CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND JEWELLERY

Areta Wilkinson

From 2014

Whakapaipai II 2014 $1,800
Oxidised sterling silver, paua, polyester

Hei Tio (oyster), 2014, oxidised sterling silver, cotton, $850 each

Hei Tupa (scallop), 2014, oxidised sterling silver, cotton, $850 each
Hei Tio (oyster), 2014, oxidised sterling silver, cotton, $800

From 2009

Blackbeech and Honeydew Brooch, 2009
18ct gold
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum

Ring, 2008, $3,500
E ai ki to te tohu o te marena "e kore e mutu te taura herenga tangata'
(With this ring I thee wed in the belief that a persons bond can never be severed)
22ct yellow gold
Korero, 2008
Audio CD

Memory Aid Toggles, 2009

Memory Aid VII   silver, enamel stg silver, W56mm x H20mm x D10mm   $450
Memory Aid VIII   silver, enamel stg silver, W75mm x H16mm x D9mm   $450
Memory Aid IX   silver, enamel stg silver, W73mm x H16mm X D9mm   $450
Memory Aid X   silver, enamel stg silver, W57mm x H15mm x D9mm   $450

From 2007

From 'Takapau Will Travel'
Kia Mua Ki Muri', 2005 $3500
Monel 400, 9ct gold, brass, paint, wood, glass
image Studio La Gonda

From 2006

1 - 4, Tini Eyes brooch (small), $400, found cake tin, stg silver, 9ct gold
5 - 7, Tini Eyes brooch (large), $600, found cake tin, stg silver, 9ct gold

from "journey-work" 2006

PRINCESS TRAVEL BLANKET BROOCHES

Found labels, stg silver, 9ct gold pin, polyester thread

1) Robinu'ul Spread
2) Mosgiel "A'AE'OO"
3) Mosgiel Pure Wool
4) Kaiapoi Woollen MFG. Company
5) Kaiapoi Clan
6) Princess Blanket
7) Kaiapoi All Pure Wool I
8) Kaiapoi All Pure Wool II
9) Kaiapoi Pure Wool
10) Kaiapoi Pure Virgin Wool

from "Legere to gather" 2005

"Fabricated silver plants build on earlier investigations of colonisation and identity. Legere is Latin the language of taxonomy, Legere To Gather is a gathering of stimuli and the exhibition a celebration of process.
New works were developed from a range of visual and research sources relating to the botanical collecting on Cooks first 1769 voyage to New Zealand. They included original Banks and Solander plant specimens housed in Auckland Museum and Lincoln herbariums, Sydney Parkinson etchings, botanical photographs painting and drawings, my own pressed plant specimens and material experiments."
Areta Wilkinson, 2005

Pohutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa, Christmas Tree
Brooches, 2004