contemporary jewellery showcase
contemporary jewellery showcase 30 November – 20 December 2013
Anderson Park Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition that brings together the work of 18 contemporary jewellers from around New Zealand. On show is a collection of work ranging from traditional ornamental forms to the experimental and avant garde. Peek showcases the exciting diversity of current contemporary jewellery practice in New Zealand.
Prices indicated are valid for the duration of the exhibition. Information shown in square brackets refers to the name of the artist’s series of work.
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Kate Alterio Kate Alterio is a Wellington based multidisciplinary artist who works in: contemporary jewellery, painting, and photography. Her work often explores diversity, the tension between opposites, human connectedness, physical, metaphysical and spiritual themes.
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44 One pint necklace [ONE PINT]
$525
45 One pint ring [ONE PINT]
$225
46 One pint earrings [ONE PINT]
$165
47 Sunrise earrings [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]
$390
48 Midnight earrings [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]
$360
49 Dawn necklace [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]
$330
Sterling silver, brass and copper milk tokens “The simplicity of the old fashioned milk token harks back to a bygone era when the pace of life was slow and groceries were delivered on a bicycle. In this modern age, technology was intended to simplify our lives yet we use that extra time to do more and more. Creating a balanced life seems to be the new luxury yet could it be the ultimate necessity?” Sterling silver and brass milk tokens
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Sterling silver and Copper milk tokens
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Sterling silver and golden topaz “Time has an illusory nature because it appears to be measured by the external world: the sun rising and setting, the ebb and flow of tides, the body ageing. Yet we also experience timelessness because the present moment is all we ever have. This dynamic poses a paradox. In a world that is in constant flux, and the mind pulling our attention towards the future or to the past, we often miss precious moments. Old-fashioned clock hands were the inspiration for all the pieces in this collection. I see these forms as beautiful and gentle reminders to be present and to stay in the now.”
Sterling silver and Amethyst
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Sterling silver and Amethyst
Vanessa Arthur 66
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51 Street Shifts brooch [STREET SHIFTS]
$310
Laminate, sterling silver, street dust mix (green and white)
52 Street Shifts neckpiece [STREET SHIFTS] $480 Aluminium, sterling silver, brass, cord, enamel paint
64 Street Shifts brooch II [STREET SHIFTS] $310 Street dust mix, sterling silver, laminate, brass, copper, enamel paint
65 Street Shifts beads [STREET SHIFTS]
$310
66 Street Shifts ring II [STREET SHIFTS]
$320
Street dust mix, sterling silver, cord
Sterling silver, wood, laminate, brass
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“The layers and remnants of life are concepts that have informed Becky Bliss’ practice for a number of years. Although time goes on, there is the inevitability that we leave a part of ourselves behind. Whether something tangible or less physical such as a memory. These ideas form the basis of the pentimento series.�
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26 Shadow brooch - H
$120
27 Shadow brooch - I
$120
28 Shadow brooch - J
$120
29 Pentimento - D
$420
30 Pentimento - C
$420
31 Pentimento - E
$420
32 Pentimento - A
$420
33 Pentimento - B
$420
34 Pentimento - F
$420
35 Pentimento - G
$420
38 Pentimento brooch - K
$120
39 Pentimento brooch - K
$120
40 Pentimento brooch - K
$120
41 Pentimento brooch - K
$120
74 Untitled - L
$320
Oxidised copper
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Oxidised copper Silver
Plaster, resin, paint, copper
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Plaster, resin, paint, copper
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Plaster, resin, paint, copper Plaster, resin, paint, copper Plaster, resin, paint, copper Plaster, resin, paint, copper Plaster, resin, paint, copper
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Plaster, resin, paint, copper
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Plaster, resin, paint, copper
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Plaster, resin, paint, copper Plaster, resin, paint, copper Recycled car inner tube
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Karren Dale
“In understanding you I hoped I might understand me�
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75 Where do you think all that looking is getting you
$280
87 Sometimes when I look all I see is darkness
