Golden Bay serpentine on blue silk, honouring the bright and smoothly polished coloured face with raw edges. All carved from one stone.
“barefoot in the twilight, sunlight lingers between bones. a circle drawn in the dirt, i collect sticks to make a fire. dusk gathers, as does the quiet. stillness. i become a starlit sky, become woodsmoke, river flow…”
– an excerpt from my exhibition during Handshake8 Proof of Concept show, 2023.
I slept by the river, listening to its relentless song. Wood smoke from last night’s riverside fire still clung to my skin, hair and clothes, as I nestled into the cozy nest I made in my van. In the morning I danced and sung to the river.
This stone is a memory, a call to come home to self. To be with the land, to care for the natural world, the planet and our bodies.
These necklaces were made for Bodies of Water (2024)
As part of Materialise Group Show by HANDSHAKE8 collective, exhibited at The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and at The Refinery, Whakatū Nelson, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Bodies of Water (2024) are talismanic adornments of matriarchal power for the matrilineal, drawing upon ritual, healing, embodiment and place.
Golden Bay serpentine on blue silk, honouring the bright and smoothly polished coloured face with raw edges. All carved from one stone.
“barefoot in the twilight, sunlight lingers between bones. a circle drawn in the dirt, i collect sticks to make a fire. dusk gathers, as does the quiet. stillness. i become a starlit sky, become woodsmoke, river flow…”
– an excerpt from my exhibition during Handshake8 Proof of Concept show, 2023.
I slept by the river, listening to its relentless song. Wood smoke from last night’s riverside fire still clung to my skin, hair and clothes, as I nestled into the cozy nest I made in my van. In the morning I danced and sung to the river.
This stone is a memory, a call to come home to self. To be with the land, to care for the natural world, the planet and our bodies.
These necklaces were made for Bodies of Water (2024)
As part of Materialise Group Show by HANDSHAKE8 collective, exhibited at The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and at The Refinery, Whakatū Nelson, Aoteaora New Zealand.
Bodies of Water (2024) are talismanic adornments of matriarchal power for the matrilineal, drawing upon ritual, healing, embodiment and place.
