Facets – Overall winner Driftwood and Sand 2024

On Hokitika Beach it is Driftwood and Sand Beach Art Festival time again, the last week in January 2024. Sunday 21 January – scoping the beach On my first exploration of the beach for inspiration and materials, I found there wasn’t a lot of big driftwood, just lots of scrappy Continue Reading →

Journeys – Parkin Drawing Prize finalist 2023

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 →

“Exponential Growth” driftwood sculpture

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 →

Beach sculpture – Driftwood and Sand – “Emerging” and “Fermentation”

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 →

Beach sculpture “Voyage”: Driftwood and Sand – Jan 2011

After last year’s experience of creating a sculpture on the beach at Hokitika for Driftwood and Sand, I was hooked and couldn’t wait to do it again. A month beforehand, there was little driftwood around or even much beach, and it was decided to cancel the event. However one storm Continue Reading →