ORGANISERS / CURATORS
JODI COLLINS - miss popinjay creations
Jodi studied at Media arts at Waikato institute of technology graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor in Media arts and honors.
Involved in the local art community, such as the Raglan ‘Old school’ art centre, taking part in the clay shed community kiln where she runs an after school clay program with children.
Not just a painter and limited by one medium Jodi makes a broad range of creations with a coherent style yet every piece is unique. Seeing the beauty in unwanted possessions and giving them a new lease on life, upcycling found objects she then transforms them into something weird and wonderful,
Inspired by childhood nostalgia, reminiscent of fairytale themes, her works have been described as playful and dream like, peculiar and even comical.
You can find her and her creations at ‘Hello studios’ 11 Bankart Street Raglan, where she shares open studios and gallery with four other creative individuals. Offering Raglan locally made goods and a unique intimate experience to both meet and purchase directly from each artist. Her work consists of paintings, ceramics, collage, toys and jewelry.
CONTACT
miss_popoinjay@yahoo.co.nz
LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/misspopinjay
www.facebook.com/HelloGalleryRaglan
MELISSA MCMAHON - Circulate
In the beautiful oceanside scraggle of Raglan, amongst sandy surfers and sunkissed faces, lives and creates TRASH GIRL, founding member of CIRCULATE, aka Melissa McMahon. An educator and activist through design, she creates and partakes in a number of artistic adventures to raise awareness and challenge perspectives on all the stuff people call ‘waste’.
Through the rescue of resources, from the teeth of the local recycle centre, Xtreme, Melissa endeavors to show us all how our rubbish can become treasure. Her current project, DUMPSTER HOODIES, involves the selection and transformation of forgotten favourite jumpers into quirky, earthy new ones, each uniquely handcrafted to be reused and re-loved.
Due to their shared passion, she is chief of Graphic Design and Marketing for fellow Raglan anti-wasters TRASH FOOTWEAR. Together they produce conscious practical art to promote upcycling as a means to reduce waste.
A Media Arts graduate of Waikato Institute of Technology, Melissa is also a visual architect of spaces, designing and constructing market and exhibition displays, for events such as the 2012 Auckland Sustainable City Showcase and Hamilton Womens Expo.
Melissa is currently searching for more super creative heroes to join the fight against villainous unthriftiness. Because the land’s belly is full and there’re no more excuses. Get in touch with Circulate to join the team.
CONTACT
027 438 4833
circulate.nz@gmail.com
Hello Studios and Art Gallery - 11 Bankart Street, Raglan
LINKS
https://www.facebook.com/CIRCULATE.NZ
http://circulate-nz.blogspot.co.nz/
CREATIVE PARTICIPANTS
ANI FOURIE & SHAWN ROLTON - pushinguppixels
Working out of our Tauranga based studio pushinguppixels is all about the image creation. Using photography and illustration we love to work closely with both commercial and private clients to deliver interesting concepts, original image solutions and professional service all brought together by sound design theory, broad creative industry knowledge and a passion to create your perfect image.
Our fine art and design backgrounds allows us to work with your graphic designer, web developer , gallery curator or marketing team to make sure all work is delivered to industry specification.
We also foster close ties with the local art & design, events & entertainment and wider business community to ensure that we can put the right mix of people on your project every time.
Ani Fourie holds an MA and is currently resident illustrator at pushinguppixels. Ani makes stuff and they best way to see it all is here at her fb page https://www.facebook.com/anipaintsstuff
Shawn Rolton specializes in photography and is company director of pushinguppixels. His current projects include the Portrait Project http://pushinguppixels.co.nz/105645/1245058/gallery/portraits-by-shawn and the development of the pushinguppixels COLLECTIVE which is a web based art platform that give associated artists another avenue to show case and sell their work.
CONTACT
pushinguppixels: 07 577 0414
Shawn: 021 100 2408 shawn@pushinguppixels.co.nz
Ani: 027 2828854 ani@pushinguppixels.co.nz
LINKS
http://pushinguppixels.co.nz
https://www.facebook.com/pushinguppixels
ANNA FAIRLEY
I started painting after visiting some of the major art galleries in Europe 11 years ago. I am self-taught and am inspired by children’s book illustration. As a kindergarten teacher, I do most of my painting in the school holidays. What I enjoy about the process of painting is the way my work takes on a life of its own as I enter into a narrative, which I am only partly in control of. I start with an interesting image and inevitably a sense of the ridiculous creeps in as I paint.
CONTACT
christhegardener@xtra.co.nz
027 444 9228
ANNICK FAUBERT
"Just Wing it" is a taxidermy collection which brings life back, to ,well..dead iconic nz animals.
Wether getting reborn in a traditional stuff like manner, with a modern twist or as a truly quirky mix-match..
Annick's work is sure to captivate the ones with eyes for original pieces.
Originally from Montreal, Canada she now lives in Raglan.
