Tatjana Panyoczki was born in Switzerland and initially trained as a wig maker and make-up artist for theater, TV and film. In 1992 Tatjana moved to New Zealand where she studied 3D design at Unitec in Auckland. Intrigued by the narrative between the object and the wearer, she majored in contemporary jewellery. Tatjana explores and develops her ideas through lengthy experimentation with deconstructing and reconstructing being a big part of her process. Sometimes being lead by an idea and sometimes by the materials.
"The human body. Making wearable objects is hugely satisfying, because they are mobile and wherever the wearer goes, new stories and conversations begin.....My work is meant to be worn. Form, surface textures, and the body are key elements in my visual language; finding the balance between them is the goal. I have become a lot more intuitive over the years and let unfamiliar materials lead me astray on experimental journeys." Tatjana Panyoczki
From 2023
From the series "MATTER over mind"
As the title of this exhibition suggests and not to be confused with the better known quote by geologist Sir Charles Lyell, the matter was the driving force. Its physical substance, function and form led the way.
My father's coin collection and other metal objects were found after my parents' house burned down in 2016. He was a collector of many wonderful things, which of many are lost. However, he shared with me the love of objects and the stories they tell.
Later that year my father passed away, leaving me with a tin of coins and other curiosities, all destroyed by the fire and worthless to most. The lives of these objects are long and mostly unknown, they have occupied varied spaces and travelled to countless places.
I soon saw the beauty in the charred patinas on the surfaces and tried to capture the oxidation by rolling the coins between paper through the rolling mill, a common tool in most jewellery workshops, which is used to draw down metal sheet or wire. Each time the metal was reheated, rolled with more pressure, the round shape was further distorted and left behind a different colour palette on the paper.
This led me down a rabbit hole. I became obsessed with the delicate, delightful results on paper and started investigating and documenting the surfaces through printing. Not thinking ahead, about the end result, I let the material speak to me, and with intuitive subtle interventions, a natural narrative occurred where intent and randomness collide. The paper prints record the process from the original state to a wearable object.
I'd like to think of Dad as stoked, to see the outcome of his collection, destroyed by fire and through our collective grief of losing beloved 'stuff' I attempt to give them a new lease of life compressed with layers of new meanings.
Kaiwaka, March 2023
Pendant/book set, QEII, 2021, commemorative NZ coin 1969 on spectra fibre handmade cord,
ca. 800mm original prints on Fabriano Tipolo white, stitched into a book set of 5 postcards $900
Pendant/book set, Ding Dong, 2021, bronze, oxidised sterling silver on spectra fibre handmade
cord, ca. 800mm original prints on Fabriano Tipolo white, stitched into a book set of 5 postcards $900
Pendant/book set, House, 2023, copper, oxidised sterling silver on spectra fibre handmade cord,
ca. 800mm original prints on Fabriano Tipolo white, stitched into a book set of 5 postcards $900
Pendant/book set, Bite, 2023, copper, oxidised sterling silver on spectra fibre handmade cord,
ca. 800mm original prints on Fabriano Tipolo white, stitched into a book set of 5 postcards $900
Pendant/book set, Box, 2022, bronze, oxidised sterling silver on spectra fibre handmade cord,
ca. 800mm original prints on Fabriano Tipolo white, stitched into a book set of 5 postcards $900
5 sets of 5 postcards $17 each
From 2022
Earrings (studs), 18ct gold, 9ct post/butterfly $1,300
Earrings, oxidized reticulated stg silver, 18ct gold $900
Earrings (studs), stg silver, enamel paint $250
Earrings (studs), stg silver, oxidized stg silver $350
701, Ring, Wrapped, oxidized stg silver size N $250
702, Ring, Wrapped, stg silver size T $280
703, Ring, Wrapped, 22ct yellow gold size T $3,320
704, Vestige Chain, stg silver 630mm long $625
705, Vestige Earrings,stg silver $250
706, Vestige Earrings, oxidized stg silver $250
707, Hooked Earrings, stg silver, 18ct yellow gold $350
708, Hooked Earrings, stg silver, oxidized stg silver $130
708, Hooked Earrings, stg silver, oxidized stg silver $160
From 2021
MUTANT 2021 neck piece, oxidised sterling silver, enamel paint, 800mm $1,200
MUTANT 2021 Earrings, oxidised sterling silver, pink enamel paint $280
MUTANT 2021 Earrings, oxidised sterling silver, orange enamel paint $280
MUTANT 2021 Earrings, oxidised sterling silver, green enamel paint $280
MUTANT 2021 Earrings, oxidised sterling silver, petrol enamel paint $280
MUTANT 2021 Earrings, oxidised sterling silver, lilac enamel paint $280
NB: Earrings with post and butterfly
From 2020
From Valdivostock with Love
"Vladivostok always was a magical place I often fantasised about since my early childhood and longed to visit one day. In 2018 my dream came true and I spent 3 months in this thrilling city in the far east of Russia. To the North of the city lies a small beach in the Ussuri Bay, where after the closure of the local porcelain factory from the Soviet era, the waste and empty glass bottles washed up to the shore after being tumbled and pounded through the tidal action. Being an avid beachcomber, I could hardly believe my eyes at the amount of treasure lying on this beautiful stretch of coast and I started picking up porcelain things with holes, whilst my local Russian friends told me stories of family members who had worked in the factory a long time ago. Although we can no longer move around this crazy planet at the moment, we are free to wonder in our minds and go places we dream about or know intimately, and memories come alive."
