Many hands make light work | Know like the back of your hand | Put your hands together ?Cold hands warm heart | Show of hands | Dab hand | First Hand | Hand in hand | Hands on | Heavy handed | Old hand | Out of hand | Under hand | Change hands | Hand… Continue reading The making of Many Manos: ChainReaction
Category: Mia Straka
Reflections on Signing In: 2020
Dear Blog, Firstly, apologies I have been slack on posting since our Handshake6 exhibition in October/November last year. My life has settled with a new home since then and this is my commitment that I will be better! Before moving forward I want to share my perspective on our 2020 end of year exhibition… Continue reading Reflections on Signing In: 2020
Data Structure
Pictographs and data structure, a daily diary over three months… finding the way.
Everything wants to be a necklace
Practicing NOT making jewellery NOT using metal To move beyond where I’m at It’s a challenge Everything wants to be a necklace Collecting, Deconstructing, Reconstructing A double sided homemade cardboard loom with a built in hole Site for experimental weaving Knotting the yarn every handspan Mistakes repeat, embedded within the pattern I force… Continue reading Everything wants to be a necklace
Bubble, Struggle, Breathe and Weave
This past month we have moved beyond full lockdown, after the dissolution of my bubble I shifted back to my flat and set up my home studio again. Now I am able to get back into my shared workshop. Manon and I had our first face to face meeting via Zoom two days ago, I… Continue reading Bubble, Struggle, Breathe and Weave
Net Connections
My first interactions with Manon have been via email, introducing my practice with images and writing as the world closes borders and our bubbles cope as best we can behind closed doors.
INSIGHTS WITH IRIS
‘What makes the body present in this world is the doorway that is too small to fit through without having to make a shift’. Iris Eichenberg Over four days at the end of January 2020, we 12 Handshake6 participants came together for the first time to take part in a masterclass with Iris Eichenberg. Some personal trepidation at Ms Eichenberg’s impressive… Continue reading INSIGHTS WITH IRIS