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HANDSHAKE 5

 

 

 

 

 

HANDSHAKE 5 consists of 12 artists from the previous HANDSHAKE Projects selected by the CODA team.  

This one-year programme focusses primarily on DIALOGUES and RESPONSES.

The first of the two exhibition tasks is to go in dialogue with selected artworks from CODA museum jewellery collection (Apeldoorn, the Netherlands).

The second task is to respond to the selected spaces at the TE URU museum (Auckland, New Zealand).

Both projects inspire differently and require experimentation and focus. Throughout the year each artist is supported by a coaching team: Roseanne Bartley (online coach), Sian van Dyk (studio visit coach),  Vernon Bowden with James Anderson (technical support team coach). At the end of each month, the HANDSHAKERS report back on their progress.  See below how that process develops over time. 

 

NEWS & BLOG:

Reflections

Estella challenged us through a series of fast exercises to look differently at common objects we had brought to the room. As we pushed through a range of materials, I realised that the choice of those materials had been quite important. Samples from exercises above I...

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Completion…

Completion…

The series that I developed for HandShake 7 revolved around concepts that has long interested me.That of "lexical semantics," "the analysis of word meanings and relations between them" (Oxford Dictionary) and the use of typefaces for communicating ideas and evoking...

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Masterclasses- further reflections

Masterclasses- further reflections

As I look back on the experience, I further appreciate that there is nothing quite like hearing how others approach their work to inspire and make you question your own approach to your own work. Because of the way the masterclasses were structured, you had access to...

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Currently…

Currently…

Estela  Saez is a force of nature. Despite the limitations of Zoom she managed to herd the cats of Handshake 7 and facilitate some really good making [plus a large dollop of indifferent making by me which Estela rightly identified!]. I hugely enjoyed the input of my...

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Growth

Growth

  I landed on the path that I wanted to take for the Handshake Masterclass (HS7) quite early in the process, thanks to the tasks that Estella set. While I had an initial vision of the direction I wanted to go in, having the fresh eyes of Estella and the team of...

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Repurposing

Repurposing

The magic of taking the everyday and transforming it into something beautiful is perhaps no clearer than with the stunning creations of the Dassanech tribe of southern Ethiopia. From bottle tops, to watches, to sim cards, the ingenuity is stunning. They mix their...

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Coda: Taking stock

Coda: Taking stock

With such different CODA works to start from, I'm running three concurrent projects and am in danger of disappearing up my own bum. Mentor Roseanne Bartley urges me to pause and get my bearings. It's time to reflect, to find the common thread.  Use the blog, she...

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#Whoiswearingwho at Te Uru

#Whoiswearingwho at Te Uru

Image: Steel brooch, Lens Te Uru artist statement: Jewellery’s integral relationship to the body is usually well understood, most often from having worn jewellery ourselves. What we rarely consider is jewellery's relationship with the objects and spaces around us, and...

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Te Uru: Look Among?

Te Uru: Look Among?

Exterior view of Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland  Image: Samuel Hartnett The pragmatics of New Zealand’s geographical isolation means that often the internet mediates the information you receive in ways other than algorithmically. As a maker, dealing...

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Translation: Te Uru Planning

Translation: Te Uru Planning

DIY IUDs, installation made as part of my MFA study   As mentioned, HS5 is comprised of two exhibitions in 2019, the first at CODA (The Netherlands) and the final, at Te Uru (Auckland). As a maker you’re often asked to respond to external themes or ideas that can...

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CODA wrap up

CODA wrap up

I had a slow start to this project and in wondering why it was so difficult to begin, I arrived at a combination of factors, the first being that Onno Boekhoudt (OB) is one of my heroes. My introduction to his work and more importantly to his making process, came...

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ukaipo

ukaipo

  Title: Ukaipo - mother, source of sustenance, origin, real home Explored through beach finds shell and wood, my new home is explored and captured through pieces of daily activity and finding place.  Tangaroa and Hinemoana echo and reassure providing treasures...

