This year I was fortunate enough to be selected to take part in the inaugural Object Maker Aotearoa Fellowship 2024. This is a new initiative funded by Creative New Zealand.
The year has flown by and the ten selected artists are gearing up for an exhibition of our processed-based work. This will be held at The Depot Gallery in Devonport, Auckland, from 23 November - 14 December 2024.
Little Meltdown
Fluid in motion is contained then let loose…
I explore the concepts of absence/presence, division/connection, value/waste.
Each of these drips captures a moment in time at the interface between fluidity and stillness.
Using a circular format to suggest entirety this work is made up of cores removed from a brick wall. In creating this work I explore concepts of absence/presence, division/connection, value/waste.
H x W x D, a Group Show by TheSeeHere at Twentysix Gallery
26 Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington
17th November – 3rd December 2023
Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11am–6pm
Saturday, Sunday 10am–4pm
Opening Thursday 16th November 5–7pm
TheSeeHere is pleased to present H x W x D, a multi-artist exhibition of new work by: Becky Bliss, Pam Brabants, Sandy Connon, Mel Ford, Marilyn Jones, Greta Menzies, Sarah Read, Caroline Thomas, Nina van Duijnhoven and Tiahuia Venning.
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The horizontal transitions to the vertical when heat is on.
Transitions between materials and states.
Bi-products of the making may lead to new ideas.
When art meets craft we can all dine out.
Ideas, metaphors and materiality abound. This piece is about sharing and exchange.
Connections made, sustenance shared
Sharing is an exchange.
In a world full of division,the challenge in creating this work was to explore the gap between art and the crafted clay object.
In harnessing the utility of vessels as functional objects I celebrate the connection which exists when things are shared or exchanged.
Art imitates life.
When we give, we also receive.
Materials: Ceramic, metal
Dimensions: H 480 | W 300 | D 310
When mistakes happen opportunities arise. The collapse of one idea can lead to new thoughts worth pursuing.
It takes something to break before you can make something new.
This work was created entirely out of screw ups and their resolution. It evidences the interface between my own internal thought processes and the physical world.
This work is part of an ongoing series called White Trash.
Old ceramic shards of varied origins are gathered from the Wellington coastline and incorporated into a new ceramic form.
“In creating this piece I examine the concept that change is constant, and attempt to make work which spans both time and place.”
Height: 550 mm
Width: 400 mm
Depth: 400 mm
Time like many textile processes can be viewed as linear, cyclical, repetitive or layered. Incremental moments are bound together as we weave our own unique version of life’s rich tapestry. Change is constant. This work is an attempt to document an incremental transition during which I, as the maker, have traded beauty for wisdom and in doing so have become more accustomed to wearing the crown of a crone. To date this work remains unfinished…
Clay with my finger print impressions in response to discovering the finger prints of a brick maker on a brick from a Victorian era building. Across time, same place…
Evidence of the brick maker embedded in the architecture from a brick stables, Newtown, circa 1906
Levels, Drilling, Evidence of Process
Bitumen and ceramic dust
The starting point for this body of work is at what is frequently perceived to be the end of a ceramic object’s life. Devoid of function, value and aesthetic these sea worn shards were gathered from Wellington’s South Coast. Each one contains small clues as to how, when and where the object to which it belonged was made. In gathering them up and refining them into new vessel forms I attempt to give new life to old things and create objects which transcend both time and place.
