by Louise Hill | Jun 12, 2024 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
When Judy Chicago was a student at UCLA in the late 1950s, she took a class called “Intellectual History or Europe,” where her male professor declared that women had made zero contributions to European history. Aware of how little Chicago to start what...
by Louise Hill | Dec 8, 2023 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
I often listen to audio books during the long days of making in my studio. I’ve also been working to lift my parenting game (which often looks like an attempt at creating the kiwi version of ‘Bad mom’s.’) It was in this vein that I listened to, ‘How to Raise Girls Who...
by admin | Aug 27, 2023 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
As our online classes with Estela Saez have come to a close I took a moment to reflect. I hadn’t known what to expect from the masterclasses. The first class was also the first meeting as a handshake group and I was nervous/excited to meet my peers. Our...
by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | Handshake8, Louise Hill
It’s the word I have been given to guide me through my latest handshake tasks. Whilst I’d prefer a kinder word, something more inspiring, it’s been an accurate synopsis of my progress. The task is to take an alternative material, for me, tire inner tubes, and explore...
by admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Curation, News
Exhibition & ‘HS Archival Moments’ exhibits 27 March – 17 April 2021 The Refinery ArtSpace, 114 Hardy Street, Nelson, NZ CHAINreaction celebrates 10 years of the HANDSHAKE project. 49 artists who have been directly and indirectly associated with the project...
by Mia Straka | Jul 29, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Practicing NOT making jewellery NOT using metal To move beyond where I’m at It’s a challenge Everything wants to be a necklace Collecting, Deconstructing, Reconstructing A double sided homemade cardboard loom with a built in hole Site for experimental...
by Mia Straka | Apr 23, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Jewellery for me is a medium to connect, it has brought Manon and I together via the internet, the tool which most of us are using to keep in touch with family and loved ones during coronavirus lockdown, plus to connect with the outside world. What role might...
by admin | Apr 12, 2019 | Curation, Handshake3, Handshake4, News
by Lieta Marziali An essay about the exhibition Te Ao Hurihuri /Ever-Changing Worlda collaboration between Dialogue Collective and Handshake Project, The Crypt Gallery, London, 23-27 October 2018. Read it on...
by Jennifer Laracy | Apr 20, 2018 | Handshake4, Jennifer Laracy
the day after the opening we were lucky to have a very engaging and enjoyable crit session of our show with American artist/ jeweler Lauren Kalman who works largely with concepts of jewelry and its relationship with the body. I came away with some good...
