The Mount Making Project
About
A project exploring object making and object support in Aotearoa NZ, led by mount maker and artist Sophia Smolenski in collaboration with 22 artists from around Aotearoa. Made possible with the help from Creative New Zealand.
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Ana Iti
Ana Iti’s (Te Rarawa) practice encompasses sculpture, video, text, historical research and personal narratives.
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Ana Iti’s (Te Rarawa) practice encompasses sculpture, video, text, historical research and personal narratives.
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Ōtautahi / Christchurch
Caitlin Devoy
Caitlin Devoy is a sculptor based in Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington). She recently completed her Master of Fine Arts at Massey University in 2018.
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Caitlin Devoy is a sculptor based in Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington). She recently completed her Master of Fine Arts at Massey University in 2018.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Catherine Griffiths
Catherine Griffiths is many things – her work traverses between the worlds of art and design, and everything in between.
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Catherine Griffiths is many things – her work traverses between the worlds of art and design, and everything in between.
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Karekare, Tāmaki Makaurau
Dave Marshall
Dave Marshall has been based in Granity, on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu, since 2020 with his partner Annie. He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts with a BFA in Sculpture, and practice varies, adapting to the situation and context.
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Dave Marshall has been based in Granity, on the West Coast of Te Waipounamu, since 2020 with his partner Annie. He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts with a BFA in Sculpture, and practice varies, adapting to the situation and context.
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Granity / Te Waipounamu
Lisa Walker
Jeweller Lisa Walker ONZM is from Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington), but between the 1990s and 2009 has been living in Germany.
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Jeweller Lisa Walker ONZM is from Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington), but between the 1990s and 2009 has been living in Germany.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Karl Fritsch
German born jeweller, Karl Fritsch, is now based in Pōneke with partner, Lisa Walker. Fritsch is classically trained at the Goldsmiths College in Pforzheim and went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Professor Otto Künzli.
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German born jeweller, Karl Fritsch, is now based in Pōneke with partner, Lisa Walker. Fritsch is classically trained at the Goldsmiths College in Pforzheim and went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Professor Otto Künzli.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Emily Hartley Skudder
Emily Hartley Skudder is a visual artist based in Poneke/Wellington. Her practice ruminates on the domestic and the everyday.
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Emily Hartley Skudder is a visual artist based in Poneke/Wellington. Her practice ruminates on the domestic and the everyday.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Vanessa Arthur
Vanessa Arthur is a jeweller based in the Hawke’s Bay. She completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts at Whitireia in 2011, and from there was awarded the Fingers Graduate Award (2011) and the Toi Poneke Arts Centre artist-in-residence.
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Vanessa Arthur is a jeweller based in the Hawke’s Bay. She completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts at Whitireia in 2011, and from there was awarded the Fingers Graduate Award (2011) and the Toi Poneke Arts Centre artist-in-residence.
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Takitimu / Hawke’s Bay
Tjalling de Vries
Tjalling de Vries is a Gallery technician at Christchurch Art Gallery by day, and an artist by night (and also day).
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Tjalling de Vries is a Gallery technician at Christchurch Art Gallery by day, and an artist by night (and also day).
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Ōtautahi / Christchurch
Jay Hutchinson
Jay Hutchinson is another artist that works in a Gallery as a Collections Assistant at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Having graduated with a BFA and MFA at the Dunedin School of Fine Arts, Hutchinson’s practice has continued to evolve over the past 15 years.
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Jay Hutchinson is another artist that works in a Gallery as a Collections Assistant at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Having graduated with a BFA and MFA at the Dunedin School of Fine Arts, Hutchinson’s practice has continued to evolve over the past 15 years.
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Ōtepoti / Dunedin
John Ward Knox
In 2015, John Ward Knox was awarded Otago University’s Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Since then, Ward Knox has relocated to Ōtepoti and lives one hour north in Karitane.
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In 2015, John Ward Knox was awarded Otago University’s Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Since then, Ward Knox has relocated to Ōtepoti and lives one hour north in Karitane.
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Ōtepoti / Dunedin
Simon Attwooll
Simon Attwooll is an artist based in Pōneke/Wellington. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Print Media from Otago’s School of Fine Art in 2007. Since then, Attwooll has exhibited regularly in New Zealand and Australia.
