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蕎麥茶 Buckwheat Tea
Brooches, 2025
Installation view
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Memory Fragment - Metal Fence
Brooch, 2025
Greywacke, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
45 x 45 x 10mm
$650 | SOLD
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Memory Fragment – Garden Fence
Brooch, 2025
Greywacke, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
38 x 34 x 12mm
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Memory Fragment – Wall #1
Brooch, 2025
Argillite, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
50 x 38 x 10mm
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Memory Fragment - Pillar
Brooch, 2025
Greywacke, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
40 x 40 x 10mm
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Memory Fragment – Stone Candy
Brooch, 2025
Greywacke, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
35 x 30 x 12mm
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Memory Fragment - Pipe
Brooch, 2025
Slate, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
28 x 35 x 8mm
$620 | ENQUIRE
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Memory Fragment - Tiles
Brooch, 2025
Greywacke, enamel paint, sterling silver, stainless steel
58 x 28 x 12mm
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Grace Yu Piper
Grace Yu Piper is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington based contemporary jeweller who graduated from Whitireia in 2017 with a Bachelor of Applied Arts. She was a selected artist in Handshake 8 (2023–24), a development and mentoring programme for independent Aotearoa jewellery artists.
Grace has exhibited both nationally and internationally, with highlights including Schmuck 2019 in Munich, Germany, and He momo, nā te whānau — it’s a family trait: The 2nd Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial at The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson (2025).
Stone is Grace’s material of choice. “I enjoy the slow pace and meditative aspects of carving. Stone has a connection to nature and to place. It is a slow material that counteracts the fast paced and disposable world that we live in.”
In 2025, Grace undertook a residency at the YAHAHA International Residency for the Arts in Taiwan. Her focus exhibition
蕎麥茶 Buckwheat Tea was presented at The National in November. A series of framed embroidery works on paper and stone brooches were created in response to her time there and subsequent travel through China.
“As I navigated through a foreign language, an unfamiliar culture and relentless heat I found myself drawn to small details in my surroundings. The act of stitching arranges and rearranges my memories on to paper. An imperfect record of two months spent in Taiwan”.