Tag: craft
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Of Paisley, Aunty Mary’s bloomers and A Mystery.
Isn’t it surprising what turns up in unexpected corners of the world? This week an invitation to visit a friend with a collection turned out to be unexpectedly fun! The small town of Hokitika is just down the road from Greymouth Mawhera and is surrounded by farmland. It also has some spectacular scenic drives, being…
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Caroline McQuarrie – new date and venue
This month’s Conversation and Cloth event will be with Caroline McQuarrie, textile artist and photographer. Caroline will be joining me at our home in Cobden – please email for the address – next Saturday, the 9th December at 11am to talk about her practice and our art collection. The event is free and open; please…
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Wharenui Harikoa
This week, news came that a Fabulously Exuberant and Rather Wonderful building will open up on December 1st in Waikato Museum in Hamilton. Wharenui Harikoa (House of Joy) is the idea of Lissy Robinson-Cole and husband Rudi Robinson. Together the pair hatched the idea of creating a crocheted meeting house – a wharenui – out…
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The New York Times series on young Africa
The New York Times is running a series of articles focusing on the youth of Africa. The “youth boom” of the continent is changing both it and the wider world, altering perceptions and driving change through invention, creativity and energy. There is plenty to read in the articles including pieces about artists, designers and makers…
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Think macrame was over in the 1970s?
It is time to think again! Laurentine Périlhou, a French artist who has been working with the craft for almost ten years, is making waves with the reinvention of this ancient and traditional craft from the Arab world.
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Conversation and Cloth: Caroline McQuarrie
The last Conversation and Cloth event for the year will be a chat with artist Caroline McQuarrie. Caroline has roots in the West Coast and explores histories through photography, video and domestic crafts. In this Conversation With we will be talking about her works in woven images. The venue for the event will be the…
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Of cloth, peacocks and Scandinavia
Each month a talk about something in the textile collection in Greymouth Mawhera is held in the Regent Theatre. This month’s event was about art textiles including textiles as artistic mediums, art on textiles, and textiles as art. The subject ranged from the French mid-century printed, woven and needleworks, created by artists and designers as…
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The New Zealand Agricultural Show 2023
There cannot be many things more pleasurable than going to an agricultural show, especially when there are highlights like lambs, calves, tractors and duck herding! The show is held in Otautahi Christchurch each year and we have been eagerly anticipating going to see the wool on show and to speak to farmers and producers. It…
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Lincoln University’s art collection
This week a visit to Lincoln University library led to the campus collection of art. The University, the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere, was created in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury, was made independent of the University of Canterbury. There was no collecting policy in place but after the sale of cigarettes…
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Sure to Rise
Vivienne Mountford, in 1993, created a wonderfully witty and deceptively powerful artwork to celebrate women. Edmond’s Cook Book is a New Zealand institution. For more than 100 years the company has made baking supplies and sold cookbooks. Everybody in Aotearoa knows Edmonds! The old factory building in Otautahi Christchurch became iconic, its facade gracing the…