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The Maker's Gift: Brendan Adam's
Brendan has been making a living from his craft since 1987. Originally trained as a painter, he received a Diploma of Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 1983. While painting gave him a strong foundation, it was clay that truly captured his imagination, offering endless possibilities of form, colour, and...
The Maker's Gift: Emma Zhang
Emma Zhang is deeply inspired by the beauty of the New Zealand landscape, particularly the beaches close to her home. Through her own hand mixed glazes, she thoughtfully captures the earthy tones of sand and soil, along with the ever changing blue green hues of the sea in all its...
The Maker's Gift: Charlotte Suggate
Charlotte Suggate is a painter who finds beauty in everyday botanicals, the wild daisies, clover, tall grasses and overgrown gardens that are easily overlooked yet return each season with resilience and joy. Her work offers controlled slices of the outdoors - immersive, intimate views that feel as though they continue beyond...
Hannah White
Hannah White is a Ngāmotu (New Plymouth) based textile artist whose fashion design training informs her tactile, expressive approach to embroidery. Inspired by the shifting rhythms of the natural world, from the coastline of her childhood to the subtle details of her garden. Her work echoes the fluidity and fragility...