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Activate/Te Uru

Activate/Te Uru

Te Uru is a space that activates movement and viewing through its design, leading you through spaces, up stairwells and looking out of windows. Working with this space, ‘Activate’ is a series of 9 brooches that are made from the construction plywood that supports...

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Ancient materials

Ancient materials

There is sand on the floor, Sand in my hair, Under my finger-nails, Sand everywhere. Following the making of my pieces for Te Uru Contemporary Gallery, I'm still cleaning up sand from my studio. I suspect I will be for some time. Made through the erosion of rock...

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HANDSHAKE 5: Critical Writing Workshop

HANDSHAKE 5: Critical Writing Workshop

Sunday December 8, 10am-3pm | $70 - bookings essential Join visiting artist-jeweller and writer Roseanne Bartley for an immersive and interactive critical writing workshop at TE URU, Auckland for artists, curators, and writers interested in developing a performative...

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HANDSHAKE 5: Artists’ Walk and Talk

HANDSHAKE 5: Artists’ Walk and Talk

Saturday December 7, 3pm at TE URU, Auckland Artists from the HANDSHAKE 5: in site exhibition introduce their work ahead of the 4pm exhibition opening. This is a unique opportunity to hear from contemporary jewellers from across Aotearoa, who have come to Te Uru for...

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Te Uru

Te Uru

When looking at creating work for the Te Uru space I researched the meaning of "Uru". According to https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ the meaning of "Uru" is as follows: "uru 1. (verb) (-a,-hina) to enter, go in. [...] 2. (verb) (-a,-hina) to enlist, enrol, join, be...

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CODA, Handshake 5 exhibition

CODA, Handshake 5 exhibition

  H A N D S H A K E  5 – in dialogue with CODA collection   CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands - 14 October 2019 until 19 January 2020 Selected HS artists & practices are matched with works from the CODA’s object collection. These selected HS5...

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Sand

Sand

I've been spending an increasing number of hours with sand and all of the pieces I've made for the work for the Te Uru space reflect this. It's incredible how each beach has a different look and feel in both the landscape and the sand. From sand that's almost white,...

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Backwards and forwards

Backwards and forwards

With the CODA work packed up and now (I guess) on the way to Apeldoorn it seems like a good time to look back on this part of the HandShake project. All the 'bracelets' packed in their cotton bags I’ve had a lot of fun investigating ideas that came up in response to...

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Bringing the outside in

Bringing the outside in

When making work in response to the Te Uru space I thought about the bringing of the outside, in. I looked at the gallery rooms and saw that from one of the spaces there's a window from which you have a view of trees and the sea. It was this that informed my material...

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Worth

Worth

Value, importance, worthiness, usefulness, meaningfulness, significance, stature, measurement, control. How you are perceived by others and how you perceive yourself. How an object is perceived by its maker, its seller, its buyer and its audience. Emperor’s New...

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Stendhal Syndrome

Stendhal Syndrome

I have a fascination for psychological terminology- this has most recently been seen in my enthusiasm in response to the Placebo and Nocebo Effects, which I've based two bodies of work on. When I heard of the classification of Stendhal Syndrome I was excited. Stendhal...

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Coda

Coda

Welding in the garage, my studio is normally in my house, so great to change the scenery. It adds an organic feel to my environment- especially all the petrol smells and machinery. Once Ive managed to weld the steel to a shape I’m happy with its time to bling it up. I...

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Shadow

Shadow

When I saw the Eva Rothschild exhibition at Wellington City Gallery I was as drawn to the shadows cast by the works as much as I was drawn to the works themselves. Both were remarkable. I'm wanting to play with shadow in my work for the Te Uru show. The title of my...

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Taura – stringing up

Taura – stringing up

Turning an object into a pendant, into something wearable comes with 'stringing up' a bit of rope or string or something more interesting. Deciding on what I was going to use to turn these objects into pendants was my last part of the puzzle and challenge.  Length,...

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