by Nik Hanton | Sep 21, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I’ve been spending an increasing number of hours with sand and all of the pieces I’ve made for the work for the Te Uru space reflect this. It’s incredible how each beach has a different look and feel in both the landscape and the sand. From sand...
by Vivien Atkinson | Sep 3, 2019 | Handshake5, Vivien Atkinson
With the CODA work packed up and now (I guess) on the way to Apeldoorn it seems like a good time to look back on this part of the HandShake project. All the ‘bracelets’ packed in their cotton bags I’ve had a lot of fun investigating ideas that came up in...
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Sep 2, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
I’ve always been a maker that is completely comfortable working with a material that has seen better days. I like how I can transform it into something new yet retain something of its original form. One of the biggest challenges can be dissecting the original object...
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Sep 2, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
For a change, I am working with the rules of thumb and not against them. Normally, overlooking procedures and finding my own way is my true nature. Sometimes it is good to learn the correct way first before breaking the rules but not knowing them in the first place...
by Nik Hanton | Sep 2, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
When making work in response to the Te Uru space I thought about the bringing of the outside, in. I looked at the gallery rooms and saw that from one of the spaces there’s a window from which you have a view of trees and the sea. It was this that informed my...
by Caroline Thomas | Aug 8, 2019 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake5
Value, importance, worthiness, usefulness, meaningfulness, significance, stature, measurement, control. How you are perceived by others and how you perceive yourself. How an object is perceived by its maker, its seller, its buyer and its audience. Emperor’s New...
by Nik Hanton | Aug 6, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
I have a fascination for psychological terminology- this has most recently been seen in my enthusiasm in response to the Placebo and Nocebo Effects, which I’ve based two bodies of work on. When I heard of the classification of Stendhal Syndrome I was excited....
by Sarah Walker-Holt | Aug 4, 2019 | Handshake5, Sarah Walker-Holt
Recently, the book Public and Private Worlds: Women in Contemporary New Zealand[1] crossed my path as I scanned through an op shop in Thames. In chapter 5, Women and Art, Anne Kirker speaks of some significant NZ woman artists that have paved the way for coming...
by Nadene Carr | Jul 30, 2019 | Handshake5, Nadene Carr
Welding in the garage, my studio is normally in my house, so great to change the scenery. It adds an organic feel to my environment- especially all the petrol smells and machinery. Once Ive managed to weld the steel to a shape I’m happy with its time to bling it up. I...
by Kelly McDonald | Jul 29, 2019 | Handshake5, Kelly McDonald
As previously mentioned, CODA houses the full collection of Onno Boekhoudt’s artistic legacy; his work, experiments and the many many objects he collected, including the bench pins/pegs pictured below. Onno’s work and collections from the CODA archive,...
by Nik Hanton | Jul 29, 2019 | Handshake5, Nik Hanton
When I saw the Eva Rothschild exhibition at Wellington City Gallery I was as drawn to the shadows cast by the works as much as I was drawn to the works themselves. Both were remarkable. I’m wanting to play with shadow in my work for the Te Uru show. The title of...
by Kelly McDonald | Jul 25, 2019 | Handshake5, Kelly McDonald
Sketching with light. Materials; steel and solder. Dimensions of both bangles as installed above L 16cm X W 18cm X H 2cm.
