weaver/fibre artist
The Driftwood and Sand beach sculpture event is held annually in the last week of January on Hokitika beach. My entry this year was “Tangaroa’s Tapestry” In mid-January I was walking on the beach and found quite a lot of seaweed which was unusual. I collected it up for my garden Continue Reading →
I entered two art works into the inaugural Te Tai o Poutini Art Awards. handwoven harakeke (NZ flax – phormium tenax); wire 820mm x 1600mm h x 80mm Finalist and 3D Form – Highly commended I am always looking at new ways of incorporating harakeke into my art work. This Continue Reading →
The Left Bank Gallery in Greymouth hosted the second Gold.Flax.Paper Exhibition from 25 February to 19 March 2020. The first exhibition was in Hokitika a year ago. Gold.Flax.Paper: a collaboration of three Hokitika artists Kira Birchfield, jeweller – gold Anne Daniel, fibre artist – flax/harakeke Kate Buckley, visual artist – Continue Reading →
Driftwood and Sand: 24-28 January 2020 I love creating sculptures on the beach at Hokitika for Driftwood and Sand, which is a beach sculpture event that is held in the last week of January each year. This year I made two sculptures from driftwood and harakeke – ‘Emerging” and “Fermentation”. Continue Reading →
Gold.Flax.Paper Exhibition was held in the Carnegie Gallery Hokitika, 1 March – 27 April 2019. Artists Gold.Flax.Paper is a collaboration of three Hokitika artists: Kira Birchfield, jeweller – gold Anne Daniel, fibre artist – flax/harakeke Kate Buckley, visual artist – paper The natural environment strongly influences our work. While our Continue Reading →
“Harping on about DNA” is my driftwood sculpture entry on Hokitika beach for the annual Driftwood and Sand beach sculpture event, 23-27 January 2019 Collecting driftwood for the sculpture This year there was no beach at high tide in the usual event location. So it was relocated to the north Continue Reading →
I put an entry “Helical” into Hokitika Junk2Funk this year. The theme was “SprinG”. Entries need to be made from at least 75% recycled materials. A friend, who delivers The Press newspaper, gave me a large rubbish bag of plastic strapping tape that comes around the bundles of newspapers. There Continue Reading →
Location of Driftwood and Sand 24-28 January 2018 This year’s Driftwood and Sand beach sculpture event was a little different. There was no beach at high tide so sculptures needed to be built on the rock wall or on the grass at the top of it. There were however lots Continue Reading →
Driftwood and Sand Beach sculpture event, Hokitika, 21-25 January 2017 The day before the start of this year’s Driftwood and Sand I walked along the beach to get ideas for my sculpture. There was a lot of shiny black seaweed along the high tide line, something I had never seen Continue Reading →
I have completed weaving my first wahakura (baby basket); a special gift for my new mokopuna (grandchild) due in Brisbane at New Year. The harakeke was harvested from a bush in my garden which I chose for the long blades and golden colour it turns when dried. The whenu (weaving strips) Continue Reading →