by Sarah Walker-Holt | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
How can things indicate to a human what they what them to do or initiate specific actions? I’m interested in the ideology of objects being used as ‘Actants’; how they can be put in a certain place or paired with other things to make a person act in a particular way....
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
Looking at Te Uru – the architectural space and the brief to respond to that in some way. A starting point has been to look at a couple of different artists – Mel Bochner a conceptual artist who from the 1960’s developed a number of formats for making work one of...
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 28, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
February 20th, 2019 Draping venetian blind Of course, Lam de Wolf is the first starting point – looking at the broader scope of her work and noting that much of it is closer to contemporary textile art was a definite factor in her appeal, that and the fact that...
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Feb 27, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
The artists I have been paired with, Lucy Sarneel, Reka Fekete, and Attai Chen, all resonate with the idea of Thinking through Making. Similarly, I allow my own work to manifest itself as it develops. I see the theme Rough and Raw as a metaphor for Thinking through...
by Becky Bliss | Feb 27, 2019 | Becky Bliss, Handshake5
I am paired with the ADO collection and contemporary jeweller Lucy Sarneel. The ADO collection is an historical collection of wooden toys designed by Ko Verzuu from mid-1920 to early 1960s. The toys have clean lines and are brightly coloured, inspired by the De Stijl...
by Neke Moa | Feb 26, 2019 | Handshake5, Neke Moa
Timata..begin Ko te whiringa..the choosing Matte black circle curved bezeled convex symmetrical contrasting. Object. I never took notice of the artists but the appearance of the items i choose from Coda. The object pleases my order and i feel when i look at it a need...
by Vanessa Arthur | Feb 26, 2019 | Handshake5, Vanessa Arthur
In Onno Boekhoudts work, there is a freedom and sense of immediacy, a glimpse into the process of a maker. His work seamlessly bridges and defies definition between jewellery, object and material, drawing the viewer in for further consideration. The pieces selected...
by Nik Hanton | Feb 25, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I’ve been carefully reviewing the works that I have been given to respond to; making notes, playing with materials and researching the artists work. I’ve received three artists’ works: one from Evert Nijland, Tehri Tolvanen, and Jantje Fleishut. These...
by Vivien Atkinson | Feb 24, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
February 10th, 2019 Acting out the idea of the fabric brush The HandShake 5 cohort gathered in Wellington and were treated to an interesting and stimulating Workshop conducted by Roseanne Bartley. The first of the two exhibitions we will participate in...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Becky Bliss, Brendon Monson, Caroline Thomas, Handshake5, Kelly McDonald, Nadene Carr, Neke Moa, Nik Hanton, Sandra Schmid, Sarah Read, Sarah Walker-Holt, Vanessa Arthur, Vivien Atkinson
The newly-formed HANDSHAKE 5 group came together for JEWELcamp at Te Auaha (Wellington) with the briefing of the two unique exhibition projects that occurs later this year. Roseanne Bartley workshopped in her masterclass creative ways of approaching the making...
by Caroline Thomas | May 1, 2018 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake4, Handshake5
Some people see the Virgin Mary in a piece of toast. I see a face in a piece of saddle leather.
