by Amelia Rothwell | Mar 2, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell, Handshake6
My first year of HANDSHAKE 6… How to: Get from my head to my hands; from thinking to object Bring awareness to my process Evoke not describe Pare back Say more with less Writing has become a valuable tool in my making process. Stream of...
by Amelia Rothwell | Mar 2, 2021 | Amelia Rothwell, Handshake6
a pocket a stone presence absence remains ‘Stones. On the ground and of the ground. Grounded; grounding. Hand objects.’ Materials: Stone, EPNS, soap, wood,...
by Susan Videler | Feb 28, 2021 | Handshake6, Susan Videler
The Preservation of Memory I have shifted my focus from knots to memory as this was an underlying theme of my work last year and has taken centre stage in 2021. In considering memory as a colour, I realised that for me it centred chiefly around cream; babies’ teeth,...
by Susan Videler | Feb 4, 2021 | Handshake6, Susan Videler
I am at long last contemplating the Te Auaha exhibition held in Wellington last September. It was four months ago, the end of 2020 punctuated with Christmas and the luxury of travel and family available to us. We are truly blessed in this regard. This time last...
by Antonia Boyle | Feb 1, 2021 | Antonia Boyle, Handshake6
I felt it necessary to look into the history of bone use in New Zealand Jewellery, where it originates from and where it sits today. Traditional bone carving has a long history in New Zealand and the wider South Pacific – initially it was a means to create...
by Aphra Cheesman | Jan 25, 2021 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
Until 2020 I had never done a masterclass but in January and February I was lucky to participate in both the HS6 masterclass with Iris Eichenberg and a few weeks following a masterclass with David Bielander at RMIT in Melbourne. Iris Eichenberg discussed studio...
by Simon Swale | Jan 19, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Summer 2021. Time to RESET. But also for some reflection… Hard to believe it is a year since we all first met together for the Handshake introductions and masterclass with Iris and Renee in Auckland. It seems both like yesterday, and a lifetime ago… It was so great to...
by Antonia Boyle | Jan 11, 2021 | Antonia Boyle, Handshake6
Although belated I thought I would share my 2cents on the group show we had in wellington at Te Auaha gallery in October 2020. I brought along my partner both for support and because we both needed a change of scenery after 2020’s madness. We arrived in wellington at...
by Nina van Duijnhoven | Dec 16, 2020 | Handshake6, Nina van Duijnhoven
Our first exhibition at Te Auaha was about showing our process. My process is doing, making, and generally quite a lot of it. I don’t draw, I don’t spend a lot time thinking prior to making. I sit down and just start… doing something…and from that something little...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Exhibition, Handshake6, News
EXHIBITION: 31 Oct – 13 Nov, 2020. Te Auaha gallery, 65 Dixon St, Wellington (opening event Fr 30 Oct, 5:30 pm) SIGNING IN reflects the participants’ work as a group since the start of their mentorship and marks the halfway point of their two-year journey. Here...
by Fran Leitch | Oct 19, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Tent (September 2020). Hazel twigs, drum kit, cotton, wood. What did I actually do in September work wise…I moved out of my workspace which became a building site while we renovated and restored our old windows, the dust sheets became my two boys’ den for a while (and...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 11, 2020 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Again I am drawing a blank about what I’ve done in the last month and a half. Life has messed with me again. Interference at its best. We have just moved back into a Level 1 Covid restriction in Auckland which means we can virtually go about our every day lives with...
