contemporary

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www.andersonparkgallery.co.nz

30 November – 20 December 2013

Anderson Park Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition that brings together the work of 18 contemporary jewellers from around New Zealand. On show is a collection of work ranging from traditional ornamental forms to the experimental and avant garde. Peek showcases the exciting diversity of current contemporary jewellery practice in New Zealand.

Prices indicated are valid for the duration of the exhibition.Information shown in square brackets refers to the name of the artist’s series of work.

contemporary

jewellery

showcase

Kate Alterio

44 One pint necklace [ONE PINT] $525Sterling silver, brass and copper milk tokens“The simplicity of the old fashioned milk token harks back to a bygone era when the pace of life was slow and groceries were delivered on a bicycle. In this modern age, technology was intended to simplify our lives yet we use that extra time to do more and more. Creating a balanced life seems to be the new luxury yet could it be the ultimate necessity?”

45 One pint ring [ONE PINT] $225Sterling silver and brass milk tokens

46 One pint earrings [ONE PINT] $165Sterling silver and Copper milk tokens

47 Sunrise earrings $390 [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]

Sterling silver and golden topaz“Time has an illusory nature because it appears to be measured by the external world: the sun rising and setting, the ebb and flow of tides, the body ageing. Yet we also experience timelessness because the present moment is all we ever have. This dynamic poses a paradox. In a world that is in constant flux, and the mind pulling our attention towards the future or to the past, we often miss precious moments. Old-fashioned clock hands were the inspiration for all the pieces in this collection. I see these forms as beautiful and gentle reminders to be present and to stay in the now.”

48 Midnight earrings $360 [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]

Sterling silver and Amethyst

49 Dawn necklace $330 [BEYOND TIME AND SPACE]

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49Kate Alterio is a Wellington based multidisciplinary artist who works in: contemporary jewellery, painting, and photography. Her work often explores diversity, the tension between opposites, human connectedness, physical, metaphysical and spiritual themes.

Vanessa Arthur

51 Street Shifts brooch [STREET SHIFTS] $310Laminate, sterling silver, street dust mix (green and white)

52 Street Shifts neckpiece [STREET SHIFTS] $480Aluminium, sterling silver, brass, cord, enamel paint

64 Street Shifts brooch II [STREET SHIFTS] $310Street dust mix, sterling silver, laminate, brass, copper, enamel paint

65 Street Shifts beads [STREET SHIFTS] $310Street dust mix, sterling silver, cord

66 Street Shifts ring II [STREET SHIFTS] $320Sterling silver, wood, laminate, brass

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Becky Bliss

26 Shadow brooch - H $120Oxidised copper

27 Shadow brooch - I $120Oxidised copper

28 Shadow brooch - J $120Silver

29 Pentimento - D $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

30 Pentimento - C $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

31 Pentimento - E $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

32 Pentimento - A $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

33 Pentimento - B $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

34 Pentimento - F $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

35 Pentimento - G $420Plaster, resin, paint, copper

38 Pentimento brooch - K $120Plaster, resin, paint, copper

39 Pentimento brooch - K $120Plaster, resin, paint, copper

40 Pentimento brooch - K $120Plaster, resin, paint, copper

41 Pentimento brooch - K $120Plaster, resin, paint, copper

74 Untitled - L $320Recycled car inner tube

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“The layers and remnants of life are concepts that have informed Becky Bliss’ practice for a number of years. Although time goes on, there is the inevitability that we leave a part of ourselves behind. Whether something tangible or less physical such as a memory. These ideas form the basis of the pentimento series.”

Karren Dale

75 Where do you think all that $280 looking is getting you Silver 925, brass

87 Sometimes when I look all I see $280 is darknessBlackened silver 925, brass

88 Alone Lonely Loner $300Hand printed photograph on fibre based paper, found wood, dyed string

89 Poem NFSPrinted on fine art Hahnemuhle Japanese rice paper

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87“In understanding you I hoped I might understand me”

Jane Dodd

22 Nobody brooch $720Sterling silver, Mother of Pearl“These two works reference the 19th Century tradition of Mourning and Sentimental Jewellery when pieces were made to commemorate a great love, often including the beloved’s own hair. However the object of that emotion in these brooches remains mysterious or perhaps even perverse.”

