by Nellie Peoples | Dec 6, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
After the Proof of Concept exhibition was installed, as per usual, I wished for more time before the bump in. In a perfect world this extra time would allow for more making (not procrastinating), but also more time and space to think about the artwork installation. I...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 17, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
One of the first things that struck me when I moved to Tamaki Makaurau Auckland were the over 50 volcanic cores that are sprinkled throughout the city. I have used these volcanic cores as guideposts to help me figure out where I am. If I got lost I could drive towards...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 14, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
On my explorations I recorded things that I came across. In particular things that caught my eye, for one reason or another. A lot of this process was done by taking hundreds and hundreds of photos. I also collected bits and bobs. Yet, sometimes you can’t or shouldn’t...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 9, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
We are halfway through our Handshake8 journey and the exhibition ‘Proof of Concept’ was a chance for us to share what we have all been working on for the last 10 months. The exhibition at Depot Artspace opened on Saturday 4 November and continues until 20...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 9, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
When I first moved to Aotearoa New Zealand, I had a flurry of international visitors. There was a need for a non-digital or wifi dependent mud map of the area. I began to play with an idea of a map drawn onto an object from the area. Living on the bay, my first...
by Nellie Peoples | Oct 9, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
I have been in Aotearoa for over 12 months now. My main mode of getting to know this incredible place is by walking. Walking the streets, the beaches and the volcanic cores that sprinkle throughout the country. Walking helps me create a map of where I am. By exploring...
by Nellie Peoples | Sep 26, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Not long ago I visited Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki to see the exhibition Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia. It was a wonderful reminder of home. The exhibition presented a cross section of the vibrant and diverse collection of artworks from indigenous...
by Nellie Peoples | Sep 22, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Firstly a public service announcement, this is not a review. It is more akin to thinking aloud about what I got out of Wayfinding by Michael Bond. In the book Michael Bond explores how the act of wayfinding and spatial awareness helps to connect us to surroundings by...
by Nellie Peoples | Sep 1, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Back in July I was lucky enough to have short trip to Japan. It was my first time visiting that part of the world, and it was incredible introduction to the place. I have been pondering how to write a blog post, to try and capture the wonder of the trip. I had such...
by Nellie Peoples | Jul 19, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Recently I went to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki to see their exhibition ‘Light from Tate: 1700s to Now’. The exhibition artworks explored how light captivated artists, but also how it was used in their artwork. Both literally as well as...
by Nellie Peoples | Jul 11, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
The virtual classes with Estela Saez have now sadly come to an end. I learnt so much from Estela, as well as from the Handshake 8 cohort. It was a period of intensive development of my making processes, as well as expansion of my thinking and creative comfort zones....
by Nellie Peoples | Jul 11, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
For many of the previous classes with Estela we had been oscillating between creatively exploring within two and three dimensions. In this session we played somewhere in between. We had a creative brief that was inspired by our latest collection of rings. It was a...
