by Genie Lee | Mar 29, 2023 | Genie Lee, Handshake8
The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God’s name is Abraxas.”. ― Hermann Hesse, Demian Just breaking some random plastic stuff and cutting it up and making more rubbish or make it lose its primary...
by Rachael Chapman | Mar 20, 2023 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman
I like to think of this as playtime instead of homework. After a fairly prescriptive 3 years on a Degree course, the wide purview of this brief was really enjoyable. It felt like an opportunity to play and have fun with metal again. I won’t go in to the brief...
by Rachael Chapman | Mar 20, 2023 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman
Written 16th March 2023: While getting to grips with managing a 5 day working week, along with the Handshake8 workshops and homework + the rest of my life…I missed my blog post for the first month. My apologies, things can only get better:-) 5 weeks in, my reflection...
by Nellie Peoples | Mar 16, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
The next homework that Estela set was to take the cardboard model and push the form further. Here, I explored different aspects of the model and explored ideas through the making process. This type of “thinking through making” took me back to when I was undertaking my...
by Tui Diprose | Mar 10, 2023 | Handshake8, Tūī Diprose
A red serpent lays coiled upon dry, red earth Old skins shed, grief no longer lingers It sleeps and dreams of new life, deeper tones Midnight black, a glittering starlit river weaves Receive the low, undulating hum of the land. Reverence for slow rhythms...
by Nellie Peoples | Mar 2, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
In our recent HANDSHAKE8 class we took the object we each constructed for homework and learnt how to propel the ideas in the piece forward. We drew our object several times each with a different brief in mind. There was one catch, our eyes had to be closed. This...
by Nellie Peoples | Mar 2, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
In between classes Estela had set aside some tasks to prompt thinking and making. The aim was to take the skills we used in our first class and put them to work. We were to undertake a complete recreation of an old or incomplete object we had made and create something...
by Rose Pickernell | Feb 27, 2023 | Handshake8, Rose Pickernell
As we got stuck into our introductions with Estela Saez, it dawned on me that I was the youngest participant with the least experience of making outside of study. I like to think I make up for my lack of awards and exhibitions with ambition and a real thirst for...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
Handshake offers a tried a true package of exploration, development, feedback and presentation. It’s an opportunity to get new perspectives and to improve, to make good work and to share that good work with others. ….And I really want to make good work. But what is...
by Fran Carter | Feb 23, 2023 | Fran Carter, Handshake8
When I got the news I’d been accepted into the HANDSHAKE Programme at the end of January I was both terrified and excited. It was my 3rd time applying to this highly regarded mentorship program over the years, so I am stoked to have finally made it here, and...
by Nellie Peoples | Feb 23, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
We recently undertook our first class with the incredible Estela Saez, who is guiding us in the development and honing of our design thinking and making processes. In this first virtual class Estela got us straight into action! We underwent some making exercises under...
by Nellie Peoples | Feb 23, 2023 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Through the HANDSHAKE program my intent is to propel my practice further forward, to continue to push technical and creative boundaries as well as further develop my skill set within professional practices. I see the HANDSHAKE program as an incredible invaluable...
