4 November – 21 December, opening Saturday 4 Nov, 2 pm
‘Proof of Concept’ is an exhibition at DEPOT Artspace , Devenport, Auckland that marks the halfway point in the journey of HANDSHAKE 8; a two-year professional development programme for 11 contemporary jewellers.
The Handshake programme sets the stage for exploration without parameters. The work showcases a diverse group, united by material play and conceptual insight.
The pieces presented as ‘proof of concept’ are an invitation to see ideas, processes, materials and makers very much still in development, and to help shape their future form.
Artist talks & Exhibition setup
READ the updated biographies of the HS8 artists
HS8 blogposts
Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way
Firstly a public service announcement, this is not a review. It is more akin to thinking aloud about what I got out of Wayfinding by Michael Bond. In the book Michael Bond explores how the act of wayfinding and spatial awareness helps to connect us to surroundings by...
Market Place – Rabbit Hole
Recently I have been fascinated with the tradies and handymen of facebook marketplace selling their scraps. The composition, lighting and angles of these images are brilliant. All I see is jewellery. I can see the thought and artistic intent that has gone into these...
transitions.
My life is in boxes, now neatly arranged in piles around the house. A moment of reprieve amongst the chaos. I'm about to move to the other side of the country, so my making practice is stalled until I can re-settle. In the past month or so I found myself obsessed with...
My other Family Tree
My master discipline of procrastination comes to the fore as deadlines loom and I find myself reading one of the many books on my desk - Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon. It was something I had picked up out of curiosity from the many hundreds I’d inherited from...