*Oliver Burkeman, Sam Harris podcast #289 Time management for mortals approx 22:29 minutes I’m interested in how we experience, value and record time. As a social medium adornment has the potential to act as catalyst, conduit and communicator in this realm. I invited friends and associates to document an average day and a perfect day in… Continue reading The pursuit of efficiency will drain your life of meaning* series 2022
Category: Mia Straka
Morph report – here and now
We chose Morph as our collective title and theme for this culminating exhibition to embody the transitional and transformative epoch of both the pandemic and Handshake6 on our lives, work and group dynamic.
Morph report part I – time based works
Information Age adornment projected through space and time
Zooming in
Handshake7 contemporary jewellery Masterclass with Estela Saez
SHAPE SHIFTER: HS6 Fundraiser
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‘August 2020’- a Glimmer
at Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt 21 May – 27 June 2022 Our second exhibition of new work as members of Handshake_6, GLIMMER reveals a sample of our current work as we build towards our final exhibition at Northart in Auckland later in the year. For the year July 2020 to June 2021 I documented each… Continue reading ‘August 2020’- a Glimmer
It’s a wrap…?
Here we are then, December 2021. What a time. During the past two years I was challenged by my illustrious mentor Manon Van Kouswijk to stop working with the materials and medium I was most comfortable with; metal and jewellery, in order to expand my horizons and move beyond the parameters I was working within.… Continue reading It’s a wrap…?
Drawing the threads together- the Age of Information
Translating two dimensional data drawings into digital visualisations, into three dimensional adornment -exploring time and experience.
Drawing the threads together – Place, Space and Time
contemporary jewellery practice represented through time based media in a virtual landscape
Drawing the threads together – Focus
Empty promises will now be fulfilled in a gush of blog posts to catch up on past busy months! We have been a collective hive of activity, exhibition planning, fundraising doings, online exhibition masterclasses plus personal research, playing, exploring and making. Building on my interest in bamboo as a material, in June I signed up… Continue reading Drawing the threads together – Focus