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Simon Attwooll is an artist based in Pōneke/Wellington. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Print Media from Otago’s School of Fine Art in 2007. Since then, Attwooll has exhibited regularly in New Zealand and Australia.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Turumeke Harrington
Turumeke Harrington (Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Toa Rangatira (Kāti Hāteatea, Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāti Mairehau, Ngāti Haumia ki Paekākāriki) is from Ōtautahi Christchurch, but based in Pōneke Wellington.
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Turumeke Harrington (Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Toa Rangatira (Kāti Hāteatea, Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāti Mairehau, Ngāti Haumia ki Paekākāriki) is from Ōtautahi Christchurch, but based in Pōneke Wellington.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly is a jeweller and sculptor based in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. Kelly established The Jewel and The Jeweller alongside fellow jeweller, Jennifer Laracy.
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Sam Kelly is a jeweller and sculptor based in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. Kelly established The Jewel and The Jeweller alongside fellow jeweller, Jennifer Laracy.
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Ngāmotu / New Plymouth
Jennifer Laracy
Jennifer Laracy is a jeweller based in Ngāmotu New Plymouth and co-established The Jewel and The Jeweller alongside Sam Kelly. Her work focuses on the memories of objects and how they function as a token of remembering.
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Jennifer Laracy is a jeweller based in Ngāmotu New Plymouth and co-established The Jewel and The Jeweller alongside Sam Kelly. Her work focuses on the memories of objects and how they function as a token of remembering.
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Ngāmotu / New Plymouth
Moniek Schrijer
Moniek Schrijer is a maker based in Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt. Her work sits at the intersection between jewellery and object, and often utilises found materials that she adapts to fit within her work.
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Moniek Schrijer is a maker based in Te Awakairangi Lower Hutt. Her work sits at the intersection between jewellery and object, and often utilises found materials that she adapts to fit within her work.
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Te Awakairangi / Lower Hutt
Laurie Steer
Laurie Steer is an artist-cum-potter based in Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty. He has a Master of Arts from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and was one of the last apprentices that trained under the late Barry Brickell at Driving Creek Railway.
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Laurie Steer is an artist-cum-potter based in Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty. He has a Master of Arts from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and was one of the last apprentices that trained under the late Barry Brickell at Driving Creek Railway.
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Mauao / Mount Maunganui
Kereama Taepa
Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa) is from Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta / Upper Hutt, but is now based in Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty.
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Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa) is from Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta / Upper Hutt, but is now based in Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty.
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Mauao / Mount Maunganui
Chloe Rose Taylor
Contemporary jeweller/object-maker Chloe Rose Taylor has been based in Hong Kong until very recently. Her work interrogates texture, colour and form - taking the lead from the materials which inform her practice.
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Contemporary jeweller/object-maker Chloe Rose Taylor has been based in Hong Kong until very recently. Her work interrogates texture, colour and form - taking the lead from the materials which inform her practice.
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Waikirikiri, Canterbury
Dane Mitchell
Dane Mitchell works between Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and Berlin, Germany. His work interrogates the ideas of taxonomic categorisation and questions the way in which archives are organised and information is conveyed.
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Dane Mitchell works between Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and Berlin, Germany. His work interrogates the ideas of taxonomic categorisation and questions the way in which archives are organised and information is conveyed.
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Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
Jasmine Te Hira
Jasmine Te Hira (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Aitu/Cook Islands, Devonshire/England) is an Arts Educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. Te Hira’s moving image and installation practice explores ideas about the environment, whakapapa, time, memory and perception.
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Jasmine Te Hira (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Aitu/Cook Islands, Devonshire/England) is an Arts Educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. Te Hira’s moving image and installation practice explores ideas about the environment, whakapapa, time, memory and perception.
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Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
Jon Geehan
New Plymouth-based Jon Geehan works at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery as the Exhibitions Coordinator, and his own practice as a designer and maker informs this work.
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New Plymouth-based Jon Geehan works at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery as the Exhibitions Coordinator, and his own practice as a designer and maker informs this work.
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Ngāmotu / New Plymouth