Nelson Jewellery Week @ Craig Potton Gallery 10-16 April
We warmly invite you to join us for the opening of Nelson Jewellery Week (NJW) – Evening Jewels Twilight Tour 5 – 8pm Thursday 10th April. Meet our guest artists Beatrice Carlson & Bebay González Millán and discover their beautiful collections for NJW. Grab yourself a NJW map from the gallery and explore the other exciting events on the night at participating galleries! For all the cool happenings check out the NJW website – www.nelsonjewelleryweek.nz
We’d also love you to join us for Beatrice and Bebay’s artist talks Friday 11th April 11:30 – 12:30pm at the gallery to hear about their inspiration and process behind their stunning exhibitions Out of the Blue and Spicy Feast – Picante Nostalgia.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting showcase of contemporary jewellery in Nelson 10 – 16 April.
NB. Our Nelson Jewellery Week exhibitions run through until 1st May at Craig Potton Gallery.
Online catalogue coming soon …
Out of the Blue – Beatrice Carlson
Artist talk 11 April 11:30 am
“I still feel the sensation of your fingers
The softness of your lips opening gently
To sip my warm nectar…
I wear fragments of many other lives
Gone for long now
But it is just a reminder
I am your cup of tea forever… ”
Discarded, rejected, amputated objects and porcelain. I repair, mend, stitch. I make and I talk for the forgotten.
I have been mudlarking porcelain shards on the beach for the last 2 ½ years.
I photograph and research their/our provenance and circa, what they were made of.
I feel the need to pursue their story or create a new one, I feel the responsibility to be their voice.
Keeping their original shape and colour, I polish and drill them if I have to but, my intrusion in their bodies stays minimal.
The pieces resulting are quite spontaneous and quirky but still reflect the craftsmanship of an era.
Then, I adorn with discarded beer cans bits, raw sapphire, imperfect Freshwater Pearls, recycled Sterling and other found metal bits, silk, cord.
Porcelain found are mostly blue and white from old times using cobalt pigment (Lapis Lazuli).
Mostly from tea sets, They refer to the harmonious moment of sharing and caring: Tea time.
Everything is related: the blue from precious Lapis Lazuli to the storytelling prints on porcelains.
Everything is relative: what is preciousness? Memories, past, porcelain shards, jewellery?
My work is about reducing compulsive consumption by focusing on recycling/upcycling and rethinking the notion of preciousness…
Circular sustainability.
Spicy Feast – Bebay González Millán
Artist talk 11 April 12:00pm
In my latest work, I explore traditional Mexican cuisine, highlighting the iconic chili, a symbol of Mesoamerican gastronomy. Using symbolic representations of precious gems with silver and paradoxically combining these with inexpensive materials. What might be seen by others as just a cuisine element represents, for me, the flavour of home. Having these ingredients here feels like a luxury in itself. My playful and vibrant style challenges perceptions of value, beauty, and evokes the nostalgia of the flavours from my hometown.
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