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26 Jun

Treasure box - 2025

This piece gives you the opportunity to hang 3D or 2D. I have used two canvas and joined them together to make a treasure box, which celebrates the significance of the beautiful pink and white terraces, the Moa and Huia. Today’s eyes only get to see these in pictures or bird anatomy in a museum. […]

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23 Jun

THE EPHEMERAL DANCE - 2025

Medium : Copper – Wood Autumn leaves dance, Ephemeral currents swirl, Nature’s fleeting grace.

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23 Jun

Resiliens Zephyrus - God of the West wind - 2025

Medium : Steel – Copper – wood 1/1 God of the West Wind

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23 Jun

Stepsister's stiletto - 2025

Medium – bronze 1/1 It’s the fairy tale where ‘delicate’ wasn’t quite the brief.

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23 Jun

A Conversation - 2025

I often look to the sky for freedom, for hope, for escape – but what if it looked back at me? ‘A Conversation’ holds this question. The figure stands between frames, caught in a moment of reflection. The sky watches; we watch it. Somewhere in between, a quiet conversation begins.

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21 Jun

Study in Blue- Mini Still Life - 2025

5 blown objects glued to a piece of Vitrolite to form a still life

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20 Jun

Love is a Universal Language - 2025

A series of nine touchstones, each embossed with the word LOVE in nine languages; Cook Island, French, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, te reo Māori, Turkish. Made from three clays; local and imported, with three dissimilar surface treatments, fired to 1190oC electric.

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18 Jun

The Hunter Gatherer - 2025

Stone Age meets Industrial Revolution Sustenance at our fingertips But just as a can/bottle opener made of stone serves no practical purpose, so conversely are we in danger of losing connection with our evolutionary journey

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15 Jun

Beneath the kowhai - 2025

A handbuilt ceramic vessel with decoration using the Cuerda Seca technique, fired in an electric kiln.

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12 Jun

Life of a creative - 2025

This sculpture tells the story of an artist’s passion for creating art. This story is told through a snapshot of the artist’s workspace and surroundings, showing the chaos and beauty of creating things.

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