Category: Vivien Atkinson

Blog 8, April 10th, 2017  Questions After my first conversation with my mentor there was a list of questions that sent me back to reading research. In my last blog I mentioned that I was interested in trying to form some kind of hybrid using pieces of silver plate and aluminium kitchenware.  I had looked… Continue reading Questions

Blog 7, April 8th, 2017 I have a number of collections but at the moment I’m focusing on two.  I have been working with (and collecting) silver plate since 2013 – its perceived value, meaning and use has changed, particularly during the last half century.  Developing ways of examining this history, both personally and in… Continue reading Blog 7

Blog 6, April 4th 2017 March 31st – Tongariro Crossing – perfect day, stunning scenery, and inspiring friends.

Blog 5,  March 15th 2017 The preparations for PARK(ing) Day served us well.  We had spent a worrying week with really bad weather threatening the cancellation, but in the end the weather was similar to last year’s event – cool, calm and cloudy to start the morning and breaking to sun and cloud later in the… Continue reading PARKing DAY

Blog 3, February 10th, 2017 With quiet excitement and some shyness we gather for the first time.  Most of us meet at Tanel’s opening at Avid amid the noise and tilted plinths holding his exquisite work. The afternoon’s presentations reveal we are a diverse group with wide-ranging practices. Sunday brings us down to earth with… Continue reading JEWELcamp and Masterclass

Blog 2, January 15th, 2017 Although I knew the names of these two fashion designers I really had no idea of the scope of their innovative work.  It was then a fascinating voyage of discovery wandering through the rooms of stunning and sometimes startling garments. Tanel Veenre had requested we look at various aspects of… Continue reading Viktor and Rolf at the NGV

Blog 1, January 7th, 2017 The news in November that I had been selected for HandShake 4 was rather daunting.  The 7.8 earthquake had left me shaken – with a recent move into a 12th floor apartment and nothing yet secure in it’s final location – our possessions were left in jumbled and broken chaos.… Continue reading 7.8 shock