How can utilising basic drawing techniques [abstractly] and then taking them through an impromptu rendering process at the bench, via materials and techniques, inform an established contemporary practice in an effort to comprehend and reinterpret drawing from a traditional/fine jewellery design process? Traditional jewellery design is primarily focused around gems through technical drawings, that leave… Continue reading The Inbetweener
Category: Sarah Walker-Holt
An Expedition – Part 2
Part 2 is an interview that pertains to questions about the two exhibitions put to the three coaches and the Handshake5 artists. The opportunity to create a dialogue with those involved to express perspectives and experiences brings consideration to both Handshake5 exhibitions. In contrast to the CODA exhibition that focused on the CODA collection and… Continue reading An Expedition – Part 2
An expedition – Part 1
October 2019 Artist and HS5 participant SARAH WALKER-HOLT travelled to CODA museum in the Netherlands. This is her story: Handshake5 is my third participatory reiteration in the Handshake Project and as a consequence I am engaged in articulating the results of the last 12 months. The reiteration is divided in 2 parts. The first part… Continue reading An expedition – Part 1
Activate/Te Uru
Te Uru is a space that activates movement and viewing through its design, leading you through spaces, up stairwells and looking out of windows. Working with this space, ‘Activate’ is a series of 9 brooches that are made from the construction plywood that supports them. The support structures simulate the space, imitating how it entices… Continue reading Activate/Te Uru
From the colours Toni gave me/Te Uru
Printmaker Toni Mosely has been a fantastic and generous supporter over the last few years, helping me to revisit printmaking techniques and utilize a set of rollers that my husband, just happened to pick up somewhere years ago, and had stashed for that auspicious occasion when they would be wanted for something. After Toni told… Continue reading From the colours Toni gave me/Te Uru
Like a New Piece of Paper/Te Uru
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 because more often than not, its shape resists the… Continue reading Like a New Piece of Paper/Te Uru
Cutting a Straight Line/Te Uru
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 can be liberating. Recently, I needed to… Continue reading Cutting a Straight Line/Te Uru
Autobiographical/CODA
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 generations and how women have embraced their destined environments… Continue reading Autobiographical/CODA
Leftovers/CODA
My work does not leave me; it travels alongside me in whatever else I am doing in my life. Recently, while retreating on the Coromandal and working on a selection of ‘multiples’ for Coda, I was reminded of one of my notes, that my making process is not about replication, but allowing the things that… Continue reading Leftovers/CODA
Experience as Communicator/Te Uru
Feature Image: Memory – Family photo, Artist Unknown I am reminded of a family memory and photo of my family activating an installation that I think was on Te Papa’s Roof top in the mid-2000s. Te Uru Intent; Create an intimate and personal encounter with work that encourages close viewing from multiple viewpoints using both… Continue reading Experience as Communicator/Te Uru