I have an obsession with collecting the unseen and discarded from my daily domestic life and surroundings. I find possibility in these materials and transform them into precious, wearable pieces. In their new form, they speak to those who recognise traces of their history, touching on domesticity, gender, consumerism, and self-prescription through colour-coding.
I am looking to HS6 to help me navigate my post-study making with more clarity and refine my research.
Attai Chen is my mentor as recommended by the committee. He was only a video away, and I found many parallels in his approach so I’m very excited to be his mentee.
Nikki Perry‘s posts:
It’s a wrap.
I wrote my last blog in September 2021. So it’s a wrap (see cover shot of all our names peeled off the wall). Our final show Morph, Aug 27 2022 - Oct 8 2022, at NorthArt in Auckland. We arrived, set-up, and opened. Small turn out for Auckland. I showed my face. This...
SHAPE SHIFTER: HS6 Fundraiser
The HANDSHAKE6 group has been collaborating on a fundraising necklace project for a while, and they are excited to share the results! These necklaces are a collaboration between the group with each participant designing one of the 12 shapes. There are 4 different...
Covid Pickle
Attai Chen 13 Sept 2021 Attai had just been able to visit Prague for the weekend – first trip since Covid hit. He talked about a Gingerbread Shop. I want to go back there too. Jealous that he can get on a train and be in Prague in a couple of hours. He said they’re...
Blue Room
Now I’m in August 2021. We had another workshop with the wonderful Estela Saez, and the brief was to make 20 sec video of a 3d model of our ‘solo exhibition’ in a specific colour. I got blue. No pieces of jewellery to be used. I have never built anything before like...
Nikki Perry‘s images:
Possum (headlights), 2019, series tg Silver, Plastic. 84mm x 20mm (brooches)
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Wobble, 2017 tg Silver, Plastic, Elastic. 102mm x 102mm x 42mm H (brooch)
See, 2017 tg Silver, Plastic, Silicon. 75mm x 75mm (brooch)
Swirl, 2016 Stg Silver, Plastic. 166mm x 132mm
