we make sacrifices here
 Oct 19 - Dec 10 2017 , leanings
Handshake 4, Pah Homestead, Auckland

This work is part confession part celebration of my rural experience as a maker.

Being a part of the handshake project given me the chance to really look hard at my practice and figure out where things fit. using materials gathered from my local environment and a provincial vernacular “we make sacrifices here” talks about toil, isolation and making do.The development of this work has been cathartic and signifies for me a personal transition into a new contemporary jewellery landscape.

We Make Sacrifices Here, 2017

Desperate measure brooch aluminum 8.5 x 6.5 x 5

Spring tide, necklace, Paua, plastic 60 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm

dividend pendant Paua chip, resin, stg silver ,steel nylon cord 16 x 13 x 0.4

dividend pendant Paua chip, resin, stg silver ,steel nylon cord 16 x 13 x 0.4 (unfolded)

Squid ring ring Marine plastic 13.5 x 5.9 x 0.5

Burn out ,pendant, bale wrap and brass 8 x 2.6 x 6.6cm

Great wave brooch bale wrap ,steel 20 x 19 x 3.2

Reluctant housewife brooch Potato, stg , steel 3.1 x 3.5 x4.3. . Home kill pendant Pig tusk,silver 12.8 x 2.5 x 1.7

father was a grafter,worked his fingers to the bone Brooch Fossil specimen and beach pebble stg and steel 5.8 x 5.1 x 1.8

Great wave brooch bale wrap ,steel 20 x 19 x 3.2

We Make Sacrifices Here, Brooches

Local basket case necklace Wicker and flax cord 108 x 4.8 x 3.0

Cast iron provenance brooch Oaonui factory remnants, stg and steel 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.7

pictured left: Anchor chain chain Plastic and heat shrink 320 x 4 x 0.7

Mortal coil bracelet aluminum 6 x 8 x 1.5

Succession plan brooch bale wrap, steel and brass 4.8 x 9.3 x 50. .Short forecast brooch Black coral remnant, stg and steel 7 x 2.6 x 1.2

Slink run Brooches Bakelite, stg ,steel 16 x 7.9 x 0.3

Fix yourself up girl Wish object Cow hair embroidery cotton 6.3 x 5.2 x 5