Christmas angel

Satellite Gallery would like to invite you to the official opening of Cash and Carry, a group exhibition where all pieces are $300 or less. A great idea for Christmas presents!

When: 5.30pm - 7pm, Tuesday 1st December 2009

Where: Satellite Gallery, Cnr of St Benedict St + Newton Rd, Auckland

Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

The exhibition runs until Wednesday 23rd December 2009.

Currently in the Pod at the Satellite Gallery satellitegallery pods Lyn Dallison has some plaster cast hands. A simple idea, which creates hi-impact in the confined pod space. Almost makes the pieces look like a drawn study of hands. Very cool.

Life drawing

I'm ashamed to admit, it's been around a year since I've undertaken any life drawing. A little rusty and quite nervous, I joined a group at the Women's Centre for two drawing sessions.

As usual I think my warm ups were my strongest work all evening. But the process of drawing and intense looking was a great boost to my creativity.

I use my life drawings as a starting point for my sewn pieces, often tracing parts and constantly referring back to them while I work.

The left drawing is Vicky, compressed charcoal on newsprint. One of the 2 minute poses, I love the movement of her leaning towards the viewer.

The second one is Julie, my favourite drawing from the sessions, it's just a pity I ran out of paper for the feet. I may be able to borrow some feet from another drawing if I decide to use the image.

Constraints of the sewing circle

This piece is made on reused fabric - a cotton serviette, and old sheet and gauze. Sewn by tracing the original sketches, and sewing through the tracing paper, then pulling it all away.

I'm loving the sketchiness of the piece, and the accidental lines produced by overlaying the images.

Pink dog person

free hand machine embroidery

Still a work in progress, made from an image in my sketchbook, all produced freehand on the sewing machine. I normally like to be quite neat with tying up the loose ends, but I may leave them on this piece.

To me it looks like the page of a sketchbook.

Keeping Abreast

"A number of friends and acquantancies have had breast cancer and several have lost their battle with it. With a number of ceramic and raku breasts these were made as part of a show celebrating what breasts we have left." Miriam Saphira

Gone to the dogs - the Satallite Pod is glowing

We thought limiting the colours, and having a theme of dogs would be fun. We chose red for its bold statement, and it’s paid off as the pod seems to emanate a red glow into the gallery space.

Podtopia continues with an installation by Lyn Dallison and myself.

Gone To The Dogs is a collaborative installation by Lyn Dallison and Rachel Collier – Wilson.

The work of both artists is centred around domestic skills: Collier – Wilson takes traditionally rendered life drawings, drafts them onto pattern paper then machine sews them; Dallison uses fabric and thread on 3D objects to change the surface and shift the perception of the object . Hence there is a common thread.

The idea for the installation came from the challenge for the artists of doing small works for the Pod at Satellite Gallery. To maintain interest in the exhibition in the Pod both artists felt change and challenge necessary. This creates a dialogue that helps the artists move forward with new ideas.

Lyn Dallison has created an installation in my Pod for the next two weeks.



Satellite Gallery

Satallite Pod - an exhibition of small stitched pieces in the newly installed cabinets at Satellite Gallery. The cabinets allow for mini exhibitions to take place independently alongside larger exhibitions at the same time.

I have my own personal micro-gallery.

I've been blogged

http://blogs.library.auckland.ac.nz/nicai/Default.aspx
Have a look at the University of AucklandsNational Institute of Creative Art and Industries Blog

Satellite Pod

From the 4th August, I'll be displaying small works at the Satellite Gallery, Cnr St Benedicts St & Newton Road, Auckland. To start off, I've created a series of small sewn works.

Coming soon... small sewn works at the Satellite Gallery

Between tides Westmere Beach March 2009

Another beautiful day, on the beach. This year I painted life images onto life saving rings. I positioned them on the rock to appear washed up. I was surprised that inflatable art was so popular.

The life images were all women, and took on a mermaidesque quality, protective of the rock, and guardians of the beach.

'Self Portrait'

Mixed media on plywood

2009