HS6 MENTORS
Over the three years (including lockdown) each HANDSHAKE 6 artist developed work with research, experimentation, material and concept explorations, resulting in many ideas and models that need fine-tuning and testing.
This development is experimental and had the support of a personal mentor who at scheduled times was available for hard-needed dialogue, discussions, questions, and feedback:
Antonia Boyle with mentor Hanna Hedman
Aphra Cheesman with mentor Lisa Walker
Nina van Duijnhoven with mentor Manuel Vilhena
Jack Hadley with mentor Karl Fritsch
Fran Leitch with mentor Iris Eichenberg
Nikki Perry with mentor Attai Chen
Amelia Rothwell with mentor Mah Rana
Mia Straka with mentor Manon van Kouswijk
Simon Swale with mentor Gabi Schillig
Susan Videler with mentor Iris Eichenberg
Michelle Wilkinson with mentor Catherine Truman
Macarena Bernal with mentor Monika Brugger
HS6 MENTORS
Over the three years (including lockdown) each HANDSHAKE 6 artist developed work with research, experimentation, material and concept explorations, resulting in many ideas and models that need fine-tuning and testing.
This development is experimental and had the support of a personal mentor who at scheduled times was available for hard-needed dialogue, discussions, questions, and feedback:
Antonia Boyle with mentor Hanna Hedman
Aphra Cheesman with mentor Lisa Walker
Nina van Duijnhoven with mentor Manuel Vilhena
Jack Hadley with mentor Karl Fritsch
Fran Leitch with mentor Iris Eichenberg
Nikki Perry with mentor Attai Chen
Amelia Rothwell with mentor Mah Rana
Mia Straka with mentor Manon van Kouswijk
Simon Swale with mentor Gabi Schillig
Susan Videler with mentor Iris Eichenberg
Michelle Wilkinson with mentor Catherine Truman
Macarena Bernal with mentor Monika Brugger
BLOG posts:
Some recent things…
We are now well into our second year of Handshake6 and recently it has been go go go. We have started our online masterclass with Estela Saez which has been fantastic so far (more on this soon!), I had a great chat with Lisa which provided lots of things to think...
In Memory
Early last year I had determined that knots were my area of interest and prophetically it became a year of anxiety and knots of various kinds. My thinking moved on, partly I suspect because of the materials I was using and this year I have been exploring memory. My...
She hates online exhibitions.
Notes from Estela Saez’s Online Exhibition masterclass. 27 may 2021
new beginnings, new challenges…
Thanks to Estela Saez for pushing us into some new and unexpected directions...
CHAINreaction
Party and Festive, ChainReaction
When the brief for ChainReaction came trough, I was conflicted because most of my practice is dedicated to making Links. I decided to re-interpret my LINKS by blowing them up, so I went on trade me and under the category Party and Festive I found a large inflatable...
The making of Many Manos: ChainReaction
Many hands make light work | Know like the back of your hand | Put your hands together ?Cold hands warm heart | Show of hands | Dab hand | First Hand | Hand in hand | Hands on | Heavy handed | Old hand | Out of hand | Under hand | Change hands | Hand over | Hands full...
What’s under the bed?
For the application for the HS6 I made quite a few works which have since been placed back under the bed to live...to live with the monsters! I thought I'd pull them out and revisit a few over the next few weeks... The chain reaction link I made (see previous post)...
Nelson chain process…
“Even as I sleep I will punish myself” (2021) Artist’s own hair, dog hair, woollen blanket, cotton. 1m 60cm (drop) x 2m 25cm (length) The hair shirt is well known for its role in penance at Lent. Not being religious I still wanted to play with the idea of irritation...
The importance of feeling held
It feels like everything is so vulnerable right now. I guess it was always this way, but somehow world events (arguably as a result of our misuse of nature) have led me to appreciate and value the individual so much more.