CONTACT
malkat_hazevel@yahoo.com
BECKS POPHAM - Lady Babula
I am a young English artist who is now living and working in Tauranga.
My illustrative style is predominantly influenced by film, graphic novels and literature. These in turn act as inspiration for my own unusual characters, creatures and alter egos. As well as continuing my art career, I am hoping to study Special Effects and Makeup Artistry in Wellington next year.
CONTACT
becky.popham@hotmail.com
021 207 2131
LINKS
http://poparts.weebly.com/
CLARK BARDSLEY - Seeing Things
Seeing Things is a side project of industrial designer Clark Bardsley.
Clark grew up in Whatawhata, and studied Industrial Design at Victoria University in Wellington. 4 years in London saw him make his name as a designer. He now runs a design studio - CBD Ltd - in Auckland. The cut and paste of creating collages is an antidote to the structured creativity of designing furniture and products. Each work is arrived at by chance combinations and seeing parallels within often contradictory images.
CONTACT
Email: clarkbardsley@gmail.com
Tweet @clarkbardsley
LINKS
Web: clarkbardsleydesign.com
Web: seeingthings.co.nz
LESLEY ROBB
Lesley Robb is a graphic designer and screenprinter based in Tauranga. Her personal works incorporate painting, drawing and woodblock carving. She also develops fabric designs and is currently illustrating a children's storybook. She is available for commissioned works.
CONTACT
lesley_robb@yahoo.com
LINKS
http://www.lesleyrobb.com/
SARAH MARSHALL - Gypsy
My name is Sarah, I'm a freelance graphic designer / illustrator / creative, soon-to-be located in a beautiful little beach town, Raglan. I love all things beautiful and often a little quirky. Getting creative using my hands or the computer is always part of my day, making wallets from vintage fabric, drawing up new illustrations or designing a poster for a gig.
After completing a BMA (honours) at WINTEC and a post grad DIP in teaching, alongside being a mum of 3 boys, I have also worked in a number of different settings using my creative skills and passion. These include mental heath support worker using creativity as a means of rehabilitation, sales and design for a vineyard, art and photography teacher, an at risk youth mentor/art teacher and most recently a little freelance design.
I am always on a creative adventure and believe creativity is a part of all avenues of everyday life.
CONTACT
fabricatednature@mail.com
LINKS
https://www.facebook.com/FabricatedNature
SIMON WILLISSON
Simon Boyer-Willisson - designer, creator, artist, writer.
Simon started his career as an advertising copywriter in London before moving to New Zealand, and he spent the next 20-odd years working creatively winning awards in this industry in New Zealand and Australia.
Back in London with his Kiwi wife Renee in 2006 for her ‘OE’, Simon had become disillusioned with advertising and decided to retrain. He discovered the BA(Hons) in Technical Theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, in north London, which allowed him to combine his existing creativity and 'ideas' expertise with his practical artistic and construction skills.
The first year of the BA(Hons) gave him a broad overview of the whole theatrical production process, and he then decided to major in set design and construction. He graduated in 2008 with first class honours and received the Diana Boddington Award for outstanding contribution to technical theatre.
After the birth of their daughter, Renee and Simon decided to return to New Zealand. Simon is now based in the Waikato and working freelance as a theatre designer (including props and scenic painting) and set constructor.
He also uses his skills professionally in other areas, including painting murals, building playground equipment, designing outdoor areas and creating unusual letterboxes.
CONTACT
021 238 5911
LINKS
http://www.demtheatre.co.nz/
SOPHIE WATSON - Sophie Oiseau Illustration
Sophie is an Auckland based artist and illustrator. Whether she’s creating lush gouache still lives, cute cat portraits, anthropomorphic birds or cheery sausages with wings her work hums with an off beat sense of humour and deft touch of the brush. Her work is influenced by her training in printmaking, with a respect for economical palettes, creating colours and textures through layering flat colour and using negative space.
CONTACT
022 155 4804
LINKS
http://confettiyeti.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/SophieOiseauIllustration
TIM TURNER & TRACEY BRECHELT
TnT Creative consists of Tracy Brechelt and Tim Turner of Raglan; a multi faceted creative pair who work with anything from wood through to paper, stone, metal and almost anything they can lay their hands on, often reclaimed materials sourced from recycle centres and or past creative endeavors.
Tim's works focus on the use of empty space, the shadows created by this and the opposite of this in the negative or positive depending on how you look at it, the fact too that from the negative, positive is created.
Tracy's work is a lighthearted use of furniture optimising the use of light objects.
"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance"
CONTACT
Mobile +64 022 6008171
Home/office +64 07 825 8516
LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=547731397&ref=profile
AMY ELIZABETH LEWIS - a.e.l
a.e.l is Amy Elizabeth Lewis, a writer, poet, girl. A lover of words, stories and melody, she writes what she sees for you as much as me. For more information please contact your imagination
CONTACT
Please contact us at sorryweareoutofspace@gmail.com or 027 438 4833 to inquire about a.e.l.
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