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
Polarities
On another planet
Fueled by a bowl of porridge and a walk on the skyline my mind was sure to wander. You wondered about that cow picture didn't you?! Walking lets my imagination roam free and is a necessary part of my process. What my hands and mind have been up to lately: Lots of...
Polarity – Our existence would not be possible without it
From the macro viewpoint, Earth’s magnetism is an act of repelling and attracting the positive and negative north and south poles, creating a magnetic field which protects us from most solar radiation. And to the microscale, the dance of polarity is the basis for cell...
Laws of attraction
Working largely with recycled materials, I’m interested in how certain objects and materials attract me in whilst others I’ll toss aside
Thoughts on Polarity
Twelve artists drawn together for our desire and vision to use our hands and minds to make jewellery and objects. Handshake provides the platform to spring forward. Sometimes we dip, and others we dive into unknown territory to make pieces that reveal...
Kauri Taonga
So while everything putrefies, wars waging, beauties forms are eternal. I seek to honour the ephemeral by exalting it’s neglected, life giving roots, as well as its ephemeral shells. I carry this vessel, inside here watching, eyes that commit, tenacious bleeding heart...
Polarity
Contrary- perversely inclined to disagree or do the opposite of what is expected or desired. It seems the title of ‘Polarity’ has exposed words that I use to hear. I really wasn’t a rebellious child but I now live in New Zealand when others don’t. I see a beauty in...
Hemispherical Polarity
For the upcoming and final (how did that come around so quickly?) HS4 show at Corban Art Centre, we have decided on the title 'Polarity'. We were asked to write a few words to illuminate our various responses to this title and this was my response: "I’m approaching...
Back to the grindstone…
Blog 25 June 25th, 2018 Some of the unresolved experiments and ideas Literally - I’m really needing to use the space between the end of the last HandShake show and the next to get on with some work long delayed by the frenetic activity of the first half of the year. ...
Mirror Mirror
At the beginning of the year, I found two objects that have formed my line of inquiry this year. One was a shattered car rear vision mirror and the other was a disco ball. The glitter, the glam, the shatter. There is something in these objects that appeal to me,...