23 Somebody brooch $600Sterling silver, ebony

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Jane Dodd trained in jewellery at Unitec, graduating in 1994. After 15 years at Workshop 6 in Kingsland, Auckland she has now returned to live in her hometown of Dunedin. Her work is largely narrative – myth and storytelling being thematic concerns in her jewellery. Jane works mostly in metal but has, in recent times, begun to include softer materials; wood, bone, shell, stone; thoroughly enjoying the change of tone, scale and palate the shift has allowed. Her work is held in public collections at Te Papa, The Dowse Art Museum and Hawkes Bay Museum.

Christine Imlay McLean

36 Miss Hornby: brooch NFSBrass, iron, 925 silver, resin, plastic, fabric, paint

37 Worn and loved: brooch NFSBrass, iron, 925 silver, resin, plastic, fabric, paint

42 Chains: necklace NFSCopper, iron, 925 silver, resin, glass, leather

43 Apple: pendant $150Copper, iron, 925 silver, resin, glass, leather

91 Octobadge: brooch $95Brass, iron, 925 silver, resin

92 We Never Outgrew Her Love NFSIron, copper, 925 silver, resin, paint, thread

93 Untitled: brooch NFSBrass, resin, fabric, paint

95 Fantasia: necklace NFSBrass, 925 silver, iron, resin, plastic, fabric, paint

96 Orchid: pendant $110Iron, brass, hematite, resin, plastic, fabric, paint

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“The co-relation between art and the body (wearer) and the compelling inclination to challenge beauty ideals while giving the viewer something familiar to connect with is a subject that continues to intrigue me. This collection features pieces from bodies of work produced while studying at Whitireia, alongside work created for group shows at Pataka, and my 2012 solo show, Milkweed.”

Lynn Kelly

67 Pohutakawa earrings $260Sterling silver, rubber

68 Pressed Leaf brooch $450Sterling silver

69 Black Hydrangea brooch $450Oxidised sterling silver

81 “Matarua” map with two brooches $800Sterling silver, aluminium

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One of the special and fun events I was involved in this year was modelling Lynn Kelly’s jewellery for the Castelburg Trust’s fundraiser earlier in November. Lynn made a large, gorgeous metal hydrangea that I wore around my neck. The petals were cut out of aluminium that had a blue printed map of the ocean on it. The piece of jewellery was planned and designed in collaboration with poet, Sue Wootton.The poem she wrote was so beautiful that relevant I have included it below…

Off Florida a stem of crude winds up through blueAnd blossoms, petal by petal, blob by blob: black hydrangea.Follow the stem, down through the hole in the pipe, traceits roots to the molten core. Tell me we don’t share the same seedthat this hydrangea blooming alkaline-blue and lush todayis not an oily bruise; that right whales cresting in Waikouati baywill breach unslicked, that no feather, no fin, no gillbe tarred on our watch. Let the Bounty Trough be bountifulof it’s whole world unto the Bounty Trough. Pink, blueor choke-black petals: what we cultivate becomes our acid test

Lyn has since made some smaller hydrangea broaches and I would like to encourage you to go and see them and her other pieces– above Lure in Stuart St, Dunedin.

……..Judith Cullen

Victoria MacIntosh

54 Grater brooch $520Sterling silver, fine silver, cheese grater

55 ‘Spinsterhood’ brooch and spoon $900Sterling silver, fine silver, antique photo, velvet, glass“It has been said that a 40 year old woman has a greater chance of getting killed by a terrorist than getting married - alarming to discover that ones marital status can have such an impact on ones life expectancy, especially in today’s political climate.”

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“Since graduating from the Dunedin School of Art at the Otago Polytechnic in 2005, my work continues to be dominated by the ‘found object’. Indulging my habit for hoarding and collecting - I reassemble the old and unwanted as a way of telling new stories that intertwine the personal with the political.”

