Bead Up 2024 e-catalogue

Bead Up 11th May – 8th June 2024

1. Value Added.....30 hours $3200 (Part 3 Change/Exchange) Made from scraps from 25 (surplus to requirements, Donated tee shirts) Bead dia.27mm

Vanessa Arthur

2. Wayfinder necklace, 2024 Pearls, beads, silver, brass, cord, 440 x 60mm

$490

While making these works, stringing, beading and forming. I was riffing on directional sign posts and beaded door curtains (what a combo!)

Contemplating the directions, doors and paths we choose to pass through and along…or not. Objects and jewels for Way Finding. Vanessa Arthur, 2024

Repurposed wood (ebony), plastic (knitting needle) $140 each and cotton; (a) 37 x 16 x 20mm, (b) 37 x 18 x 17mm; (c) 37 x dia.15mm; (d) 37 x 20 x 17mm; (e ) 38 x 21 x 15mm

Repurposed wood (ebony), plastic (knitting needle) $140 each and cotton; (a) 37 x 16 x 20mm, (b) 37 x 18 x 17mm;

Repurposed wood (ebony), plastic (knitting needle) $140 each and cotton; (c) 37 x dia.15mm; (d) 37 x 20 x 17mm;

Repurposed wood (ebony), plastic (knitting needle) $140 each and cotton; (e ) 38 x 21 x 15mm

4. a-e-of beads

Repurposed wood (ebony), plastic (knitting needle) $140 each and cotton; (a) 37 x 16 x 20mm, (b) 37 x 18 x 17mm; (c) 37 x dia.15mm; (d) 37 x 20 x 17mm; (e ) 38 x 21 x 15mm

Welfe Bowyer

5.a Sea Lillies Bolt 01, crinoid fossil Bronze, silk, 26 x 16 x 16mm, 12.5g

$580

5.b Sea Lillies Bolt 02, crinoid fossil Bronze, silk, 29 x 23 x 23mm, 27g $680

5.c Sea Lillies Bolt 03, crinoid fossil Silver, silk, 17 x 23 x 23mm, 19.5g

5.d Sea Lillies Bolt 04, crinoid fossil Silver, silk, 20 x 15 x 15mm, 9g

5.e Sea Lillies Bolt 05, crinoid fossil Pounamu, silk, 29 x 19 x 19mm, 10g

$720

$580

$840

Welfe Bowyer

5.a Sea Lillies Bolt 01, crinoid fossil Bronze, silk, 26 x 16 x 16mm, 12.5g

5.b Sea Lillies Bolt 02, crinoid fossil Bronze, silk, 29 x 23 x 23mm, 27g

5.c Sea Lillies Bolt 03, crinoid fossil Silver, silk, 17 x 23 x 23mm, 19.5g

5.d Sea Lillies Bolt 04, crinoid fossil Silver, silk, 20 x 15 x 15mm, 9g

5.e Sea Lillies Bolt 05, crinoid fossil Pounamu, silk, 29 x 19 x 19mm, 10g

$580

$680

$720

$580

$840

Welfe Bowyer

6.a Sea Lillies, Imprint 01 Silver, star aperture, 5g; 18 x 16mm

6.b Sea Lillies, Imprint 02 Silver, pentagon aperture, 5g; Dia.16mm

6.c Sea Lillies, Imprint 03 Silver, round aperture, 5g; 15 x 17mm

6.d Sea Lillies, Imprint 04 Bronze, pentagon aperture, 5g; 22 x 20mm

6.e Sea Lillies, Imprint 05 Bronze, round aperture, 5g; Dia.17mm

$220

$220

$220

$220

$220

Welfe Bowyer

6.a Sea Lillies, Imprint 01 Silver, star aperture, 5g; 18 x 16mm

6.b Sea Lillies, Imprint 02 Silver, pentagon aperture, 5g; Dia.16mm

6.c Sea Lillies, Imprint 03 Silver, round aperture, 5g; 15 x 17mm

6.d Sea Lillies, Imprint 04 Bronze, pentagon aperture, 5g; 22 x 20mm

6.e Sea Lillies, Imprint 05 Bronze, round aperture, 5g; Dia.17mm

$220

$220

$220

$220

$220

plastic

H185

plastic

H185

10. String of Beads, 2024

Muka, stg silver, fine silver, kauri, lignum vitae, puriri, $2800 rimu, pohutukawa, horoeka (lancewood), boxwood, ebony, rimu, stone, silk; 770 x 105 x 30mm

A bead set where the wearer selects a bead, or combination of beads to string that suits their mood for that moment of wearing. The total number of beads are in the Greek tradition of worry beads being a prime number, in this instance 17. Consisting of a multiple of four + one for luck, the horoeka bead that makes up part of the catch.

