by Fiona Frew | Jun 5, 2024 | Fiona Few, Sample
It might seem like a weird question to consider but something that I puzzle over is whether or not to clean the materials (at the moment found rubbish objects and things) that I am currently working with. For some people this is probably not a question that they...
by Rachael Chapman | Jan 23, 2024 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman, Sample
Like most Handshake8 participants, after our exhibition in November 2023, I was wiped out and needed a break from the constant problem solving and long hours of the preceding year…it was great for a week, but by the following Sunday I was bored, cranky, and in need of...
by Rachael Chapman | Nov 28, 2023 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman, Sample
A few weeks ago while preparing for a landlord inspection I was on a cleaning binge, and thought I would be clever and polish up a couple of brass candle stick holders in the workshop with my polishing machine. Part way through the first one, after an initial wow at...
by Rachael Chapman | Nov 25, 2023 | Sample
I’ve never given birth to an actual child, but I’m told the pain of it evaporates as soon as you see your progeny – maybe this feels a little like that(??). This day is coloured by the warm glow of achievement and milestones reached. Handshake8 year one, we are...
by Rachael Chapman | Jun 27, 2023 | Sample
I’m no stranger to working with soft plastic, yet still it surprises me. Honestly, there wasn’t an in-depth thought process to choose a material when Estela asked us to bring along something we had a lot of to the next workshop. A pallet of something had...
by Mia Straka | Dec 12, 2021 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
The Why and How – Reflecting and Synthesizing Some questions and considerations influencing my data collecting: What data is being collected from us? What information is considered most valuable? Basic information, personal details, accounts, locations,...
by Macarena Bernal | Oct 1, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
It begins with me spilling out that I’m uncomfortable.She says it’s important that I communicate this to Peter and to everyone else.I tell her that it’s hard to have good ideas in frustration, in despair, in this atmosphere we live in today. That I’m having to fight...
by Mia Straka | Sep 6, 2021 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
The Where. Leading on from my recent bamboo model making workshop experience with a focus on the architectural scale structure, and considering the concept of Home. I was thinking about what Home is for me, and what it may represent to others including and beyond a...
by Macarena Bernal | Aug 25, 2021 | Handshake6, Macarena Bernal, Sample
Coloured skin, What does it go through, what does it endure? How does it feel? It’s the end of August. Im in level 4 lockdown being diligent. MB
by Mia Straka | Aug 10, 2021 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Empty promises will now be fulfilled in a gush of blog posts to catch up on past busy months! We have been a collective hive of activity, exhibition planning, fundraising doings, online exhibition masterclasses plus personal research, playing, exploring and making....
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 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...
