by Nina van Duijnhoven | Sep 11, 2022 | Handshake7, Nina van Duijnhoven
Being able to relax and enjoy workshops has become a lot easier since I have been in the Handshake programs. Before my very first masterclasses with Iris Eichenberg in February 2020, I hardly slept and was very stressed. Not knowing what to expect, and not...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Sep 8, 2022 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Finito.. the end, done. “Morph”…. the culmination of two and a half years of developing our arts practice, the finale, our last exhibition together. I can’t believe it has been two and a half years. Time has flown by! What an amazing journey it...
by admin | Sep 3, 2022 | Handshake6, News
MORPH HS6 exhibition, NORTHART, Northcote, Auckland, 30th August – 8th October 2022 ‘MORPH’ represents the final body of work created by the twelve artists of Handshake 6. MORPH refers to transformation, this exhibition seeks to demonstrate that quality through the...
by Fran Leitch | Aug 10, 2022 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Found, given, owned, loved (April 2022) grey hair. From DNA – some old, found, given, owned; some strands discarded from heads of long passed loved ones – a new narrative is born. The work is made from once crowning glories, now a new story; their story and my story...
by Aphra Cheesman | Aug 10, 2022 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake7
Our masterclass with Estela was engaging, thought provoking and fast paced. During our meetings, there was no time to over think things – sometimes we only had 30 seconds to make something so we no choice but to go with our first instincts. It was challenging (in a...
by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Handshake6, Peter Deckers
MORPHING thoughts in ART variables DESIGN is the form. FORM is the purpose + medium. The CRAFT is the making, including techniques. The MATERIAL is the character. VISUAL ART is the content. The CONTENT connects the imagination. IMAGINATION forms the value. The...
by Mia Straka | Jul 29, 2022 | Handshake7, Mia Straka
To kick off HandShake7 we embarked on a series of fast paced masterclasses conducted online by jeweller and educator Estela Saez. Coming straight in from HandShake6 and Estela’s online exhibition masterclasses, I was prepped for the fast paced energy of the...
by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Amelia Rothwell, Antonia Boyle, Aphra Cheesman, Fran Leitch, Handshake6, Jack Hadley, Macarena Bernal, Mia Straka, Michelle Wilkinson, News, Nikki Perry, Nina van Duijnhoven, Simon Swale, Susan Videler
The HANDSHAKE6 group has been collaborating on a fundraising necklace project for a while, and they are excited to share the results! These necklaces are a collaboration between the group with each participant designing one of the 12 shapes. There are 4 different...
by admin | Jul 11, 2022 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6, News
HANDSHAKE 6 artist Aphra Cheesman won the TALENTE PRIZE – Prize for Design 2022 at TALENTE (‘Preiss für Gestaltung’), Munich MORE
by Simon Swale | Jul 4, 2022 | Handshake7, Simon Swale
Well we’re underway again with some more Handshake masterclass magic!. Estela Saez had us leaping into the dark and if not exactly leading us blindly into the night, then certainly coaxing us into new and (for meat least) quite unknown territory. Just as you’d expect...
by Mia Straka | Jun 26, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
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...
by Susan Videler | Jun 20, 2022 | Handshake6
364 Days and a Glimmer of Hope Unwittingly I began my work for Glimmer in January 2021. After the psychological turbulence of 2020 I decided to create a simple repetitive task that could be completed regardless of what was to happen in 2021. So, the link a day...
