by Vivien Atkinson | Jul 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Vivien Atkinson
Blog 25 June 25th, 2018 Some of the unresolved experiments and ideas Literally – I’m really needing to use the space between the end of the last HandShake show and the next to get on with some work long delayed by the frenetic activity of the first half of the...
by Katie Pascoe | Jul 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Katie Pascoe
At the beginning of the year, I found two objects that have formed my line of inquiry this year. One was a shattered car rear vision mirror and the other was a disco ball. The glitter, the glam, the shatter. There is something in these objects that appeal to me,...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | Jul 5, 2018 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Polarity The property of having poles or being polar. “it exhibits polarity when presented to a magnetic needle” the relative orientation of poles; the direction of a magnetic or electric field. plural noun: polarities “the magnetic field peaks in...
by Kylie Sinkovich | Jun 18, 2018 | Handshake4, Kylie Sinkovich
It appears that our mentorship programme is two thirds of the way done and dusted. I’ve been reflecting on where I’ve come from to where I am now during bouts of insomnia/extreme bursts of mental and physical energy. Everyone has their own private battles and mine is...
by Mandy Flood | Jun 12, 2018 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
Repetition is something I struggle with. So I thought I would make a chain, to face the thing I don’t enjoy. My attention span is that of a small child, unless chocolate is involved. So to move away from making chain I did some internet research. Chain making...
by Caroline Thomas | Jun 12, 2018 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake4
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...
by Kim Whalen | Jun 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
What blooms, dies. Mortality, subject to the processes of nature, is beyond our control. And yet we celebrate life. We exalt a flowers essence – its freshness and singularity- on a literal pedestal, by making its fleetingness exquisitely visible. All too often,...
by Nadine Smith | Jun 3, 2018 | Handshake4, Nadine Smith
Merilyn Installing Nik Hanton’s pendants A trip to Sydney to be part of the Handshake Show Super Positions at Stanley Street Gallery provided a great opportunity to make connections with other Handshake artists, art appreciators and collectors. Liza and...
by Brendon Monsoon | Jun 1, 2018 | Brendon Monson, Handshake4
It has been a while since the last Handshake4 show “Process” so I have plenty of time to reflect on what I think worked and what didn’t work so well. Having a concept of process opened up my making a lot, I didn’t feel the need to having a completely...
by Kylie Sinkovich | May 31, 2018 | Handshake4, Kylie Sinkovich
Participants had between 2 and 4 days (depending on where in the country they were travelling from) to respond to installation artist Gabby O’Conner’s exhibition design/challenge. Drop sheets with grids drawn on them (symbolising the canvas of our...
by Mandy Flood | May 24, 2018 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
So much spinning around with the final HS4 fast approaching. It is time to revert to the trusted workbook approach. It is a discipline I have let go for too long. However, getting back into it, is meditative and constructive at the same time. It is as much of...
by Nadine Smith | May 23, 2018 | Handshake4, Nadine Smith
Gabby O’Connor worked with us wholeheartedly for our install at Toi Poneke. The Grid-lined drop sheet installation challenged the conventional wall plinth gallery display. Hand drawn with crayons, the grid lines resembled a page in a workbook. These were...
