weaver/fibre artist
I was invited along with four other textile/fibre artists to be part the Follow the Thread art exhibition. This is showing in The Coolstore Gallery on the Wharf in Māpua in the Nelson region. It runs from 16 August and it runs until 27 August 2026. I was fortunate enough Continue Reading →
from out of the blue studio gallery, 18 Halse Place, Ōpunakē 4 Dec 2025 – 5 January 2026 The Shape of Gathering explores how materials, forms and gestures come together—sometimes loosely, sometimes tightly—to hold space. Each work begins with the gathering of plant matter from in and around my garden Continue Reading →
I entered three harakeke artworks in “Suspense, Suspension, Suspended, Suspend”, the Left Bank Gallery members’ winter exhibition in July-Aug 2025. On Waking, a work I created a year ago, had its first gallery showing. This work is a collection of different sized woven harakeke rings, stitched together with muka, the fibre extracted Continue Reading →
Edge of the World exhibition Waikawa Hall, Catlins Area in Southland from 21 February to 2 March 2025. Janice Broad and team from the Southern District Arts Trust run an annual art exhibition annual in the Waikawa Hall, in the Catlins, Southland. Each time they invite two artists from outside Continue Reading →
Woven harakeke wall hangings by Anne Daniel in Left Bank Gallery members’ exhibition, LUSH Continue Reading →
Horizon was the theme of WAI (Westland Arts inc) members’ exhibition for Art @ the Library in Hokitika in Dec/Jan 2024 We were all given a 20cm x 20cm canvas on which to produce an artwork. I took two and found it quite challenging to work on such a small Continue Reading →
Flora and Form: Creations from the Backyard – Solo exhibition – Anne Daniel – at the Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth, opened 24 May 6pm until 15 June. Artist talk 15 June, 1pm. Words from the opening When I signed up for a weekend flax weaving class at Westland High School Continue Reading →
Inspiration Inspired by my winning sculpture “Mantle” in this year’s Driftwood and Sand beach art event in Hokitika, I decided to create “Journeys” – a smaller, more refined work – for my entry in the 2023 Parkin Drawing Prize. Creating “Journeys” Artwork entry driftwood, stone, muka (harakeke/flax fibre) 900mm x Continue Reading →
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 The theme was ‘brain-sailing” Edward de Bono suggests that brainstorming is outdated, and brain-sailing is the way to go for new ideas.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 →
“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”.