$280
88 Alone Lonely Loner
$300
Silver 925, brass
Blackened silver 925, brass
Hand printed photograph on fibre based paper, found wood, dyed string
89 Poem
NFS
Printed on fine art Hahnemuhle Japanese rice paper
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Jane Dodd
Jane Dodd trained in jewellery at Unitec, graduating in 1994. After 15 years at Workshop 6 in Kingsland, Auckland she has now returned to live in her hometown of Dunedin. Her work is largely narrative – myth and storytelling being thematic concerns in her jewellery. Jane works mostly in metal but has, in recent times, begun to include softer materials; wood, bone, shell, stone; thoroughly enjoying the change of tone, scale and palate the shift has allowed. Her work is held in public collections at Te Papa, The Dowse Art Museum and Hawkes Bay Museum. 23
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22 Nobody brooch
$720
23 Somebody brooch
$600
Sterling silver, Mother of Pearl “These two works reference the 19th Century tradition of Mourning and Sentimental Jewellery when pieces were made to commemorate a great love, often including the beloved’s own hair. However the object of that emotion in these brooches remains mysterious or perhaps even perverse.” Sterling silver, ebony
Christine Imlay McLean “The co-relation between art and the body (wearer) and the compelling inclination to challenge beauty ideals while giving the viewer something familiar to connect with is a subject that continues to intrigue me. This collection features pieces from bodies of work produced while studying at Whitireia, alongside work created for group shows at Pataka, and my 2012 solo show, Milkweed.�
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36 Miss Hornby: brooch
NFS
37 Worn and loved: brooch
NFS
42 Chains: necklace
NFS
43 Apple: pendant
$150
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Brass, iron, 925 silver, resin, plastic, fabric, paint Brass, iron, 925 silver, resin, plastic, fabric, paint Copper, iron, 925 silver, resin, glass, leather Copper, iron, 925 silver, resin, glass, leather
91 Octobadge: brooch
$95
92 We Never Outgrew Her Love
NFS
93 Untitled: brooch
NFS
95 Fantasia: necklace
NFS
Brass, iron, 925 silver, resin Iron, copper, 925 silver, resin, paint, thread Brass, resin, fabric, paint
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Brass, 925 silver, iron, resin, plastic, fabric, paint
96 Orchid: pendant
$110
Iron, brass, hematite, resin, plastic, fabric, paint
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Lynn Kelly
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One of the special and fun events I was involved in this year was modelling Lynn Kelly’s jewellery for the Castelburg Trust’s fundraiser earlier in November. Lynn made a large, gorgeous metal hydrangea that I wore around my neck. The petals were cut out of aluminium that had a blue printed map of the ocean on it. The piece of jewellery was planned and designed in collaboration with poet, Sue Wootton. The poem she wrote was so beautiful that relevant I have included it below…
Off Florida a stem of crude winds up through blue And blossoms, petal by petal, blob by blob: black hydrangea. Follow the stem, down through the hole in the pipe, trace its roots to the molten core. Tell me we don’t share the same seed that this hydrangea blooming alkaline-blue and lush today is not an oily bruise; that right whales cresting in Waikouati bay will breach unslicked, that no feather, no fin, no gill be tarred on our watch. Let the Bounty Trough be bountiful of it’s whole world unto the Bounty Trough. Pink, blue or choke-black petals: what we cultivate becomes our acid test
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Lyn has since made some smaller hydrangea broaches and I would like to encourage you to go and see them and her other pieces– above Lure in Stuart St, Dunedin. ……..Judith Cullen
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67 Pohutakawa earrings
$260
68 Pressed Leaf brooch
$450
69 Black Hydrangea brooch
$450
Sterling silver, rubber Sterling silver
Oxidised sterling silver
81 “Matarua” map with two brooches $800 Sterling silver, aluminium
Victoria MacIntosh
“Since graduating from the Dunedin School of Art at the Otago Polytechnic in 2005, my work continues to be dominated by the ‘found object’. Indulging my habit for hoarding and collecting - I reassemble the old and unwanted as a way of telling new stories that intertwine the personal with the political.” 55
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54 Grater brooch
$520
55 ‘Spinsterhood’ brooch and spoon
$900
Sterling silver, fine silver, cheese grater
Sterling silver, fine silver, antique photo, velvet, glass “It has been said that a 40 year old woman has a greater chance of getting killed by a terrorist than getting married - alarming to discover that ones marital status can have such an impact on ones life expectancy, especially in today’s political climate.”
