At the libraries; Forever in the Wind

At the Libraries

Titirangi Library is starting two new adult groups in March, giving like-minded community members a chance to meet, learn, share and connect.

Titirangi Creatives – Would you like some artistic motivation? Want to grow your art practice amongst like-minded people? Each month members will meet to share work done on a theme to gain some insights and share ideas about how to take it further. There’ll be a new theme each month. You don’t have to be an expert as this is a class to grow in. All creative people (painters, sculptors, paper artists, even musicians and poets) of all ages and levels of experience are welcome. For the first meeting bring along some work to discuss and members will introduce each other. Friday, March 12, 11am-12pm.

Crafters for charity – Do you love creating and would like to ‘make with a purpose’? The library collects for several charities, from Women’s Refuge to the SPCA and would welcome knitters, sewers or other types of crafters willing to donate their handmade goods to those in need. The library has patterns and some materials to get you started or bring your own. Join like-minded people, make new friends, and learn new skills. The group will meet on the last Tuesday of the month, starting on March 30, 11am-12pm.

Flyers with more information about both groups are available at the library.

Do you have an idea for a community group but don’t want to hold meetings in your own home? Have a chat to the library as it may be able to help.

Auckland Libraries offer a monthly book delivery service to those unable to visit the library. Library staff collect books based on preferences, and a volunteer delivers them to your home. If you know of anyone who could benefit from this service, don’t hesitate to contact the library on 817 0011.

March is Pasifika month and Glen Eden Library is celebrating by hosting a number of events.

Tuvaluan Ili (fan) craft activity – Wednesday, March 3, 12pm.

Pasifika Rhymetime – Thursday, March 11, 10.30am-11am.

Pare (flower garland) making with Monty – Wednesday, March 17, 3.30-4.30pm.

Pasifika Storytime – Wednesday, March 24, 10.30-11am.

The Library’s regular programmes include Rhymetime (Thursdays, 10:30-11:00am), Wriggle and Rhyme (Fridays, 11-11:30am) and Lego Club (Saturdays, 2.30-3.30pm).

Every Wednesday, 1-3pm, Whau Ace Adult and Community Education offer free support and advice at their Job Café in the library. The dropin session covers preparing a CV, career guidance, job search, online job applications, and cover letters. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.

Glen Eden Library’s Book Chat group meets on Wednesday March 3, FRINGEADLTD.pdf 1 15/11/16 16:33 10.30-11.30am, in the library’s meeting room. Everyone is welcome to attend and share what they’ve been reading.

Forever in the Wind

The West Coast Gallery, Piha, is honoured to be hosting a retrospective exhibition, Forever in the Wind, featuring some of the most breathtaking outdoor and indoor pottery and ceramics created by Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee over the past two decades. The exhibition runs until March 14.

The extraordinary artworks were assembled by Keum Sun Lee after the passing of her husband Sang Sool Shim in 2020 and reflect their collaborative creativity. They represent a ceramic legacy which will live on in the hearts of many New Zealanders.

Lee has also gifted Whisper of Nature, the exquisite outdoor sculpture now installed on the gallery lawn, to the West Coast Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee Gallery in recognition of the in their studio. Photo by Rusty Scott. cherished association they and the gallery have had over many years.

Shim, a Korean Grand Master 9th Dan of Taekwondo, moved from Korea to New Zealand in 1986 to teach martial arts. Lee, who has a PhD in Public Administration, met Shim in 1997 when she was visiting New Zealand as a representative of the Korean Labour Department. Subsequently they returned to Korea and Shim spent time studying pottery before the couple returned to New Zealand to make a home where he could pursue his art. They moved to West Auckland and established their home and studio on the edge of the Waitakere Ranges in 2001.

Shim has been recorded as saying they used to do a lot together. However, one day Lee said to Shim, “you go off fishing by yourself and I’ll stay home”, which he felt was a strange comment from her. When he arrived home, he found that Lee had been drawing on the pot that he was making and so started an inspired working partnership.

They were influenced by, and experimented with, the historic forms and techniques of 10th and 15th century Korean pottery. Shim created the ceramic forms either by hand or on a wheel and Lee decorated the exterior surfaces using the traditional Korean methods of Sanggam (intaglio) and Bakji (sgraffito) – delicate free-hand surface carving and engraving – which were then meticulously painted and inlaid with glazes of vibrant contemporary colours.

Over the years, Shim and Lee have had many successful exhibitions and won international awards in Korea, Croatia and Austria. Their collaborative works are included in the Austrian Museum and Portage Trust New Zealand Collections. They were selected many times as finalists in the Portage Ceramic Awards and won the Premier Award, New Zealand’s most prestigious pottery prize, in December 2018.

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