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:
Nelson Jewellery Week and other assorted goodies
Scrambling to finish the ‘connection’ to my neighbour for CHAINreaction, Handshakes at the Refinery show in Nelson. I had used a ‘found’ piece of copper and stripped it down to make a rather tiny link and Attai asked me • why round? • how do you move from one material...
Shackle tackle
Catching up again. Now I’m in February. And preparing for CHAINreaction exhibition. The Handshakers had a casual get together over Zoom and shared what we were working on. I was stunned it was February already and was feeling the pressure building over the imminent...
2020 Postmortem
Attai and I talked about the Te Auaha show. We talked about Covid. And family. And artists. We talked about holding on to work. Prioritising making money over work and finding a way to make it work. Oh the forever elusive balance. We talked about the upcoming chain....
Ode to Te Auaha
Looking back. Catching up. Just a few months behind. October 2020, my partner and I drove down to Wellington, with jewellery, rolls of paper and other paraphernalia for our Handshake 6 ‘process’ show. It was magic to be on the open road, going somewhere. We stopped...
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
