weaver/fibre artist
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 →
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 →
GOLD was the theme of this year’s WAI (Westland Arts Inc) members’ exhibition held at the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum from 7 -20 April. This was in keeping with it being the 150th anniversary year of when the gold rush began in earnest in Westland and the town of Hokitika Continue Reading →
On Sunday, less than week after approaching the Hokitika Craft Gallery, I had put up an exhibition of my work there. The most time consuming thing was all the labelling I had to do – I hadn’t realised how much work I had on hand. It was all rather a whirlwind but I got there, and I am Continue Reading →
I was invited to participate in an exhibition to celebrate Hokitika’s 150th anniversary of the gold rush. Recollections is contemporary West Coast artists reflecting on the past. As a fibre artist who works in harakeke (New Zealand flax), it is probably not surprising that during a tour of the Hokitika Museum collections, Continue Reading →
I entered the annual HokitikaJunk2Funk art and fashion event again this year. For the past year and a bit, I continued collecting the narrow plastic bags that our local newspaper, the Hokitika Guardian, comes wrapped in when delivered each day. Last year I had woven a small wall hanging with these Continue Reading →
Wave from the Coast – I was thrilled to be selected to be part of this highly successful group exhibit of 18 artists from the West Coast at the Christchurch Art Show from 19-22 June, and even more thrilled to sell four art works – all wall hangings woven in harakeke, Continue Reading →
I entered four art works in the Creative Fibre National Exhibition which was held at Dunedin Railway Station from 24 -28 April. This was the first time I had entered anything. My husband Rob and I travelled down to Dunedin for the opening of the exhibition. It was great to see Continue Reading →
RED was the title of this year’s annual exhibition of members of WAI – Westland Arts Inc – held in the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum from 14 – 28 April. The theme resulted in a very vibrant exhibition. I had four entries, all handwoven using dyed harakeke (NZ flax): Pohutukawa, Flaming Palm, Continue Reading →
Creative Fibre Westland Area Exhibition, Wild Fibre, was held in the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum, from 3 – 17 March and incorporated Hands On, the Creative Fibre national travelling exhibition. Setting up the exhibition was rather interesting as I had had knee surgery to remove part of my torn meniscus Continue Reading →