Julia Middleton

8 Diamond Honeycomb ring $390 [‘TINKE-RING’]

Sterling silver

9 Hollow Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $435Sterling silver, copper

10 Diamond Honeycomb No2 ring $390 [‘TINKE-RING’]

Sterling silver

11 Chain Mail ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $390Sterling silver

12 Small Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $305Sterling silver, copper

13 Gold Ball ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $450Sterling silver, gold

14 Shield ring (mens) [‘TINKE-RING’] $300Bronze, oxidised

15 Textured stack of rings [‘TINKE-RING’] $320Sterling silver, oxidised

16 Corrugated ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $420Sterling silver

17 Oroton ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $390Sterling silver

18 Large Geo ring [‘TINKE-RING’] $450Sterling silver, copper, oxidised

19 Dial brooch 2 $675 [RETROSPECTIVE FORMULATIONS]

Sterling silver, resin, iron powder, found objects, stainless steel, copper, paint

20 Claw pendant I NFSOxidised sterling silver

21 Claw pendant II $570Oxidised bronze

73 Dial brooch I NFS [RETROSPECTIVE FORMULATIONS]

Sterling silver, resin, iron powder, found objects, stainless steel, copper, paint

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Neke Moa

1 Kotahitanga - unity $700Pounamu, brass, wax cord, fine silverNew work 2013, unification of people, politics and creativity.

63 Utu - reciprocity $750Pounamu, jade, muka, paintPart of a series of work with the Handshake project exhibition at The National in Christchurch. NO to oil exploration in Aotearoa!

76 Nau mai, haere mai ki te Ao Maori $1200 – Welcome to Maori-land Pounamu, copper, enamal paint, brass, recycled chain, sterling silverThis piece is inspired by Peter Deckers work ‘Greetings from Maori-Land’ 2004. This was an installation about national and personal identity. Immigrants to New Zealand were interviewed and their silhouette turned into a brooch, inside the silhouette is an image of an object that they have identified as especially significant to them in relation to their sense of belonging and origin. A side profile of my face, with Tiki shape/silhouette cut inside. The significance of the Tiki is exceptionally important to me as an artist and being Tangata Whenua. This piece was part of ‘Retrospect’ an exhibition that responded to an artwork of Peter Deckers, and held by the Wallace Trust

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Amelia Pascoe

53 Wrecking Ball NFSBrass, cooper, electrical cable, rubber, paint

97 Wrecking Ball Portrait NFS [A JOURNEY IN D (2013)]

Photograph by Russell Kleyn

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Zak Pitfield de Mille

78 Untitled - pendant $750Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver

79 Untitled - pendant $525Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver

80 Untitled - brooch $330Steel and sterling silver

82 Untitled - brooch $345Steel and sterling silver

83 Untitled - ring $375Steel and sterling silver

84 Untitled - pendant $555Hand made chain - steel and sterling silver

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Spring Rees

2 Leisurely Pursuits - bowls $545Lawn bowl, paint silk cord, brass

3 ‘Safe As’ brooch I NFSSterling silver, jade, acrylic, brass“The series is about reproductions and the reverence Chinese have for Jade - enabling bright green plastic to transcended its materiality to serve a higher purpose for the masses. Even cheap knock offs are seen as equally potent safety amulets.”

4 Leisurely Pursuits - photography $645Lens, copper, leather, 9ct rose gold, linen, silk cord, brass

5 Oculus brooch / pendant $420Rifle sight lens, wood, copper, bronze, paint, brass

6 Oculus brooch / pendant $420Rifle sight lens, wood, copper, paint, brass

7 ‘Safe As’ brooch II NFSSterling silver, acrylic, brass

77 Morpheus $420Plastic, paint, synthetic twine

90 ‘Jade’ Mirror neckpiece NFSAcrylic, metal alloy, laminate, paint, velvet, brass

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Mieke Roy

50 Rekindled #1 $375Reclaimed wood (circa 1920), reclaimed wallpaper (circa 1920), hand plaited cord

94 Rekindled #2 $395Reclaimed wood (circa 1920), reclaimed wallpaper (circa 1920), brass, hand plaited cord

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Nadine Smith

24 Ladies and gentlemen lend me $180 your ears (L) Sterling and fine silver, doll ears

25 Ladies and gentlemen lend me $180 your ears (R) Sterling and fine silver, doll ears

59 It’s a Stick Up $480Doll parts, sterling silver, recycled paraphernalia, rimu crutches and base sculpture

60 The Navigator $480Doll parts, sterling silver, recycled paraphernalia, rimu crutches and base sculpture

61 Potted Palm Ring $180Sterling silver, glass test tube and “Barbie” part

62 Lost Sole Ring $180Sterling silver, glass test tube and “Barbie” part

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“I am an artist and nurse, creatively exploring self and society through diverse materials. Medical and other recycled paraphernalia, when used out of context can create a tension between the familiar and the unknown. Transformed into objects and jewellery, these pieces explore the relationships between the decorative and the original function of the materials. The works aim to intrigue, inviting the audience to reflect and make connections from their own life experiences.”

