by Aphra Cheesman | Apr 24, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
Nelson Jewellery Week looked fantastic from a far! If only the trans-Tasman bubble had opened just a few weeks earlier. The CHAINreaction exhibition, in particular, was wonderful to be involved in – at least my work made it over when I couldn’t!...
by Simon Swale | Apr 9, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Do you ever walk across this Earth, hearing the sound of your steps upon the ground, and wonder- am I really here? Do you sometimes hold your hand up to your face and ask- is this really me?
by Nikki Perry | Apr 7, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Scrambling to finish the ‘connection’ to my neighbour for CHAINreaction, Handshakes at the Refinery show in Nelson. I had used a ‘found’ piece of copper and stripped it down to make a rather tiny link and Attai asked me • why round? • how do you move from one material...
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Catching up again. Now I’m in February. And preparing for CHAINreaction exhibition. The Handshakers had a casual get together over Zoom and shared what we were working on. I was stunned it was February already and was feeling the pressure building over the imminent...
by Mia Straka | Apr 5, 2021 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
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...
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Attai and I talked about the Te Auaha show. We talked about Covid. And family. And artists. We talked about holding on to work. Prioritising making money over work and finding a way to make it work. Oh the forever elusive balance. We talked about the upcoming chain....
by Nikki Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Looking back. Catching up. Just a few months behind. October 2020, my partner and I drove down to Wellington, with jewellery, rolls of paper and other paraphernalia for our Handshake 6 ‘process’ show. It was magic to be on the open road, going somewhere. We stopped...
by Aphra Cheesman | Apr 2, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
I’ve always loved chairs. Especially chairs like these… For a while now, I’ve been photographing chairs that I find on the street (if only I had the space to collect the objects themselves!). Used, worn and broken, these are objects that have lived their lives...
by Simon Swale | Mar 24, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
CHAINreaction has been a really nice chance to focus on connections, community and solidarity, and to applaud the legacy of the Handshake project and all Peter and Hilda have given over the last ten years- I am so disappointed not to be there to share in the...
by Fran Leitch | Mar 22, 2021 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6, Sample
I started writing this blog on the flight back to Auckland from Wellington last year after the Te Auaha show…the blog was full of could have, should have, would have’s bla bla! The show was about process and our HS6 journey’s, much like stopping off...
by Michelle Wilkinson | Mar 21, 2021 | Handshake6, Michelle Wilkinson
I became a little obsessed with monarch caterpillars this summer. In the absence of making, during a very busy and stressful time at work and with my family, my only outlet was focusing on these little creatures. I couldn’t make, there was no space in my head to do...
by Jack Hadley | Mar 12, 2021 | Handshake6, Jack Hadley
The title ‘Object Runway’ alludes to the reality television series ‘Project Runway’, where fashion designers compete against each other in challenges. Circulating the space on a motorised pulley system are aluminium mobiles. Loosely...
