Recent works from Fingers Graduate Award Recipients
Vanessa Arthur
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2012
"I excavate small moments in time, capturing these through the jewellery and objects I make.
The often overlooked elements within the streetscape are my muse: buffed walls, wet cement scrawling, fragments and objects left behind in the rush. An exploration of the marks we make. And the mark we make. The biography of these objects, materials and spaces are what interests me. Uncovering and adding to the mostly anonymous and constantly evolving stories they collect." Vanessa Arthur, 2017
'Pompeii to Parkvale' 2017,Grafitto charm bracelet $690
stg silver, fine silver, oxidised.
'One way ring in small found box with ill fitting lid', 2017 $630
9ct yellow gold - plated in fine silver (intended over time to wear back to gold)
Maca Bernal
"This body of work originated by experimenting with time and gravity. Allowing them to interfere with my methodology altered results gracefully
The large neckpiece can be worn as is, passing it over the head and if picked apart all Links become independent and can be worn with or without a cord, allowing for multiple combinations"
Zebra Link Neckpiece. Resin $1,125
Oil Spill Bangle. Resin $175
Bangle Link Trio. Resin $225
Nadene Carr
Manukau School of Visual Arts, 2010
"Do we brush off beauty in a 5 second glance but pause to be interested in the ugly.
Is ugly becoming the trend, and is it becoming tasteful?
We are all designed to enjoy beauty. It is seductive , predictable, soothing rather than challenging ugly- variety, stimulated, disturbing. Beauty and ugly are not opposites but aspects of the same thing. However defined - beauty is not necessarily attractive and ugliness is not always repulsive.
Taste changes back and forth erasing aesthetic certainties.
To much beauty would be an overload we could not indulge in the deliciousness of beauty if we do not have an active concept of ugliness.
Does too much ugliness affect its value in the contemporary jewellery world and commercial world. Beauty in the design world is about function, visibility, integrity, form and function. This type of jewellery is often mass produced and worn as a signifier for nostalgia, e.g. classic wedding ring.
I am very interested in my practice looking at how far you can push both these elements. The dualism of beautiful and ugly. Each aesthetic category is not merely descriptive, the experience of the sublime brings the mind into a state of tension and relaxation."
Nadene Carr
'Trashy' Bangle. Copper, enamel, silver $320
'Sour' Necklace. Copper, enamel, silver $360
'Gem' Brooch. Copper, enamel, silver $260
Mandy Flood
Unitec School of Design, 2013
"Capturing Shadows"
7am Morning Stroll Ring, Fine silver, enamel, copper $180
4pm Afternoon Tea Bangle, Silver and oxidised silver $300
7pm Evening Shadow Ring, Enamel, copper, silver brass $280
Nik Hanton
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2016
"Using the age-old materials and techniques of leather, wood, binding, and hand painting Nik revisits
the methods, reshapes them, and brings them into a modern context.
After studying Sociology and Psychology Nik worked for a number of years in a variety of Media
industries before following her passion for jewellery. Her background in the social sciences is evident
in her work which explores the themes associated with these disciplines.
In 2015 she completed a Bachelor of Applied Arts majoring in Contemporary Jewellery from Whitireia
NZ, received the Fingers Gallery Graduate Award and won the ECC / Dowse student Craft/Design
Award for Jewellery from The Village Goldsmith. Her graduate work was part of the Galerie Marzee
International Graduate show, and has been selected for the 2017 Australasia Graduate Metal XV show
at First Site Gallery, Melbourne."
Karaka i $320
Leather, wood, paint, textile.
Karaka ii (Pendant) $260
Leather, wood, paint, textile.
Karaka iii $320
Leather, wood, paint, textile.
Laura Jer
Unitec School of Design, 2014
"My current practice investigates the potential of thin metal sheet through the process of folding. When making Puff Brooch, the resulting shape has inspired a creative solution for the finding to attach object to wearer, fabricated from within the same single sheet of metal."
