Warwick Freeman

Warwick Freeman was born in Nelson 1953. Largely self-taught, he took up jewellery-making in Perth, Australia, in 1972, following two years of travel. Returning to New Zealand in 1973, Warwick initially established a workshop in Nelson before moving to Auckland in 1975. He joined Lapis Lazuli, a co-operative jewellery workshop, in 1977, and a year later became a partner in Fingers.

Warwick regularly exhibits in New Zealand and Australia, as well as in Europe and the USA. His works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; Auckland Museum; the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt; the Danner Stiftung, Munich; the Helen Drutt Collection, Philadelphia; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. In 2002 he was recognised by the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, based at the Stedelijk Museum, who named him their 2002 Laureate.

From 2021

Baby Bird pendants, 2021. Lapis Lazuli   $2,000 each

From 2020

10 Starling pins, 2020, fine gold, 18ct gold   $600 each

Pendant HANDBIRD black jade   $900

From 2018

Double Jade Ring, Australian black, Siberian green jade   $2,500

Rings, oxidised stg silver, various stones   $1,200 each

Rings, oxidised stg silver, various stones   $1,200 each

Bangle, oxidised stg silver   $900

From 2017

Small Bird Pendants 2017 Carnelian   $600 each

From 2015

Triangle Cuff 2015   $4,500
Wood, silver, jasper, lapis, silcrete dusts

Hook & Sinker, 2014   $1,900
Fine gold, lead, cubic zirconia
Drowner, 2015   $1,900
Agate, silver
Drowner, 2015   $1,900
Basalt, silver

From 2014

Torpedo Bay Necklace   Whale bone, carbon electrodes   POA
Both materials found in Torpedo Bay Devonport

Sinker Pendant  $6,600
Various stones, jasper, petrified wood, greenstone

From 2013

Ball Ring   $1,800
Lapis lazuli, oxidized stg silver

From 2011

Black and Blue Cuff
lapis, lignum vitae, silver

Black Rod and Blue Tube
lapis, argillite

Blue Face
lapis

From 2010

'North Cape to Bluff'   16 Ball Rings

5 Colour Slides
cubic zirconia

From 2009

Handles

11 pendants, various stones

Alphabet Rings

26 rings, oxidised silver

Face Aches

3 brooches, horse tooth, silver

From 2007

Brooch
fine gold, silver, paint

More early Warwick Freeman

Shell carving

Leaf face, tortoise shell, stg

Mirrors

Lava Brooch

Maori Ring

Black leaf, burnt wood

White Butterfly

Orange Ghost, corian

Jasper and silver ring

corian pendant

paua, resin and silver brooch

paua and silver brooch

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