JEWELLERY from AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

JEWELLERY from AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Sieraden van Aotearoa Nieuw Zeeland

New Zealand jewellery is seen in the wider world as a free spirit that turns away from convention and description.

Obviously, the work comes from makers who connects to their ideas, and those ideas occur from the two islands in the middle of the Pacific, far away from the accumulation of common institutional conventions.
New Zealand history is built upon pioneering spirits. Its contemporary jewellery history is still tracible with most still active. In this exhibition are a few of those pioneering spirits who showed inspiring ways throughout their careers.

‘Sieraden van Aotearoa Nieuw-Zeeland’ is brought to the Netherlands by MAKERS101 and curated by Marie-José van Hout for an exhibition at Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL).

It opens 7 November 2021 and lasts until 17 January 2022.

Becky Bliss

Tick Tock – charts global temperature-change over 120 years. – 2021

As a result of the change in temperature, global sea level rise began around the start of the 20th century. Between 1900 and 2016, the globally averaged sea level rose by 160–210mm.
Measurements showed a rise of 75mm from 1993 to 2017.
Between 1993 and 2018, the melting of glaciers (21%); Greenland (15%); and Antarctica (8%) contribute to 42% of sea level rise. The rate is expected to accelerate during the 21st century.
A conservative estimate of the long-term projections is that each degree (C) of temperature rise triggers a sea level rise of approximately a meter. Sustained global warming of 2–4°C could cause a global average sea-level rise of about 7 meters.
100-year floods are becoming almost annual events.
The links are reminiscent of the chain of a ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise
https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/author/ehawkins/

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Caroline Thomas

Fred wearing Ruff– polymer clay, vintage Bakelite boxes, stainless steel wireI – 2021

The Other Side- front & back, vintage picture frame, fake grass, neckpiece, wallpaper, brass, sterling silver, vintage chain – 2021

Karl Fritsch

Ring – 2021

Ring – 2021

Kelly McDonald

Cog XII – 2021

Blowing Bubbles in the Wind – Bubble blower/Neckpiece – 2021

Lisa Walker

Hang – fabric, thread, paint, stuffing – 2020

All Stuck in a Diamond – fabric, stuffing, thread, paint – 2020

Octavia Cook

Swallowtail Symmetry – brooch, acrylic (hand carved and inlaid), silver, 99 x 50 x 8mm – 2021– Photography Justin Spiers

Sol – brooch. Acrylic (hand carved and inlaid), silver, 93 x 54 x 5mm – 2017- Photography John Collie

Marie Curtis

One Year string – Kauri, Rimu, Stg silver, silk – 2021 – Photography Caryline Boreham

Groove 29 Bead String – New Zealand native timbers Puriri with Kowhai, silk – 2021 – Photography Caryline Boreham

Shelley Norton

Images from Boxed series, deconstructed and melted plastic shopping bags, sterling silver, steel – 2018. Photography Caryline Boreham, model Renee Bevan

Vanessa Arthur

Float For a Day– pin, brass shim, sterling silver, heat set paint, enamel paint, steel pin – 2021

Waymark- charm bracelet, sterling silver oxidised, brass shim, heat set paint, enamel paint – 2021

Fran Alison

Broken Frieze – 2021

Broken Rose – 2021

Nina van Duijnhoven

Untitled III – brooch, acid free 250gsm paper, pastel, silk cord – 2021

Untitled II – necklace, acid free 250gsm paper, pastel, pastel – 2021

Untitled IV, V, VI, VII, VIII – brooches, acid free 250gsm paper, paper mâché, pastel – 2021

Moniek Schrijer

Leonardo – neckpiece, materials: patinated brass, anodised aluminium studs, sterling silver
– 2019

Surface no.11 – pendant, sterling silver, cubic zirconia, patina paint – 2019