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8 Diamond Honeycomb ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$390
9 Hollow Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$435
10 Diamond Honeycomb No2 ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$390
11 Chain Mail ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$390
12 Small Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$305
13 Gold Ball ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$450
14 Shield ring (mens) [‘TINKE-RING’]
$300
Sterling silver
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Sterling silver, copper
Sterling silver
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Sterling silver
Sterling silver, copper
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Sterling silver, gold
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Bronze, oxidised
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15 Textured stack of rings [‘TINKE-RING’] $320 Sterling silver, oxidised
16 Corrugated ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$420
17 Oroton ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$390
18 Large Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’]
$450
19 Dial brooch 2 [RETROSPECTIVE FORMULATIONS]
$675
Sterling silver Sterling silver
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Sterling silver, copper, oxidised
Sterling silver, resin, iron powder, found objects, stainless steel, copper, paint
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20 Claw pendant I
NFS
21 Claw pendant II
$570
Oxidised sterling silver Oxidised bronze
73 Dial brooch I [RETROSPECTIVE FORMULATIONS]
NFS
Sterling silver, resin, iron powder, found objects, stainless steel, copper, paint
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Neke Moa
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1 Kotahitanga - unity
$700
63 Utu - reciprocity
$750
Pounamu, brass, wax cord, fine silver New work 2013, unification of people, politics and creativity.
Pounamu, jade, muka, paint Part of a series of work with the Handshake project exhibition at The National in Christchurch. NO to oil exploration in Aotearoa!
76 Nau mai, haere mai ki te Ao Maori $1200 – Welcome to Maori-land Pounamu, copper, enamal paint, brass, recycled chain, sterling silver This piece is inspired by Peter Deckers work ‘Greetings from Maori-Land’ 2004. This was an installation about national and personal identity. Immigrants to New Zealand were interviewed and their silhouette turned into a brooch, inside the silhouette is an image of an object that they have identified as especially significant to them in relation to their sense of belonging and origin. A side profile of my face, with Tiki shape/silhouette cut inside. The significance of the Tiki is exceptionally important to me as an artist and being Tangata Whenua. This piece was part of ‘Retrospect’ an exhibition that responded to an artwork of Peter Deckers, and held by the Wallace Trust
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Amelia Pascoe
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53 Wrecking Ball
NFS
97 Wrecking Ball Portrait [A JOURNEY IN D (2013)]
NFS
Brass, cooper, electrical cable, rubber, paint
Photograph by Russell Kleyn
Zak Pitfield de Mille 78
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78 Untitled - pendant
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$750
Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver
79 Untitled - pendant
$525
Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver
80 Untitled - brooch
$330
82 Untitled - brooch
$345
83 Untitled - ring
$375
84 Untitled - pendant
$555
Steel and sterling silver Steel and sterling silver Steel and sterling silver Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver
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Spring Rees
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2 Leisurely Pursuits - bowls
$545
Lawn bowl, paint silk cord, brass
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3 ‘Safe As’ brooch I
NFS
Sterling silver, jade, acrylic, brass “The series is about reproductions and the reverence Chinese have for Jade - enabling bright green plastic to transcended its materiality to serve a higher purpose for the masses. Even cheap knock offs are seen as equally potent safety amulets.”
4 Leisurely Pursuits - photography
$645
5 Oculus brooch / pendant
$420
6 Oculus brooch / pendant
$420
Lens, copper, leather, 9ct rose gold, linen, silk cord, brass
Rifle sight lens, wood, copper, bronze, paint, brass
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Rifle sight lens, wood, copper, paint, brass
7 ‘Safe As’ brooch II
Sterling silver, acrylic, brass
77 Morpheus
Plastic, paint, synthetic twine
90 ‘Jade’ Mirror neckpiece
NFS $420 NFS
Acrylic, metal alloy, laminate, paint, velvet, brass
Mieke Roy
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50 Rekindled #1
$375
94 Rekindled #2
$395
Reclaimed wood (circa 1920), reclaimed wallpaper (circa 1920), hand plaited cord
Reclaimed wood (circa 1920), reclaimed wallpaper (circa 1920), brass, hand plaited cord
Nadine Smith
“I am an artist and nurse, creatively exploring self and society through diverse materials. Medical and other recycled paraphernalia, when used out of context can create a tension between the familiar and the unknown. Transformed into objects and jewellery, these pieces explore the relationships between the decorative and the original function of the materials. The works aim to intrigue, inviting the audience to reflect and make connections from their own life experiences.”