Stevan Stovanovich

85 Ring in sterling silver featuring $630 round facetted citrine and four small saphires with runic design on topSterling silver, yellow citrine, saphire

86 Ring in sterling silver featuring $810 large oval yellow facetted cubic zirconia and four oval cab garnetsSterling silver, yellow cubic zirconia, cab garnets

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Lisa West

70 Laetitia $950Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass“These pieces are the beginning of a series of amuletic work about the historical symbolism of plants. I’m an aspirational amateur gardener and I’ve been investigating the mediaeval walled garden, a place for retreat and assignation, and the meanings ascribed to the plants found there”

71 Benevolentia $445Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass, rubber

72 Pace $445Fused silver, flame worked effetre glass, rubber

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“Most of my ideas come from my natural environment, the flora and fauna I’m interested in. I prefer to use traditional materials of metal, stone and shell. I like to use stone for colour rather than intrinsic value. I cut and shape my own stones and carve shell so often the innate nature of these materials dictates what I make. The pattern or colour on a piece of stone or shell can spark an idea for me. I’m also happy to work within the limitations of my tools. I’m always trying to refine and simplify ideas down to the most efficient solution to the problem, so my work is suggestive of flowers, plants, moths etc, but never a realistic copy.

Biography:Born Tauranga, New Zealand 19671991 Graduated from Northland Polytechnic and Hungry Creek Arts and Crafts School with aDiploma in Applied Arts, majoring in jewellery.1992 Learnt flame worked glass bead-making techniques with glass-blower Peter Viesnik.Has been a self-employed craft artist since 1994 participating in many group and solo shows.Most recent showsSept 05 ‘East and West’ with Jo Fisher at Statements Gallery NapierAugust 06 ‘Together Apart’ with Tania Patterson at Quoil, WellingtonOctober 06 ‘Flowers and Fungus’ at Royal Jewellery Sudio, AucklandFeb 08 New Work at Inform Gallery, ChristchurchJuly 09 ‘Flag’ at Quoil, WellingtonNov 09 ‘Flags’ at Royal Jewellery Studio, AucklandSept 2010 ‘Flag’ at The National, ChristchurchMarch 2012 ‘On Your Wings’ group show at Quoil, Wellington, Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland& Gallery 33, WanakaApril 2012 ‘Objects of Desire’ group show at Harrisons Fine Art Gallery, TaurangaJanuary 2013 ‘Dress-ups’ Jewellery Box at MasterworksOctober 2013 ‘Unbroken Circle’ group ring show at Royal Jewellery studio

Kathryn Yeats

56 Heart Pendant I $380Wood, paint, found steel, brass, string“I’m interested in the the language surrounding the heart, how it is used to represent love and the way the description of the four chambers of the heart creates an architectural link with the body. My pieces also explore time based processes and the physical memory of spaces.”

57 Heart Pendant II $380Wood, paint, found steel, linen, paper, string

58 Heart Pendant III $280Wood, paint, found steel, string

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“I live in Wellington, where I completed a BA in History and Art History at Victoria University including a diverse range of papers from both humanities and sciences. My Jewellery study was undertaken at Whitireia Polytechnic, and after graduating with a Diploma in Visual Arts I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Materials Science at Victoria. I am drawn to alternative materials for making jewellery, particularly fabrics and wood, their fragility and transience and enjoy building complex structures which reveal one face to the world while holding secrets for the wearer. I am interested in time, in the deterioration of objects, rusting and decay leaving its narrative on them, the record of their life of use. Other themes which interest me in my practice include gender, domesticity, memory, spaces, concealment and narratives of human lives and relationships.”

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