of toast. I see a face in a piece of saddle leather.
London Stock
I’ve had this project in mind for a while now and think that it might be what I will concentrate on for the next few months. The project is at the very very early stages but it’s based on London Stock brick. For more information on London Stock brick, see this link https://londonist.com/2013/11/the-secret-history-of-the-london-brick#disqus_thread Yesterday I… Continue reading London Stock
Adventures in pewter
Last year when I was spending some time in London, I did an experimental casting workshop at Cockpit Arts with Katrin Spranger and Kelvin J Birk. In this workshop I discovered the joys of working with pewter. Its low melting point enables it to be melted down relatively quickly in a saucepan on the hob… Continue reading Adventures in pewter
Grandpop
21st February 2017| My father Jack died last year in April on the day of his 55th wedding anniversary. Jack inherited a whole load of tools from his father, Thomas William Stevenson who was an electrician in the South Island of NZ. Over the holiday period just gone, my sister and I helped my mother… Continue reading Grandpop