Category: Sandra Schmid

‘Caught in the Web’ 2018 Evaluation – my personal HS4 program experience and outcome The definition of ‘evaluation’ according to the Online Dictionary: the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment. This leads to the following summary looking back on a colourful and unexpected experience as one of the… Continue reading hs4 Experience and Evaluation

A Week of Indulgence “Unpacking the Language of Things” 12/13 April 2018 organised by Sian van Dyk, Curator at The Dowse, Lower Hutt “NO FILTER” 9 – 15 April 2018 organised by Occupational Artists, Wellington On the world scale of events it would be a micro-particle but in the contemporary jewellery community this past April… Continue reading Love – Passion – Jewellery

Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.     Barbara Streisand Doubt versus Confidence Halfway through the mentorship program it was time to reflect on the past and the result. One reoccurring topic within… Continue reading Doubt versus Confidence

Incomplete – Unfinished – Raw When I was asked by my mentor to select the most expressive pieces from my last body of work, I chose the ones that show the rawness of fabrication, with tool marks still visible. These pieces appear to be more alive. During the creative process the artist is engaged with… Continue reading Incomplete – Unfinished – Raw

LANGUAGE Working with my mentor Tanel Venre, during the design phase for the exhibition at The National in Christchurch, he asked a question about the language the individual pieces, and the collection as a whole was speaking. Which language has been used and why? What do they communicate to the observer?  Words on their own… Continue reading Language

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