Nerikomi Stripe Plate - turquoise Entertaining

Nerikomi Stripe Plate - turquoise EntertainingMedium: 200mm Diameter x 20mm Height Large: 240mm Diameter x 15mm Height Alex specialises in throwing on the wheel and nerikomi the Japanese art of folding coloured clay. Nerikomi is a decorative process that involves the stacking and cross sectional slicing of coloured clay. 'I love this technique so much that I incorporate pattern making into the entire body of the vessel. The stripes are made directly from the slices off a patterned block of clay.

Large - 47mm drop including hooks

Fine silver

The noise and quiet of the night

Each leaf has been individually shaped and textured

an expensive first version failure revealed the need for a simple approach

saddlebacks/tīeke

With a beautiful illustration of the emotion on one side and the name and definition on the other side

Vaune lives and works from her home-based studio working on her own jewellery as well as being a partner in The Wild Jewellery

Identity (2020) – This piece is an extension of the diversity range I released in 2019 and aims to challenge us to question what is the New Zealand identity

Edition of 71

'I respond to the different characteristics of the clays

guided by its natural character through colour