jewellery

Featured Seller: Hedgehog Art

After eight years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an electronics technician, Ross Heywood completed a bone carving course at the Wanganui Summer School, which led to a jewellery apprenticeship in Palmerston North. Now based in Queenstown, Ross has achieved international recognition for his carving and in 2005 exhibited his jewellery in a solo exhibition in Osaka, Japan. He is the creative force behind Hedgehog Art and we have a stunning pair of his sterling silver earrings to give away to one lucky reader!

Birds of a feather

Our native birds may not have exotic, brightly coloured, plumage but they are uniquely distinctive. Does our lack of native mammals make our native birds an even more important source of visual inspiration in our creativity? Or, is it simply that the delightful silhouette and fluttering flight of a fantail makes it such a compelling resource for artists?

Spring is in the air!

“Spring is here, Spring is here! Life is skittles and life is beer!” Thus sang Tom Lehrer and, if we ignore the fact that the rest of the song gets rather homicidal towards pigeons, most of us would agree that a little springtime weather lifts the spirits and makes the outdoors suddenly seem a whole lot more appealing than mere days ago.

Featured Seller: Jill Matthew

It was a life changing event that led Cambridge glass artist Jill Matthew to make a full time job of her craft. Two years down the track, Jill’s passion for glass fusing and intrepid approach to her work keep her coming up with fresh ideas and adding new designs to her colourful collection. Read on to learn more about Jill and how you can win a set of her fabulous Black and White Waffle Coasters.

Featured Seller: Shelley D

Auckland designer Shelley Dunn studied fashion design at Massey University in Wellington, receiving the award for excellence, offered to one single fashion design student in each level, in all three years of her fashion major. For this achievement in her fourth year Shelley was awarded a $1000 prize which went towards buying an industrial sewing machine to start her label, Shelley D. Read on to find out how you could win a gorgeous Shelley D neckpiece.