by Brendon Monsoon | Jun 18, 2017 | Brendon Monson, Handshake4
Looking back on my past work I can’t help but notice that I favour a monochromatic palette. Majority of my pieces are made of dark stone such as basalt and I often patina metal to black. I’ve done it for so long that it’s become habitual. In the spirit of the...
by Nadine Smith | Jun 13, 2017 | Handshake4, Nadine Smith
Most artists I know are collectors of stuff. Its become a bit of a habit collecting things I see potential in. I get great joy turning the discarded into the regarded. Just like our planet is getting bogged down with the trash from human consumption so...
by Kim Whalen | Jun 10, 2017 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
From the left: Kylie, myself (Kim), and Mandy Lessons: The importance of connection. For knowledge and healing. We are all in this together.
by Mandy Flood | Jun 8, 2017 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
So instead of working today I had the chance to visit Auckland Art Gallery, for the ‘The Body Laid Bare’ masterpieces from Tate. Everyone I had spoken to re the exhibition had raved about how great it was. Emphasizing the fact that time had to be taken to really...
by Jennifer Laracy | Jun 8, 2017 | Handshake4, Jennifer Laracy
Near the end of March I facilitated another kids badge making workshop at WOMAD for Kidzone it was a blast. I was lucky to have the help of my big sis and some energetic volunteers. All up over the two days the participants made around 800 badges from...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | Jun 7, 2017 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
After much difficulty trying to get my skype to work me and Jasmin decided that we would video chat over social media instead.It never ceases to amaze me how you can communicate and have real time conversations with somebody halfway across the world in another time...
by Nik Hanton | May 30, 2017 | Handshake4, Nik Hanton
Metamorphosis and Transformation are concepts that are frequently explored in art, and the chrysalis is a popular motif used to signify it. While this is a well-trodden road, there is something so appealing about the magic of the process and its visual drama. The...
by Kim Whalen | May 29, 2017 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
The Situation. I finally got my jeweler’s bench down into the bottom of my hut! The pot belly stove needs complete replacing. So no heating and we are at the start of winter and not to mention its extremely damp and wet living right in the NZ bush! The power has...
by Jennifer Laracy | May 27, 2017 | Handshake4, Jennifer Laracy
Blog#4 I was lucky enough to visit with Sam Kelly who participated in Handshake 1 and her beautiful newborn baby boy at her home in New Plymouth recently. Such a lovely person to meet, we talked about the tenacity needed to continue making as a mum and constant...
by Jennifer Laracy | May 26, 2017 | Handshake4, Jennifer Laracy
BLOG#3 On the home front I have been busy in the workshop exploring and developing some new bits and pieces, still sketching and the workbook is filling up. I have been working on cut outs, folding rooster and calf pile …about an intensification of farming...
by Kylie Sinkovich | May 25, 2017 | Handshake4, Kylie Sinkovich
This month has been a somewhat challenging one. Off the back of last month, apart from a set back with the clay I was using and the time it took to switch over to another, it was feeling potentially like it would be pretty productive and inspired. I had started to...
by Nik Hanton | May 22, 2017 | Handshake4, Nik Hanton
I’ve been thinking about the nature of identity and its connection to the experience of our gender and sexuality. The female genitalia has been represented in art since the dawn of humankind. It’s been responded to in a myriad of ways by various cultures and ‘stages’...
