 Mosaics and masks both have very long and rich histories. For thousands of years we have
been wearing the guise of the unknown, a face of the imagined to relate messages and tell stories. Mosaic has throughout history been used to convey narrative, to teach us of past events and to enhance our environment with thoughtful detail. Together we bring you our stories, our messages and a large dose of colour with our ‘Mosaic & Mask’ exhibition. A week of insight into the artist’s worlds and an opportunity to see and purchase original and unique creations. Rachel Silver & James Harcourt Thistle Hall Community Gallery Mosaic & Mask Exhibition 9 - 15 October 2017 10am-6pm 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington, NZ you are invited to celebrate the opening on Monday 9th at 5:30pm BYO if you’d like to add to the table. See you here  Completed the greenware stage of some new pots, bowls and cups using the new stamp I made. Firing in three days.
'Nobody's House'
Take a step back look to the horizon. Keep your eyes on the space between earth and sky, the you and me zone. Watch as we drag to the surface, form a layer, a scum in a conscience free circus. The mining, drilling of minerals. The plastic revolution with disposable animals. Tracts of pollution, haze on the spires. Crust of delusion tangle in wires. Exhaust flies from self fulfilling thrill seekers, the average Joe, the member of parliament. MR SPEAKER In front of you is earth sitting on top of itself. Symptoms of lust grow, glow on the skin. Swollen with greed casting a dust that poisons our kin. Scabs of glass clad factories, nobody's houses shine brightly. Piercing with chimneys exhale burnt offerings, pushing up rust. Smoking like Jiminy. Metal horses run races on strips shift loads of ore to make more horses more trips. Plastic ships haul freight to and fro between adult mouths, children's lips. Dredge for fish to fulfil the wish lists of Capitalist & co. Oceanic misfits. Catch the drift ? The more we take out from under our feet the less we have to stand on Make a difference. Reduce our footprints. James Harcourt Toi Gallery Pātaka Art + Museum. A diverse and vibrant group of artists are tracked in three decades which span the development and evolution of arts education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Viewed alongside past and current iterations of Visual Arts and Design graduates as they emerge from their training and links to Pātaka hosted exhibitions. Combining 30 years of past foundation craft art design studies and recent Bachelor of Applied Arts degree and Graduate diploma this show represents flavours of the Whitireia Arts department and together to show their fellowship and collective goals in making arts their career of choice. Track the ideas and journeys as graduates build national and international practices in craft skills and media from weaving to carving, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles and contemporary jewellers who are now celebrated and or teaching in their chosen fields.  Remi from the Series: Memory of Trees, nikau palm mask portraits.
PĀTAKA: Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, PO Box 50 218, Porirua City, 5240, New Zealand Pātaka in te reo means a storage place for precious things.   These will fire this coming week to a green glazes with white interior. I'm not aiming for precision hence the drips but I am aiming to learn bold glazing anomalies, imperfections, happenstance, spontaneity but absolutely no 'mistakes'.
 Am looking to simple greens for the glaze finish of my pots. I have been over time inspired by the greens from medieval archeological digs, the bright greens and the earthy greens from early glazedware. My green period.
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