"Reconsidering Identity: a seminar on New Zealand jewellery"

It was an amazing day with a lot of colleges and really really good speech by Warwick Freeman and Lisa Walker. I have to say that I admire the booth and I get absolutely inspirited to work further with my own things, from new angles.
Unlucky I don’t get or took the opportunity to talk to this two very very great New Zealand artist, I was not in that mod and also a little bite shy at the moment, I got a terrible headache the whole day, but it get a way after a glass of superb New Zealand white wine.


First it was Love Jönsson who talks and then it was some opening words by New Zealand ambassador, H E Ms Barbara Bridge.
Liesbeth den Besten talk about the past and the future of New Zealand jewellery art, very intresting.
Then the high lights of the day; Warwick Freeman and Lisa Walker… They was talking about their work and why the work as they do and also where they get the ideas.
In between, in the fruit break, we could see the result of the workshop Lisa Walker had with the student from the jewellery art department at HDK earlier in the week.
Some of the photos are from this workshop.
Later on it was a reception at Galleri Hnoss, hosted by New Zealand embassy, and after that it was mingle and an evening party at Konstepidemin, Food and music for free.

The invitation by e-mail;
Welcome to "Reconsidering Identity: a seminar on New Zealand jewellery" tomorrow 19/9-09 at Röhsska museet. Registration starts at 11.00 and the talks at 11.30.
The seminar is followed by a reception in Warwick Freeman's exhibition at Galleri Hnoss, and an evening party with a complimentary buffet and live music.
Please see www.konstepidemin.com/hnoss for the full program.

Greeting from the organising committee



Here at Fingers you can find Lisa Walker and Warwick Freeman and many other jewellery artists too…


Fingers
Contemporary New Zealand jewellery

Established in 1974 by a group of local jewellery makers to promote their work, Fingers has become synonymous with innovation and originality and the development of an indigenous style of contemporary New Zealand jewellery.
Fingers has been at the forefront of treating and displaying the craft object as art, and has constantly challenged the notion of what is precious. Early exhibitions re-interpreting local materials such as bone, stone and paua shell were landmarks in contemporary practice, and Fingers continues to set standards of excellence.
As the oldest contemporary jewellery gallery in New Zealand, Fingers has become an institution recognised locally and internationally, providing a platform for many artist's careers. The core partners who started the Fingers co-operative back in 1974 are still practicing and evolving within their chosen medium and have become iconic figures within the New Zealand contemporary jewellery scene. Fingers has grown over the years and now represents the work of over firty artists encompassing a diverse range of skills and ideas.
http://www.fingers.co.nz/


Here is a lot of great artists and their work, check it out!
http://www.fingers.co.nz/artists.htm


Lisa Walker
http://www.lisawalker.de/
http://pauadreams.co.nz/

Lisa Walker is a New Zealand born, Munich based jeweller/artist/designer, mostly working in the area of contemporary jewellery. She exhibits and is involved in projects in museums, galleries, and other venues in Europe, Japan, America, Australia, and New Zealand. She is regularly invited to teach workshops and give lectures in educational institutions around the world.
One issue of her work is a study into the differences between an acceptable notion of beauty or stereo-type, and something else – the search for an aesthetic that we hardly ever see, but nevertheless perhaps recognise. She is continually pushing towards the extreme, and recognises this is a method which enables her to expand her thinking and way of working.
She works in a large range of materials and techniques.
She makes reactionary work, consciously active with influences from all walks of culture and life. The pieces are often laced with references to contemporary jewellery of the last 40 years, questioning and researching what jewellery means, what it can be.



Warwick Freeman
http://www.fingers.co.nz/exhibitors/warwick_freeman.htm




Thank you ALL, for organized this lecturing and for inspiration speeches and an opportunity to met colleges! A great day that I will take with me for a long time…



At Caroline Bäckmans blog http://jewellery-art.blogspot.com/
you can see some more photos from the workshop by Lisa Walker at HDK.




I’m so sorry, but I have some trouble with my blog, so it’s hard for me to add comments or name under each photo… There for no name of the jewellery artist or others who is in the photos.