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Untitled (solid gold)
Pendant, 2020
24ct gold, cord
35 x 58 x 8mm
$5800 | ENQUIRE
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Untitled (gold plated)
Pendant, 2020
Gold plated sterling silver
43 x 82 x 10mm
$1000 | ENQUIRE
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Untitled
Pendant, 2020
Oxidised silver, cord
$800 | SOLD
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Untitled (small gold plated)
Pendant, 2020
Gold plated silver, cord
13 x 45 x 2mm
$400 | ENQUIRE
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Untitled
Pendant, 2020
Silver, cord
$1000 | ENQUIRE
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Untitled (front)
Pendant, 2020
Oxidised silver, cord
$400 | ENQUIRE
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Untitled (reverse)
Pendant, 2020
Oxidised silver, cord
$400 | ENQUIRE
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Rei
Pendant, 2017
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
80 x 45 x 8mm (pendant)
$1600 | ENQUIRE
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Rei niho mako
Pendant, 2019
Sterling silver, gold plated stainless steel wire
50 x 25mm
330mm drop
$270 | ENQUIRE
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Rei niho mako
Pendant, 2019
Sterling silver, gold plated stainless steel wire
50 x 25mm
330mm drop
$270 each | ENQUIRE
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Rei
Pendant, 2017
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
105 x 65 x 5mm (pendant)
$1600 | SOLD
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Hei Matau
Pendant, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
67 x 50 x 2.5mm, cord 325mm
$1400 | SOLD
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Hei Tupa (double)
Pendant, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
60 x 45 x 4mm, cord length 300mm
$1600 | SOLD
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Hei Tiki
Pendant, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
60 x 95 x 2mm
$2200 | SOLD
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Hei Tupa
Pendant, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
70 x 85 x 2mm, cord length 335mm
$1600 | SOLD
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Rei
Pendant, 2017
Oxidised sterling silver, fine silver
$1600 | SOLD
Areta Wilkinson
Areta Wilkinson
Ngāti Irakehu, Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, Ngāi Tuahuriri
Areta Wilkinson has recently completed a PhD of Maori Visual Arts. “In my doctoral narrative, I created an experiential research environment grounded in values of Kaupapa Māori Theory (theory from Te Ao Māori[1] and unique to Aotearoa/New Zealand), to allow my practice to be shaped by the collective mātauranga (knowledge) and to reflect this worldview through my artwork.
The resulting cultural practice was a comprehensive one; concepts were explored and processed through applied practice responding to the culture I was a part of, a practice that included the appropriate transmission of knowledge and community participation. I went back to taonga tāturu, the personal adornments of Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe and Kāi Tahu ancestors held in museums, to make connections and extend narratives. New works do not seek to replicate an existing image of the world but instead alert me to a new way of seeing from the world in which I stand, whilst still maintaining a relationship to the past. The jewellery practice is invigorated by community insights and cultural values, and praxis is something of value to pass on to others. It is a taonga”.
[1] The world of Māori
Areta Wilkinson, 2014
The artwork of Areta Wilkinson sits between traditional Maori adornment still produced in the present, and the histories and practices of New Zealand contemporary jewellery. Areta says her practice has developed into explorations of craft methodology forming out of collective Ngāi Tahu cultural values. Much of her current work involves collaborative processes from responding to narratives told and written, to working alongside and with other creative professionals. The result is an expanded practice full of surprises and development.
Areta’s practice extends over twenty years, her work is seen in national public galleries and collections such as the 3rd Auckland Triennial, City Gallery Wellington, Auckland Museum, Dowse Art Museum and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wilkinson has been a design lecturer in jewellery 1995-2008, currently lives in Oxford, New Zealand near the foothills of the Southern Alps. Areta completed a PhD in Fine Arts through Massey University Te Putahi-a-Toi School of Maori Studies, Palmerston North. Her PhD exhibition held at Koukourārata Marae 2014 was a first for Massey University.