Plastic

repurposed

Mandy Flood

19. Coloured, 2024

Copper, Enamel, Sterling silver; bead 62 x 60 x 20mm; $500 L765mm

‘They tried to bury us, but we were seeds’ Quote attributed to Greek poet, Dinos Christianopoulos and used by various activist movements. The 3 necklaces use materials that can be found easily among the rubble of human actions. The materials now have a value after time has been invested in them, using processes of stitching, shaping, colouring, and caring to rework the discarded detritus. The pieces hold hope for the present human condition. Mandy Flood, 2024

organic

Dia.130mm

organic

Dia 130mm

Michelle Hinekura Kerr

22.c Kotukutuku – the tree fuchsia Harakeke, Muka and natural dyes; L640 x dia.70mm $360

The poi piu is often used by Maori musicians as a percussion instrument. Two of the poi are functional, but the Pohutakawa one is not.

Courtney Marama

23.a Palestinian Coin, 2024 Mt Somers Canterbury Chalcedony, Red Acrylic

$340 Dia.22 x 3mm

23.b Palestinian Coin, 2024 Dark Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

23.c Palestinian Coin, 2024 Bright Green Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

The price of whenua.

My beads are based on the Palestinian Pound coinage from 1927-1944 in which some had a hole through the middle (the 5, 10 and 20 mil).

Courtney Marama

23.a Palestinian Coin, 2024 Mt Somers Canterbury Chalcedony, Red Acrylic

$340 Dia.22 x 3mm

23.b Palestinian Coin, 2024 Dark Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

23.c Palestinian Coin, 2024 Bright Green Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

The price of whenua.

My beads are based on the Palestinian Pound coinage from 1927-1944 in which some had a hole through the middle (the 5, 10 and 20 mil).

Courtney Marama

23.a Palestinian Coin, 2024 Mt Somers Canterbury Chalcedony, Red Acrylic

$340 Dia.22 x 3mm

23.b Palestinian Coin, 2024 Dark Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

23 c Palestinian Coin, 2024 Bright Green Pounamu, Red Acrylic; Dia.22 x 3mm $340

The price of whenua.

My beads are based on the Palestinian Pound coinage from 1927-1944 in which some had a hole through the middle (the 5, 10 and 20 mil).

(d) Flower & Seed Beads Sterling silver; 38 x Dia.18mm

33 x Dia.28mm

There are certain beads that we carry around with us. They are not always visible. Blood, Sweat and Tears is a recognition of those beads. The namesake of this necklace is a term used for extreme hard work or the greatest effort possible in order to achieve something.

Frances Stachl

29 Strand of Beads

Retired knitting needles, sterling silver, polycord; $690 L2210mm x 5mm

Isaac Te Awa

31. Hangaroa (Dentalium shell necklace) $4500

Dentalium shell, muka; full L1070mm, beaded L440 x 25mm

Dentalium, also known as tusk shell, was once a common jewellery material used by Māori. They were frequently strung with muka and made into anklets, wristbands, and necklaces of various shapes and design. There are more than 50 living species of dentalium across the globe and even more extinct species. The shells of these species are often found fossilised in rock formations, particularly in the Otago and Southland areas, and while old dentalium shell jewellery has been found all over the country, they are far more common in the South Island.

This piece is titled “Hangaroa”, after a dentalium shell necklace labelled in the Otago museum, the only evidence of a name attached to this type of adornment that I have found so far. Design wise it is based off one held in the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum in Sweden and was likely collected aboard the Endeavour. It is likely the first reproduction of its kind in nearly 200 years. – Isaac Te Awa, 2024