weaver/fibre artist
I entered three harakeke artworks in the Left Bank Gallery members’ winter exhibition (23 May – 17 June 2023). The theme was ‘brain-sailing” Edward de Bono suggests that brainstorming is outdated, and brain-sailing is the way to go for new ideas. Brain-sailing is about cutting across normal patterns to produce Continue Reading →
Driftwood and Sand is a beach sculpture event held in the last week in January every year in Hokitika. Here is the story of my winning creation ‘Mantle’. Usually, I spend quite a lot of time beforehand walking on the beach, looking for materials and inspiration. But this year I Continue Reading →
“Into the Light”, the end-of-year exhibition for members opened at the Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth on 10 December 2022. It will run until 28 January 2023. I have two art works in the exhibition; ‘Shimmer” and ‘Golden Kōpae”.
At the beginning of December I had some work in the Tiny Art Pop-up Show organised by WAI (Westland Arts Inc). Work from seven members was exhibited in the cute little Weighstation building alongside the Custom House in the riverside heritage area in Hokitika. It is a replica of the Continue Reading →
I was invited to enter some sculptural weaving into the annual King’s College art exhibition in Auckland. It was a thrill to see ‘Serpentine” on the cover of the catalogue. This long tube was woven from harakeke (NZ flax) and loosely knotted. The other two were more of my looped Continue Reading →
Reflection, preparation, learning and celebration were the themes for the member’s exhibition at the Left Bank Gallery Greymouth in June to mark Puanga-Matariki. I entered three works.
In March 2022, I ran a one-day twining workshop for nine people from the Westland Creative Fibre group. These baskets were made using harakeke (New Zealand flax – phormium tenax).
This year’s entry in Driftwood and Sand, the annual beach sculpture event on Hokitika beach. I came across some of roots and/or vines while walking on the beach prior to the event and immediately saw the potential for random weaving. I did a trial sphere over a beach ball which Continue Reading →
I was very surprised but ecstatic to be selected as one of the 80 finalists out of 563 entries for this prestigious 2021 Parkin Drawing Prize. Encouraged by my good friend and fellow artist, Kate Buckley, I entered From My Garden, the first time I had entered the award. I removed two Continue Reading →
I created some felted works as a tribute to my father for the Left Bank Gallery members exhibition – Puanga Matariki – in Greymouth 25 June – 24 July 2021. My entries in this exhibition were quite a departure from my recent work. Here is my artist statement that accompanied Continue Reading →