by Aphra Cheesman | May 9, 2020 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
I had my second catch up via skype with Lisa a few weeks ago. Unfortunately plans to meet in Wellington at the end of March had to be put on hold for obvious COVID-19 related reasons. I was disappointed not to be able to meet in person but we had a great chat and I...
by Macarena Bernal | May 8, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
Notes from communication with Monika Brugger May 7th, 2020 About the Kauri Gum bead neckalce: This she found the most interesting, I agree. She can interpret this one. It describes a cycle with many readings. Something everyone can relate too finding different...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Apr 26, 2020 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
I have been up and down. A lot of my mood has had to do with the uncertainty, being in limbo, not knowing where I am going, what I will be doing. For a while I was to be able to put it to rest, happily going with the flow and dealing with it as it comes. Right now,...
by Mia Straka | Apr 23, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Jewellery for me is a medium to connect, it has brought Manon and I together via the internet, the tool which most of us are using to keep in touch with family and loved ones during coronavirus lockdown, plus to connect with the outside world. What role might...
by Macarena Bernal | Apr 17, 2020 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
Photo of the aftermath. Maca Bernal- Monika Brugger. April 15th 2020, 9 am France, 7pm New Zealand. Handshake during Covid pandemic times……….. I had my first meeting with Monika and this is what came out of it; Nothing is completely new,...
by Simon Swale | Apr 17, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
LOCKDOWN… What a difference a few weeks make. This is a crazy time…. Just struggling to get any perspective on life at the moment. At least we have art I suppose…. My MFA exhibition was meant to open, basically the day we went into lock down. It is still there in the...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Apr 14, 2020 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
Adventures in lockdown This new world is different. Just like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in 1872, we are now submerged in a backwards place. Busy roads are quiet, concert halls and office buildings are silent, and galleries are closed. Time is not quite running backwards,...
by Aphra Cheesman | Apr 5, 2020 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
These are strange times. The change of routine and having to stay at home can’t help but affect how we work as artists and what we make. For me, the past month has been full of experiments and different ways of working. Thinking about Renee Bevans PUSH/PULL workshop,...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Mar 25, 2020 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Dear Nina, We are very pleased to invite you to “Schmuck 2020” the special jewellery show during the 72nd International trade fair Munich. Chequita Nahar, dean of Academy of Fine Arts and Design Maastricht selected 63 artists from 29 countries out of 802...
by Nikki Perry | Mar 12, 2020 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
We HS6’ers gathered in one place for our masterclass with Iris Eichenberg on 25 January 2020. The day before, we had met each other for the first time at Jewel Camp and shown our presentations to the room. Renee Bevan did her Push/Pull supercharged workshop with us...
by Susan Videler | Mar 11, 2020 | Handshake6, Susan Videler
It was a little daunting presenting to a largely unknown group in Auckland that first day, however the benefits far outweighed any initial concerns. Renee Bevan grounded us all with a quick introduction to the Push /Pull theory. I feel fortunate to be with a group of...
by Jack Hadley | Mar 9, 2020 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
Turning up on the first day of JEWELcamp I felt like a total impostor. I’m not a ‘real jeweller’ but a gleeful hobbyist. I haven’t gone to jewellery school. I’m impatient and I don’t know how to do things properly. Instead I go to jewellery night classes and watch...
