	EXHIBITION PROGRAMME ARTISTS ENQUIRY INDEX
AUGUST 2nd - 13th 2010

2010 Graduating Students Award

Debbie Adamson

Otago Polytechnic

'Making my way (home)'

"Debbie Adamson’s graduate jewellery uses a material vernacular drawn from her rural home environment in the South Isalnd’s Maniototo area.
She uses this language in an urban context with a sound understanding of contemporary jewellery’s relationship to fashion. Debbie’ selection in the 2010 iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards indicates her commitment to professional studio practice. Debbie shares a studio with Lynn Kelly & Victoria McIntosh."
Andrew Last, Otago Polytech

"I once heard that we can get to know ourselves through the things we make. I think this is a process that never ends, and this work is part of that journey. These pieces continue an exploration of my Pakeha identity in post-colonial New Zealand. Using my rural background as reference, I have chosen specific materials and responded to them. I pull apart, play, and push them to form new identities – reconfigurations that move away from but still speak of their origins."
Debbie Adamson, 2010