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24 Ladies and gentlemen lend me your ears (L)
$180
25 Ladies and gentlemen lend me your ears (R)
$180
59 It’s a Stick Up
$480
60 The Navigator
$480
61 Potted Palm Ring
$180
62 Lost Sole Ring
$180
Sterling and fine silver, doll ears
Sterling and fine silver, doll ears
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Doll parts, sterling silver, recycled paraphernalia, rimu crutches and base sculpture Doll parts, sterling silver, recycled paraphernalia, rimu crutches and base sculpture Sterling silver, glass test tube and “Barbie” part Sterling silver, glass test tube and “Barbie” part
Stevan Stovanovich
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85 Ring in sterling silver featuring round facetted citrine and four small saphires with runic design on top
$630
86 Ring in sterling silver featuring large oval yellow facetted cubic zirconia and four oval cab garnets
$810
Sterling silver, yellow citrine, saphire
Sterling silver, yellow cubic zirconia, cab garnets
Lisa West
“Most of my ideas come from my natural environment, the flora and fauna I’m interested in. I prefer to use traditional materials of metal, stone and shell. I like to use stone for colour rather than intrinsic value. I cut and shape my own stones and carve shell so often the innate nature of these materials dictates what I make. The pattern or colour on a piece of stone or shell can spark an idea for me. I’m also happy to work within the limitations of my tools. I’m always trying to refine and simplify ideas down to the most efficient solution to the problem, so my work is suggestive of flowers, plants, moths etc, but never a realistic copy. Biography: Born Tauranga, New Zealand 1967 1991 Graduated from Northland Polytechnic and Hungry Creek Arts and Crafts School with a Diploma in Applied Arts, majoring in jewellery. 1992 Learnt flame worked glass bead-making techniques with glass-blower Peter Viesnik. Has been a self-employed craft artist since 1994 participating in many group and solo shows. Most recent shows Sept 05 ‘East and West’ with Jo Fisher at Statements Gallery Napier August 06 ‘Together Apart’ with Tania Patterson at Quoil, Wellington October 06 ‘Flowers and Fungus’ at Royal Jewellery Sudio, Auckland Feb 08 New Work at Inform Gallery, Christchurch July 09 ‘Flag’ at Quoil, Wellington Nov 09 ‘Flags’ at Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland Sept 2010 ‘Flag’ at The National, Christchurch March 2012 ‘On Your Wings’ group show at Quoil, Wellington, Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland & Gallery 33, Wanaka April 2012 ‘Objects of Desire’ group show at Harrisons Fine Art Gallery, Tauranga January 2013 ‘Dress-ups’ Jewellery Box at Masterworks October 2013 ‘Unbroken Circle’ group ring show at Royal Jewellery studio
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70 Laetitia
$950
71 Benevolentia
$445
72 Pace
$445
Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass “These pieces are the beginning of a series of amuletic work about the historical symbolism of plants. I’m an aspirational amateur gardener and I’ve been investigating the mediaeval walled garden, a place for retreat and assignation, and the meanings ascribed to the plants found there” Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass, rubber Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass, rubber
Kathryn Yeats
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“I live in Wellington, where I completed a BA in History and Art History at Victoria University including a diverse range of papers from both humanities and sciences. My Jewellery study was undertaken at Whitireia Polytechnic, and after graduating with a Diploma in Visual Arts I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Materials Science at Victoria. I am drawn to alternative materials for making jewellery, particularly fabrics and wood, their fragility and transience and enjoy building complex structures which reveal one face to the world while holding secrets for the wearer. I am interested in time, in the deterioration of objects, rusting and decay leaving its narrative on them, the record of their life of use. Other themes which interest me in my practice include gender, domesticity, memory, spaces, concealment and narratives of human lives and relationships.” 56 Heart Pendant I
$380
57 Heart Pendant II
$380
58 Heart Pendant III
$280
Wood, paint, found steel, brass, string “I’m interested in the the language surrounding the heart, how it is used to represent love and the way the description of the four chambers of the heart creates an architectural link with the body. My pieces also explore time based processes and the physical memory of spaces.” Wood, paint, found steel, linen, paper, string Wood, paint, found steel, string
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