weaver/fibre artist
A week of beach sculpture, shifting tides, and three works shaped from driftwood, stone, vine and flax. The annual Driftwood and Sand Beach Art Festival returned to Hokitika Beach at the end of January. After a busy summer with The Shape of Gathering exhibition and family visits, working directly with Continue Reading →
Hokitika Beach came alive again in the last week of January 2024 for the Driftwood and Sand Beach Art Festival. Sunday 21 January: Scoping the Beach On my first exploratory walk along the beach, I looked for inspiration and materials. There was not much large driftwood, but there were plenty 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 love being involved with this annual event on Hokitika beach in the last week of January. I responded to the call from Donald Buglass, the event founder, for a flax weaver to help him with his signature sculpture – a long-fin eel over 4m long. Donald built the body Continue Reading →
This year there was a good lot of driftwood on the beach at Hokitika for this annual sculpture event and I started off with the idea of creating a large container from driftwood laced together with harakeke (NZ flax), similar to a coiled pot. All was going well and some Continue Reading →