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Creative Connections

Mandy Jakich

In conversation with Aotearoa"s visual artists, talking practice, process and creative life.

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61:25

Gabriella Williams - Painter, Pen and Ink Artist

Creative Connections ·

2021/07/23

Gabriella is an artist living in Auckland NZ. She has a super interesting story which I’m sure will be really inspiring to many of you, as despite living amongst creative people, trying out creative ventures over the years and having a creative career in education, it’s only now in her 50s her passion for art has been unleashed and she has developed her own art practice and now finally thinks of herself as an artist..Her paintings often respond to the sea, skies and land of a favourite place,

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69:59

Mandy Flood - Contemporary Jeweller

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2021/07/13

Mandy is a contemporary jeweller from Westmere, Auckland NZ."Everything is on the point of decline" W.G. Sebald "The aesthetics of decay and obsolescence along with the beauty of impermanence forms the impetus for my work. I take the traditional process of enamelling and seek to expand the preconceptions of a finished surface. It is the inclination of time found on the commonplace urban object that I endeavour to express through both manipulation of metal and the indeterminate nature

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77:06

Feeonaa Clifton - Multi-Disciplinary Artist

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2021/07/10

Feeonaa Clifton (née Wall) is a multi-disciplinary artist and a mother of 3 children of Samoan, Swedish, German and English heritage, living at Muriwai Beach, North West of Auckland..She has a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Pacific) / Diploma in Arts Administration, University of Auckland. Her work has explored indigenous histories and stories, her own identity, wellbeing, and environmental issues through the use of costume, body adornment, dance, poetry, ceremonial activations and more recently

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65:53

Arwen Flowers - Mixed Media Artist

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2021/07/01

Arwen is a New Zealand-born mixed media artist, raised in the beautiful ranges, forests, and beaches of the West Coast of Auckland. Her recent artwork on canvas utilises a unique mix of media—dressmaking patterns, graphite, charcoal, metallic foil and paint. Through this unique multi-media approach Arwen references landscape and oceanic forms while exploring intersections, crossovers, and parallels between historical and modern European and Pacific Island culture and themes of identity, often from a

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67:45

Amber Emm - Painter

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2021/06/24

Amber Emm is a full time artist from the North West of Auckland NZ, currently painting stunning photo realistic floral oil paintings that celebrate contrast, colour, detail and light.Amber took up painting in 1990 purely for pleasure and became a full time artist in 1995. Then In 1998 positive feedback from a painting demonstration encouraged her to start teaching.Her main inspiration has been boats, the seaside and the coastal fauna and flora of New Zealand. In the last 5 years she has turned her

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72:11

Sharon Keightley - Quilt Maker and Pattern Designer

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2021/06/09

Sharon is a passionate quilt pattern designer and quilt maker from Auckland NZ. A self confessed lover of reproduction fabrics, her favourite thing to do is 'Appliqué' using pieced blocks to complete the quilt. "I simply love to design and make quilts, for me it has been an absolute joy to share my patterns and my fondness of vintage and reproduction fabrics. Experimenting with this range of unique fabric styles allows me to add my own historical vision into my design

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67:41

Emma Farry - Writer, Creative Maker

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2021/06/07

Emma is a writer, photographer, creative maker and meditation practitioner. Her work is all about emotion, and the life of the spirit. She brings this awareness to her work with photography, books and soul stones. Each of her pieces is designed to start a conversation with the heart of the viewer.Emma writes her books and creates her soul stones at her studio overlooking Muriwai Beach and her writing and photography is inspired by the dynamic beauty that surrounds her. She gives thanks for the

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51:32

Kiri Abraham - Painter, pencil and ink artist

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2021/05/28

Kiri Abraham is an artist, mother, gardener, tramper and lover of nature who has lived and worked in Helensville (North West of Auckland NZ) for the past 15 years. She describes her art as ‘drawing’, although it includes painting, printing, stitch and more recently, cutting and burning. Drawing can be both a very simple process, and a complex, multi layered practise, and it is this diversity that attracts Kiri to the medium as a way of expression through mark making. She works by building up a

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64:56

Anna Hanson - Textile, Rope and Embroidery Artist,...

