December Markets
This new set up for the Mandeville Craft Festival, a truly stunning day!
2022
As the summer season kicked off I began attending markets to sell my pottery and the occasional print
2022
As I began to further my development of skills in the arts, I decided to go back to Ara to complete a Masters in Creative Practice, which was very exciting. I focused on the artists studio as a place and an inspiration
2022
As part of a print exchange organised by Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, (PCANZ), I created this artwork. We were assigned a letter and were asked to produce a creature of some description to be as part of an edition which would become an alphabet book for each artist involved.
2022
Something new which I have begun doing is teaching small classes out of my small studio, allowing me a chance to explain clay processes and share the passion for creating. At this stage due to size constrictions I have to limit the classes to 4 people, but it adds to an intimate environment and some focused attention.
2022
This was a very early highlight for my year, there was something truly amazing about seeing myself in Imprint magazine. It was a huge honor to be able to explain the concepts behind my artworks and the reason I adore printmaking so much.
2022
This multi layer woodcut was created using just the one block, so as the artwork builds up layers, the block is cut away even more till nothing is left. As a result of this, there are very few works created and they can never be replicated.
(Please excuse the overheating artist, I wore jeans without thinking it was summer in Nelson so 30 degrees plus most days)
2022
At the very beginning of 2022 I was very excited to be able to attend the Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand summer school that was held in Nelson. I had a week enjoying everything printmaking, including further developing my skills in Drypoint and Woodcut
2021
As summer approached I decided to try a few markets for selling my art and ceramic works. Even with covid placing restrictions on numbers, I really enjoyed the market environment. I decided on the name “Print Squeaks” as a combination of printmaking and a mouse, a little creature that works all night to create
2021
‘Navigate Christchurch’ is a woodcut print following Wayne Youle’s maze like concept, reflecting the navigation of a Christchurch that used to exist. The map is from a transitional period, after the earthquakes but before new buildings changed the roading layout. The red wool pathway hits some key points for my own development as an artist, as well as places from before the earthquakes which hold memories for me.
2021
‘Navigate Christchurch’ is a woodcut I created as part of the Curate Me exhibition which was held at PG gallery Christchurch. It was an exhibition in response to Ara’s collection of artworks. I chose to create a work which was in response to Wayne Youle’s print titled ‘Navigation’, which conveyed his exploration of his cultural identity.
November 2021
Following Covid delays I was pleased to get a chance to get into a gown and celebrate finishing my degree, graduating with a Bachelor of Art and Design in Applied Visual Arts.
June 2021
I was so thrilled to have my artworks exhibited with a group of other Ara graduates at Chambers art gallery. It was so lovely to show my works and to give an artists talk explaining the concepts behind them.
2021
As part of an upcoming magazine inclusion I was excited to show my little studio space and how I work in it to create my board
April 2021
In April I participated in the Christchurch Art Show, it was a fabulous weekend of chatting about artwork with other artists and selling some artworks. It was pretty dam cool to be label and Artist in a more social setting, its all the little things
2021
As a new year began, one without classes and deadlines it took me a while to get into a rhythm of creating and production while also working part time
2020
As the academic year came to a close, me and two other students decided to try sell some works down at the Boxed Quarters on St Asaph street. This was a combination of all the work we had produced over the three years of study and seeing the development of these works and skills.
2020
The completed exhibition had hanging printed works, their matrix of wood displayed, ceramic works in their own kitchen cupboard and covered in glaze replicating the ink of the print room.
2020
As part of this installation I created a tea trolley with kitchen items carved, printed and displayed. The large chopping board visible is the artwork the “kitchen studio” with the serving board handles reattached. Bringing the domestic and art worlds together in contrast
2020
A key concept I wanted to convey in my final exhibition was that the matrix or plate that is carved into by a print artist should be considered an artwork in its own right. It is an item with amazing detail which is inked and has paper pressed against to form the printed artworks, yet it is discarded and destroyed by the printmaker after an edition is complete to create scarcity.
2020
I created a series of ceramic works which combined this domestic and work environment, highlighting the mess that is created by both environments. This included a rolling pin shaped work with the imagery of a printing press combined with an egg beater on the top, something unique and whimsical
2020
As I developed works for my final exhibition at Ara, I carved this ‘Studio Kitchen’ work. Combining the domestic with the studio work environment, a contrast of the comfort and harsh creation of each space.
2020
This combination of printmaking and pottery lead me into the area of sgraffito, the carving of pottery. This replication of textures to link relief printmaking and ceramics created a delightful contrast that I still adore.
2020
As the year progressed, my interest in ceramics and printmaking grew, with particular interest in how these two mediums might evolve together in artworks
2020
Once the year really began back at Ara it was a flurry of ceramic works, craving chopping boards and research into how the domestic kitchen and studio environment overlap. This resulted in my first project exhibition, an installment of works on a messy kitchen table used as a studio workspace.
2020
Following the release from the first Covid lockdown I was part of an exhibition held at XCHC (Exchange Christchurch) featuring a work I created during lockdown. This work was of the little print shop at Ferrymead Heritage park, carved into an old chopping board and hand printed at home. Titled “Board in Lockdown”
2020
Before Covid began causing havoc for the world I was lucky enough to get a placement in a weekend pottery workshop. I was interested in pottery but I walked away with a love for it. Covid lockdowns followed this new discovery, which allowed for a lot of research but not much practical fun
Summer 2020
As the new year began, and the final year of my degree, I tried something different. This encaustic painting of the Lupins I see down in central Otago this time of year
2019
Following on this desire to highlight the work of those at night, I of course felt a need to include women of the night. This combination of fish net stockings and glitz, and durex condoms to create flowers and add colour
2019
This etching titled “Habitat Heist” using el la poupee to colour the print, was created in response to the encroaching of humans into animal habitats with the concept being switched to have a Meerkat taking over a European streetscape.
2019 Second year of study at Ara
This work was created as recognition to the night workers which a lot of the population never sees but whose work keeps the daily functions of work places going. This large scale mop was created using pvc piping, foam tubing and organic food dyed cotton
2018
This work touched was connected to a dystopian connection to the world, using recycled old knitted wear to give this look a scrappy impression
2018
My first time learning screen-printing, and I was over the moon with this result. These space men were created with the idea of how earth is simply one of many and yet our problems are unique to us
2018
This woodcut was inspired by the Avon City Loop that was red zoned following the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes. The house and tree both exist in the red zone, combining them into this whimsical treehouse scene brings a childhood charm to a bleak area of Christchurch.
2018
This year at Ara development my whimsical style in both 2D and 3D art. This particular work was developed with the use of laser cutting and paper quilling.
In 2018 I began my first year of study at Ara polytechnic in Christchurch
This particular work combines the printmaking technique of a chemical transfer and drawing
