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:
Lockdown blockdown
I’ll have to call this my April blog, due to Covid 19 paralysis (my own). My small world initially appeared to be the same with Level 4 lockdown here in New Zealand. I felt like I had been practising for it all my life. Having worked from home for many years it was...
Gatherings and interferences
We HS6’ers gathered in one place for our masterclass with Iris Eichenberg on 25 January 2020. The day before, we had met each other for the first time at Jewel Camp and shown our presentations to the room. Renee Bevan did her Push/Pull supercharged workshop with us...
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
