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Lisa Walker


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Lisa Walker uses a vast range of materials and construction methods to create objects that consciously simmer with influences from all aspects of culture and life. The pieces are often laced with references to contemporary jewellery of the past forty years, as she questions and researches what jewellery means and what it could be.

The following quote by Kerianne Quick (Assistant Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at San Diego State University) aptly sums up Lisa's practice:
"It is the physical manifestation of the mental and virtual baggage of living NOW. It is a stream of consciousness record of the whims and obsessions of an over-mediafied, production inundated, anxious global culture. If our collective subconscious brain could turn its pockets inside out, showing the world what we are really made of, it would look like Lisa’s work."

Lisa's work is in public and private collections across the globe. She has also been the recipient of a number of awards including, the prestigious Francoise van den Bosch Award and New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award
Lisa Walker

Knitting All Sewn Together, necklace, 2020   $3,000
Wool, stuffing, string

Lisa Walker

Necklace, 2016, Wood, lacquer, thread   $3,670
"Dan Arps the NZ artist found this painted chicken on a farm gate and posted it on Instagram. The flames are from an element in one of the German painter Berthold Reiss’s paintings. I think a child painted the third piece. When I first finished this necklace four years ago I hated it, too childlike and colourful, at a time perhaps when my colours were getting darker. I never exhibited it and it’s only now I think it’s good. I saw a video by the musician Benee recently and her style, aesthetic, fashion reminded me of this necklace".

Lisa Walker

Necklace, 2019   $3,670
Merino wool, acrylic paint, stuffing

Lisa Walker

'Pendant 2018', wood, plastic, thread

Lisa Walker

More News From Nowhere, necklace, 2016, Gold (9ct), thread   $2,500
"I initially saw a music video by Nick Cave called "More news from nowhere". He’s influenced by William Morris's book "News from Nowhere" published in 1890, however I didn't realise this at the time. I made associations with the overload and development of news entertainment. And now today four years after I made this necklace - fake news and conspiracy theories."
Earrings, 2016, Gold (9ct), fossilised shark teeth   $1,500

Lisa Walker

'Playmobil' Necklace, 2013   $1,500

Lisa Walker

Necklace, wood, laquer, 2015   $2,000

Lisa Walker

'Necklace' 2017. Wood, bone, thread, acrylic paint

Lisa Walker

Pendant 2016 - Possum tails, string

Lisa Walker

Pendant, 2015
Pounamu, silver, thread

Lisa Walker

Brooch, 1996, pastic, silver, lacquer, copper
Brooch 1991, copper, patina, silver

Lisa Walker

Brooch, 2013, silver, lacquer
Pendant, 2011, silver

Lisa Walker

Necklace      2012      sheepskin

Lisa Walker

Brooch      2012      9ct gold, freshwater pearls

Lisa Walker

Pendant      2011      Op Drops from Clemens Oppenheimer (Munich), lacquer, thread

Lisa Walker

Brooch      2011      glue, silver, lacquer

Lisa Walker

Brooch      2012      silver

Lisa Walker

Brooch      2012      plastic, lacquer, silver Lisa Walker

Brooch      2012      aluminium

Lisa Walker

Pendant, 2011 leather bag, ink, lacquer, thread

Lisa Walker

Low Culture Necklace, 2010
Magazine, brass, aluminium, thread

Low Culture Necklace,   reverse

Lisa Walker

Necklace, 2009

From 2007

Brooch,   2007
Horsehair, plastic, rubber, aluminium, polystyrene, silver, lacquer


Brooch,   2007
Fur, dye, plastic, silver, lacquer


Brooch,   2007
Wood, glue


Brooch,   2007
Plastic, lambswool, silver, lacquer

Brooch,   2007
Felt, glue, silver, lacquer

Brooch,   2007
Acrylic, paint, plastic, silver, lacquer

Brooch,   2007
Felt, acrylic, paint, glue, silver, lacquer

Brooch,   2007
Plastic, silicone, string, silver

Brooch,   2007
Polystyrene, vinyl, glass beads, glue, silver, lacquer

Brooch,   2007
Rubbish from my workshop floor

From 2006
World"

1, Brooch, 2000
125mm W x 130mm H, fabric, thread, silver, plastic

Necklace, 2005
220mm W x 510mm H, NZ mussel shells, wool, glue, fabric, driftwood, thread

3, Brooch, 2005
25mm W x 145mm H, plastic, leather, silver

From 2005
Weeds

Necklace, 2005
W220mm x H280mm, plastic, enamel, lacquer, wool

Brooch, 2005
W80mm x H100mm, plastic, wood, shell, paper, silver

Brooch, 2005
W25mm x H200mm, animal fur, glue, enamel, lacquer, iron-wire, safety-pin

Brooch, 2005
W55mm x H90mm, cardboard, plastic, spray paint, shell fossil, stone, wood, silver, lacquer

Brooch, 2005
W45mm x H55mm, rubber, silver
NOT AVAILABLE

6. Earrings, 2005
85mm long, iron-wire, glue, fresh water pearls, gold

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