Puff Brooch. Oxidised sterling silver, stainless steel wire $490
Brendon Monson
Otago Polytechnic, 2014
Untitled Necklace, 2017. Laser cut satin, polyester cord $1,000
Sandra Schmid
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2015
"A memory of spaces that have preserved security of morality."
 Rings. Sterling Silver, Resin Clay $280 each
Rings. Resin Clay, #4,6 $180
 Rings. Sterling Silver, Resin Clay $280 each
Rings. Resin Clay $180 each
Moniek Schrijer
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2013
 'Underwhelming Experience' 2017. Silver, mother of pearl $1,790
 'Future age bronze bangle' 2017. Chromed bronze $390 each
'Visions no.2' 2017. Sterling silver, pearl , dichroic glass $340
'Visions no.1' 2017. Sterling silver, aquamarine, pearl , dichroic glass $340
Flora Sekanova
Hungry Creek Art & Craft School, 2011
"I am interested in a glass as a material. By immersing myself in the process of working with glass I become aware of the tradition of glass working and of the skill required, which further heightens my interest.
By working with glass using an oxygen-operated flame, as has been common in this field for many centuries, I am engaging with a long tradition, but bringing both the material and the traditional process of working it into a new context. During the work process, I learn how the glass reacts to different types of flame and to the hand movement. The novelty of this process drives my curiosity and becomes the basis for the resulting forms.
I hope that just as the hot liquid glass demands from me certain kind of awareness, attention and a feeling of movement, so the finished jewellery object might also provoke this from its wearer. The function and wearability of my pieces are an essential part of my work."
 Necklace, 2016, glass $900
Necklace, 2017, glass, silver $550
Necklace, 2017, glass, silver $550
Earrings, 2017, glass, silver $140
Kylie Sinkovich
Hungry Creek Art & Craft School, 2016
Perpetuum Pendant; Rewarewa, Sumner stone (limestone), muka fibre, cotton, Stg silver. $370
Monophonic Brooch Diptych; Rewarewa, Sumner stone (limestone), Stg silver, steel. $440
Brooches can also be sold separately if required. (Large $290, small $170)
Caroline Thomas
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2014
"These pieces represent an exploration of materials I began to experiment with during my first year as a jewellery student. They are materials that I continually return to and as such they represent to me the circular nature of the creative process. Familiarity may breed contempt but sometimes it provides a safe haven from which I can move forward."
Eclipse earrings. Brass plate, brass wire, polymer clay, sterling silver $150
The Moon Under Water brooch. Brass plate, brass wire, polymer clay, steel pin $300
Vanitas brooch. Oxidised brass plate, brass wire, Swarovski crystal beads, shattered computer hard drive, steel pin $325
Sarah Walker-Holt
Manukau School of Visual Arts, 2011
"Sarah completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Auckland University’s MSVA in 2010 where she received numerous prizes as well as the Fingers Graduating Students Award. In 2011, she then went on to win the New Zealand Contemporary Jewellery Award. Sarah has exhibited both nationally and internationally and was an exhibitor in The Dowse Art Museum’s traveling show, Wunderruma: New Zealand Jewellery. In 2014-2015 she was mentored by Helen Britton as a participant of Handshake 2: Prentice and Prodigy and successively selected for Handshake 3 for 2016-2017. In 2016 she travelled to Europe as a participant in multiple Handshake Exhibitions and a masterclass with Helen Britton. Since 2012 Sarah has been teaching at Te Tuhi Art Gallery."
 The Kauri Plate[1], Brooch. Kauri, kauri copal, vinyl, brass $850
Wallpaper Earrings. Unknown wooden bowl, hand-printed balsa wood, laminate, silver $160
Positive-negative Earrings. Unknown wooden bowl, laminate, silver $160
Tracy Watson
Manukau School of Visual Arts, 2015
Hoops with Landscape drops. Oxidised stg silver, gold leaf $160
Landscape drops. Oxidised stg silver, gold leaf $195
Jessica Winchcombe
Whitireia Polytechnic, 2011
'Ugly is the new pretty' Necklace. Leather, sea pearls, 18ct gold clasp $2,500
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