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2021/05/14

With over thirty years’ experience in the arts, as both a practitioner and curator, Anna Hanson strives to empower artists, champion the role of art in society, and transform widely-held perceptions of textile-based projects within the art arena. As a practitioner, Hanson’s work embraces the codes of embroidery ,ropes and textiles. She believes in art as an essential part of a healthy community and, wherever possible, aims to remove the terms ‘traditional’, ‘craft’ and ‘female’ from the art world’s

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65:56

Emma Springford-Gough - Painter

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2021/05/06

Artist Emma Springford-Gough grew up in West Auckland NZ and has lived in Huapai for the last 11 years with her husband, 3 kids, dog, cat and a handful of fish. Making art, drawing specifically, has always been a great part of Emma’s life. She loves drawing and finds it a raw and immediate form of expression. She uses drawing as a tool for documenting objects and interiors that surround her. Ink and brush is her fav medium, but really anything will do in her eyes.Embroidery is another medium Emma

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69:01

Jago Neal - Painter, Illustrator, Photographer

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2021/05/02

Jago Neal is a mixed media artist, illustrator and photographer originally from London. He now resides in West Auckland New Zealand. Jago has a small studio at home which also serves as a darkroom. He often incorporates photography into his practice or integrates it with other methods of drawing, collage or painting. "I draw, paint and photograph the world as a form of expression, to help make sense of it, to stay calm and to feed my imagination and my soul. The work I create and the media I

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68:54

Amanda Jakich - Multi-Disciplinary Artist

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2021/04/24

Amanda Jakich (Mandy) is a self taught abstract painter and the Founder and CEO of Creative Matters. She is the proud mother of 2 young adults (with a grand baby on the way) and lives with her husband George at Muriwai Beach, North West of Auckland.Mandy's work responds to her surroundings, particularly to the seas, skies, land and nature of her home place Muriwai Beach NZ. She is drawn to simple form and design, colour and composition and enjoys experimenting with different materials, ideas

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60:27

Marion Stutz - Painter

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2021/04/15

Marion Stutz is a painter living in Huapai, Auckland NZ. In the last 5 years she has gone from being a creative interested in art with a great appreciation for all things arty and a love of making to a practising artist who already has her first solo show under her belt.Marion's work is all about colour and form, explored through landscapes, portraiture and still life and inspired by artists such as Henri Matisse, Mark Chagall and Rita Angus.- Join Mandy in a conversation with Marion Stutz.

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57:08

Catrina Lloyd - Painter

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2021/04/07

Catrina is an abstract painter from Muriwai Beach, North West of Auckland, with a passion for interpreting the many layers of her natural environment. Whenever she is outside in Muriwai she can't help but see endless paintings, endless textures, colours, lines, shapes, light and movement, and so much west coast energy.She enjoys translating what she sees through exploring different techniques using paint, ink, dye, pastel, pen and pencil.Ngā mihi, thanks for listening!See the artist's work

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61:07

Marlon Hart - Illustrator

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2021/03/31

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62:11

Liz Smith - Embroidery Artist

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2021/03/25

Liz Smith is an embroidery artist living in Muriwai Beach, Auckland NZ.Her business The Stitchsmith NZ brings you fresh, new designs for needlepoint cushion/pillow kits, cross stitch and embroidery kits and patterns.Most of Liz's designs are drawn from the wonderful scenery in New Zealand where she lives and she is constantly inspired by the local flora and fauna here. She loves birds and a lot of her designs feature the gorgeous native birds that live in her garden and in the forest nearby

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66:18

Amanda Kemp - Ceramic Artist, Painter

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2021/03/25

Amanda is a long-term Muriwai Beach resident, a ceramicist and a painter. She specializes in hand-built sculpture, often in the form of jewellery and wall installations. Amanda prefers natural, found or recycled materials and makes in traditional ways when possible, such as pit firing with combustibles collected from the beach.See her work on our blog:https://www.creativematters.co.nz/blogAnd make sure you catch our other conversations with inspirational NZ new and experienced artists.Ngā mihi,

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69:17

Mette Hay - Installation Artist

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2021/03/24

Immersive installations that almost "use sound as a new way of seeing," drawing inspiration from nature, sound vibrations and materials. Join us for a wonderfully therapeutic conversation with installation and textile artist Mette Hay.See her work on our blog:https://www.creativematters.co.nz/blogAnd make sure you catch our other conversations with inspirational NZ new and experienced artists.Ngā mihi, thanks for listening!See the artist's work on our blog

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55:49

Kylie Rusk - Painter, Printmaker

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2021/03/15

Kylie is a printmaker (lithography) and painter, inspired by the land, sea and skies of New Zealand. Hear her story from a farm in Hukerenui to Elam - a prestigious Art School in Auckland, her printmaking and painting process and her fascinating journey to becoming a full time artist.See her work on our blog:https://www.creativematters.co.nz/blogAnd make sure you catch our other conversations with inspirational NZ artists.Ngā mihi, thanks for listening!See the artist's work on our blog

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59:40

Tanya Blong - Painter, Sculptor

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2021/03/08

Tanya is a full time artist and a mother of one, living at Muriwai Beach, North West of Auckland NZ.Tanya shares many insightful thoughts and ideas and I'm quite sure you will find something in her story to inspire and inform your creative journey or your life in general. She discusses her childhood, her private inner world, her travel, her art studies, her sculpture and painting, her process and her art practice.And she even has a big secret to share with us!You can click on the link below to

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