Southern Muster: Contemporary South Island Craft / Object Artists
Mair Gallery, 29th April–9th May 2009
Southern Muster is an exhibition and symposium which considers contemporary South Island craft/object art and surveys a range of ideologies and processes, identifying artists recognised for the quality of their practice. It places senior practitioners alongside up and coming craftspeople, giving status to an emerging generation. It also celebrates their work by recognising that they frequently shift between traditional notions of craft and art with conceptual works alongside design, acknowledging the conceptual, formal and craft of art making. Southern Muster draws attention to the premise that innovation and excellence in craft is more than the technical skill of making, being equally informed by ‘imaginative human experience.’
Artworks
Bing Dawe ' Make Way- Goose Shoot at the Ox-Bow'
- Carved painted wood and steel rod
Caroline Hewlett - 'Funky Fishy Fiddle Faddle Flamework'
- Flamework glass
- Purchase price: $275
Chaim Cleavin - 'And The Cow Jumped Over the Moon' Brooch
- 18ct yellow & white gold, pure silver, stainless steel, 0.028ct brilliant cut round argyle diamond
- Purchase price: $4400
Chaim Cleavin - 'And The Cow Jumped Over the Moon' Necklace
- 18ct Yellow & White Gold, Moonstone, 0.228ct Step Cut Tapered Baguette Diamond F/VS2
- Purchase price: $7400
David Haig - 'Marie’s Writing Desk'
- Furniture in wood
David Haig - 'Sally’s Hall Table'
- Furniture in wood
Fran Maguire - 'Metamorph/phor'
- Stoneware clay
- Purchase price: Metamorph/phor 1 & 2 $1800 each
Gavin Hitchings - 'Construction'
- Sterling silver, stainless steel, brass, board
- Purchase price: $1150
Margaret Ryley - 'Waimakariri VIII' & 'Waimakariri XI'
- Digital dye injection on nylon Custom Carpets New Zealand
- Purchase price: $1 250 & $1000
Marilyn Rea-Menzies - 'Musicians in The Square'
- Handwoven tapestry
- Purchase price: $21 750
Marilyn Rea-Menzies - 'The Exhibition Opening'
- Handwoven tapestry
- Purchase price: $21 750
Michael Reed - 'Runner For Corridors of Power/Carpet Bombing'
- Digital dye injection on nylon Custom Carpets New Zealand
- Purchase price: $3 500
Michael Reed - 'Runner For Corridors of Power/Right Might Profit'
- Digital dye injection on nylon Custom Carpets New Zealand
- Purchase price: $3 500
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Rebecca Harris - 'More Pork!' Vase (left), 'Weka' Large vase (right)
- Glaze, stains, terra sigillata and polishing wax
- • This piece has been sold
Rhys Hall - 'Reliquary' (Bone, Stone, Shell)
- Bone, black jade, shell, waxed nylon
- Purchase price: $495
Rhys Hall - 'Surfcast'
- 9 Mile Argillite, Greywacke, USB Memory Stick (with Video), Waxed Nylon Variable when opened
- Purchase price: $595
Sandra Thomson - 'God’s Image'
- Screenprint on fabric
- Purchase price: $700
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Sandra Thomson - 'Tunnel Vision'
- Screenprint on fabric
- Purchase price: $700
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Scott Sanz and Jamie Fergus - 'Sword'
- Pattern-welded Damascus steel [1080 and L6 steel: approx. 700 layers], mild steel, deer antler, copper, obsidian
- Purchase price: $9500
Scott Sanz and Jamie Fergus - 'Water's Edge'
- Carved w2 Pattern-Welded Damascus steel [L6 and 1080 steel, approx. 200 layers], New Zealand nephrite jade [pounamu], sterling silver, 9ct rose gold, stainless steel cable
- • This piece has been sold
Tim Brown - 'Black in White I'
- Ceramic, white terra sigillata, black slip glaze
- Purchase price: $850
Tim Brown - 'White Patu With Horizontal Grooves'
- Black in white I ceramic, white terra sigillata, black slip glaze
- Purchase price: $850
Victoria Bell - 'Stanley Series' 2009
- Folded Drawings, Textile Ink on 100% Cotton
- Variable
- Purchase price: $500
Victoria Bell - 'Stanley' (tea towel)
- Screen print on 100% cotton textile, edition of 50 tea towels
- Purchase price: POA