Process at Toi Pōneke Gallery brought together original works by the HS4 jewellery artists who were half-way through their two-year mentorship process. This challenging exhibition, designed by artist Gabby O’Connor extended the idea of process, both by the transformation of the Toi Pōneke space and through the inclusion of works in progress alongside the installed finished pieces.
The gallery became a space for experimentation, offering insights into the thoughts of presentation, idea, making, material transformations, and more……
Kylie Sinkovich
Caroline Thomas
Brendon Monson
Mandy Flood
Nik Hanton
Keri Mei Zagrobelna
Nadine Smth
Sandra Schmid
Vivien Atkinson
Katie Pascoe
Kim Whalen
Jennifer Laracy
Irregularity Imperfection Empathy
March Jealous Saboteurs
In March, I met Francis on the day her survey exhibition Jealous Saboteurs opened in Christchurch. Busy times however that didn't stop her from making a space in her day to meet up, share work, give feedback, talk about next steps and have tea from a great set of...
Tropical arcadia
Maybe there is something in working with a material or colour that I already have an inherent tension about? Maybe I am starting from a place of low expectations that put little pressure on a good outcome? Or at least a good outcome comes as a surprise. Below are...
Maroon, plastic flowers, pearls
Maroon. Orange. Bottle green. Plastic flowers. Fake Pearls. Real Pearls? Gold? Fake gold. Paua. Red. Love hearts. These are some of the colours, forms and materials I don't like or at least have a sense of unease towards them. My surliness to these...
fighting chromophobia
Looking back on my past work I can’t help but notice that I favour a monochromatic palette. Majority of my pieces are made of dark stone such as basalt and I often patina metal to black. I’ve done it for so long that it’s become habitual. In the spirit of the...
Trash or treasure – material beginnings
Most artists I know are collectors of stuff. Its become a bit of a habit collecting things I see potential in. I get great joy turning the discarded into the regarded. Just like our planet is getting bogged down with the trash from human consumption so...
Auckland Meet-up
From the left: Kylie, myself (Kim), and Mandy Lessons: The importance of connection. For knowledge and healing. We are all in this together.
Dead in my tracks. 30-5-17
So instead of working today I had the chance to visit Auckland Art Gallery, for the ‘The Body Laid Bare’ masterpieces from Tate. Everyone I had spoken to re the exhibition had raved about how great it was. Emphasizing the fact that time had to be taken to really...
making badges
Near the end of March I facilitated another kids badge making workshop at WOMAD for Kidzone it was a blast. I was lucky to have the help of my big sis and some energetic volunteers. All up over the two days the participants made around 800 badges from...
Just a wee bit of first chats
After much difficulty trying to get my skype to work me and Jasmin decided that we would video chat over social media instead.It never ceases to amaze me how you can communicate and have real time conversations with somebody halfway across the world in another time...