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Fun with Film Editing

It's been a really interesting couple of weeks.  Part of me is missing the bench and making actual physical art, the other part is quite the nerd and loves the dabble; figuring out creative ways to express ideas through film making. Obviously, I’m a novice and these...

67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons

NEW EXHIBITION at Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney 67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons April 10 - May 4, 2024 Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Aphra Cheesman, Nina van Duijnhoven, Neke Moa, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Sarah Walker-Holt and Raewyn Walsh The NZ jewellery artists...

In the Handshake 8 journey we have recently begun our Contemporary Jewellery History and Theory classes with the incredible Andrea Daly. It has been wonderful to stretch my brain in the theory space in a much more focused way. One of our first projects for the class...

Tick tock… you don’t stop,

I’ve read that as an artist, you should just never stop making. Then you don’t have to start again. An art practice needs to be practiced.  …but I stopped for summer. Life happens, school holidays happen and here we are, end of February, getting started again. When I...

The Irrelevance of Truth in Times Like These

In this post-truth era of intentional misinformation ….I’ve been having a little ponder over ‘memory truth’, and how each persons memory of a situation or object is filtered through the lens of personal experience.  Therefore, the truth of a situation is arbitrary,...

Northward bound

I have had such a spectacular beginning to the year. There have been adventuring through Northland over a 10 day period. It was a time full of exploring, hiking and, when I could, collecting. On the trip I took almost 2000 images of everything and anything that caught...

Starting the Year off on a Musical Note

Cor blimey what a roller coaster this one has been. Song writing: These words come to mind… Cathartic Intense Exposing  Vulnerable Enriching Expelling An owning of fears An evolving discussion  I’ve finally had the guts to add music to my practice.  It such a big part...

An Art Practice is a Calling, not a Job

Like most Handshake8 participants, after our exhibition in November 2023, I was wiped out and needed a break from the constant problem solving and long hours of the preceding year…it was great for a week, but by the following Sunday I was bored, cranky, and in need of...

Reflections of 2023

The Proof of Concept exhibition marks the halfway point of my 2 year Handshake 8 journey. It has been such an incredible, yet busy year. I have loved every moment of the last 12 months being a part of the program. Through the Handshake Project I have found an...

Introducing the ‘Fat Chat,’

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...
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Fun with Film Editing

It's been a really interesting couple of weeks.  Part of me is missing the bench and making actual physical art, the other part is quite the nerd and loves the dabble; figuring out creative ways to express ideas through film making. Obviously, I’m a novice and these...

67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons

NEW EXHIBITION at Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney 67206 Days, 2276 Full Moons April 10 - May 4, 2024 Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Aphra Cheesman, Nina van Duijnhoven, Neke Moa, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Sarah Walker-Holt and Raewyn Walsh The NZ jewellery artists...

In the Handshake 8 journey we have recently begun our Contemporary Jewellery History and Theory classes with the incredible Andrea Daly. It has been wonderful to stretch my brain in the theory space in a much more focused way. One of our first projects for the class...

Tick tock… you don’t stop,

I’ve read that as an artist, you should just never stop making. Then you don’t have to start again. An art practice needs to be practiced.  …but I stopped for summer. Life happens, school holidays happen and here we are, end of February, getting started again. When I...

The Irrelevance of Truth in Times Like These

In this post-truth era of intentional misinformation ….I’ve been having a little ponder over ‘memory truth’, and how each persons memory of a situation or object is filtered through the lens of personal experience.  Therefore, the truth of a situation is arbitrary,...

Northward bound

I have had such a spectacular beginning to the year. There have been adventuring through Northland over a 10 day period. It was a time full of exploring, hiking and, when I could, collecting. On the trip I took almost 2000 images of everything and anything that caught...

Starting the Year off on a Musical Note

Cor blimey what a roller coaster this one has been. Song writing: These words come to mind… Cathartic Intense Exposing  Vulnerable Enriching Expelling An owning of fears An evolving discussion  I’ve finally had the guts to add music to my practice.  It such a big part...

An Art Practice is a Calling, not a Job

Like most Handshake8 participants, after our exhibition in November 2023, I was wiped out and needed a break from the constant problem solving and long hours of the preceding year…it was great for a week, but by the following Sunday I was bored, cranky, and in need of...

Reflections of 2023

The Proof of Concept exhibition marks the halfway point of my 2 year Handshake 8 journey. It has been such an incredible, yet busy year. I have loved every moment of the last 12 months being a part of the program. Through the Handshake Project I have found an...

Introducing the ‘Fat Chat,’

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...

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HANDSHAKE is a mentoring program in which established artists spread their knowledge to less experienced artists. The “knowledge” accumulated in exchange of the relationship based on feedback is implemented in exhibitions and joint projects.

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