Kaiwaka, August 2020
Neckpiece 2020. Oxidised fine silver, sterling silver, found porcelain, on spectra cord, 800mm $1,200
Neckpiece 2020. Sterling silver, found porcelain, 740mm $1,200
Neckpiece 2020. Found porcelain on spectra cord, 800mm $985
From 2018
 Vestige Chain 2018. Oxidised sterling silver, 1000mm $1,000
 Vestige Neck Piece, 2018. Oxidised sterling silver, 1000mm $1,000
From 2017
 All earrings are from the Lobulus series
From left to right: Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver, $335. Sterling silver, $335
Oxidised sterling silver, $335. Sterling silver, $335
Sterling silver, $335. Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver, 18 ct gold, $675
Sterling silver, oxidised sterling silver, 18 ct gold, $675. Oxidised sterling silver, 18 ct gold, $585
Oxidised sterling silver, 18 ct gold, $585
 The neckpieces are from the Siwan series, an Old English word for sew
Neckpiece Sterling silver, spectra, 800 mm $800
Neckpiece Oxidised sterling, spectra, 820 mm $875
From 2014
Elemental neckpiece, 2014 Silver $750
Family tree earrings Silver $265 per pair
Elemental neckpiece, 2014 Special edition “40” oxidised silver $800
Elemental neckpiece, 2014 Oxidised silver $700
From 2013
Neckpieces, Fucked up mishaps or - x - = + series
Oxidised silver on cable $670
Silver, 22ct gold, on cable $800
Fucked up mishaps or - x - = + series, Neckpiece $500
Oxidised silver on silk
'La vie est dure sans confiture...'
This body of work orignates from the series 'Verwicklung - Entwicklung' first shown in Zug, Switzerland in 2003. Verwicklung, German for involvement and Entwicklung, meaning evolution and development. The verb, wickeln, is wrapping.
13 years later, I am still entangled and seek to find new avenues, working under the title, 'Wrapped'.
Tatjana Panyoczki, Kaiwaka, June 2013
277 Wrapped Neckpiece 800mm long $670
Oxidized stg silver
274 Wrapped Neckpiece 445mm long $800
Stg silver, paint (red, pink)
272 Wrapped Neckpiece 480mm long $850
Stg silver, paint (sunflower, pink, mandarin)
273 Wrapped Neckpiece 460mm long $800
Oxidized stg silver
275 Wrapped Neckpiece 510mm long $900
Stg silver, paint (lilac, mint, petrol)
281 Prototypes Neckpiece 750mm long $900
Stg silver, black paint, onyx beads
278 Prototypes Neckpiece 750mm long $850
Oxidized stg silver, paint
280 Prototypes Neckpiece 750mm long $700
Stg silver and oxidized stg silver
279 Prototypes Neckpiece 515mm long $1,700
Oxidized stg silver, 18ct yellow gold
276 Wrapped Neckpiece 465mm long $3,000
Oxidized stg silver, 18ct yellow gold
282 Wrapped Neckpiece 475mm long $700
Stg silver, paint (lilac, kiwi, olive, purple)
All pieces are strung on coated stainless steel cable
Aphrodite of Milos © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
From 2012
Bobbins neckpiece $835
silver, paint, rubber
Bobbin bits neckpiece $667
oxidised silver, rubber, carnelian
Collaboration neckpiece; collaboration with Peter Panyoczki $1,000
canvas, wood, paint, pigments, cement, binder, pom poms, plastic,
silver
"Idealised material or materialised idea? It is not always that black and white with my work, sometimes very subtle.
But these 2 pieces are an attempt of consciously being aware of the 2 different starting points."
Social Fabric 3, 2011 $800
Lint, sterling silver, stainless steel, flexible film varnish, 130 x 100 mm
Ode to the fish, 2011 $600
Plastic, pom poms, wax, sterling silver, 700 mm
From 2011
In the picture I $850
neckpiece, 2011
wooden picture frame, onyx beads, stainless steel wire, oxidised silver
In the picture II $850
neckpiece, 2011
wooden picture frame, sterling silver, stainless steel wire
In the picture III $900
neckpiece, 2011
wooden picture frame, onyx beads, stainless steel wire, oxidised silver
From 2010
'Wrapped' Set $1,000
Diary pages, wax, ribbon, string
From 2009
1 Prototypes silver, stainless steel wire $500
2 Prototypes oxidised silver, stainless steel wire $665
From 2008
Prototypes series
1 Neckpiece Oxidized stg silver, stainless steel wire, 620 mm $600
2 Neckpiece Twisted stg silver, 550 mm $315
3 Earrings Oxidized stg silver, small $220
4 Earrings Stg silver, small $220
5 Earrings Stg silver, large $250
From 2007
'Permission to loose your marbles' necklace $1,000
Glass, plastic, wax, pom poms
From 2006
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