by Aphra Cheesman | Jul 3, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
We are now well into our second year of Handshake6 and recently it has been go go go. We have started our online masterclass with Estela Saez which has been fantastic so far (more on this soon!), I had a great chat with Lisa which provided lots of things to think...
by Susan Videler | Jun 17, 2021 | Handshake6
Early last year I had determined that knots were my area of interest and prophetically it became a year of anxiety and knots of various kinds. My thinking moved on, partly I suspect because of the materials I was using and this year I have been exploring memory. My...
by Macarena Bernal | Jun 15, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
Notes from Estela Saez’s Online Exhibition masterclass. 27 may 2021 Experiment, try different things, sound , image. Their combination, the outcome is unknown. She loves her practice because contemporary jewellery is quite new, and if we will be judged, we will...
by Simon Swale | Jun 13, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SIMON_Video-3_WATER.mp4 Thanks to Estela Saez for pushing us into some new and unexpected...
by Susan Videler | Jun 2, 2021 | Handshake6
by Macarena Bernal | May 24, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal
When the brief for ChainReaction came trough, I was conflicted because most of my practice is dedicated to making Links. I decided to re-interpret my LINKS by blowing them up, so I went on trade me and under the category Party and Festive I found a large inflatable...
by Mia Straka | May 23, 2021 | Handshake6, Mia Straka
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 over | Hands full...
by Fran Leitch | May 17, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
For the application for the HS6 I made quite a few works which have since been placed back under the bed to live…to live with the monsters! I thought I’d pull them out and revisit a few over the next few weeks… The chain reaction link I made (see...
by Fran Leitch | May 17, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
“Even as I sleep I will punish myself” (2021) Artist’s own hair, dog hair, woollen blanket, cotton. 1m 60cm (drop) x 2m 25cm (length) The hair shirt is well known for its role in penance at Lent. Not being religious I still wanted to play with the idea of irritation...
by Michelle Wilkinson | May 10, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
If this pandemic has taught us anything it is the necessity to focus down. Looking at things in a global context is too overwhelming. I began this Handshake journey wanting to change the world, to increase awareness of the importance of insects for the...
by Antonia Boyle | May 4, 2021 | Antonia Boyle, Handshake6
My piece for the Nelson Jewellery week handshake show, CHAINreaction (at the refinery in Nelson) was a rather personal piece for me. I did not set out to make such a personal piece but once it was finished it felt cathartic, as if I had needed to make something about...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Apr 27, 2021 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
For the Nelson CHAINReaction show I played around with several ideas but I wasn’t happy … they were just not right, they were lacking…. Lacking what I didn’t know, I couldn’t put my finger on it… they were just a bit meh… a bit average, contrived… I didn’t feel...
