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ZONE 4
Necklace, 2025
Kumihimo braiding, rings with artificial stones
60 x 50 x 40mm, 370mm long
$1500 | ENQUIRE
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ZONE 6
Necklace, 2025
Kumihimo braiding, rings with artificial stones
50 x 60 x 45mm, 320mm long
$700 | ENQUIRE
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ZONE 8
Necklace, 2025
Kumihimo braiding, rings with artificial stones
65 x 50 x 45mm, 340mm long
$790 | ENQUIRE
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ZONE 9
Necklace, 2025
Kumihimo braiding, rings with artificial stones
55 x 55 x 65mm, 350mm long
$700 | ENQUIRE
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Necklace, 2025
Kumihimo braiding, cubic zirconia, obsidian, findings, enamel
85 x 30 x 30mm, 430mm long
$700 | ENQUIRE
Peter Deckers
Peter Deckers studied jewellery making and fine art in both the Netherlands and New Zealand. He is active in his practice, making collections for national and international exhibitions, and instigating opportunities for the wider jewellery art community.
Peter is both a contemporary artist and a craftsperson. Ideas that make distinctive connections with jewellery are the inspiration for his practice, which is highlighted through a series of engaging artworks with inspiring topics. He is interested in how value is perceived and how that is communicated through objects we wear. Making processes and value philosophies are both the inspiration for his active practice which is highlighted through a revolving series of engaging artworks and installations. Peter exhibits with galleries throughout New Zealand. His work, philosophy, and ideas have been addressed in various publications.
Alongside his making practice, Peter has been an instigator as founder, organiser, curator, and artistic director with arts development projects like the HANDSHAKE project, for emerging New Zealand jewellery artists, funded by Creative New Zealand. He is passionate about arts education and advocates for the creative community through ongoing projects like the Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial.
In 1985 Peter and his wife Hilda Gascard immigrated to New Zealand, escaping the threat of pollution and the Cold War. Peter completed a Master of Fine Arts at Elam, Auckland University in 2003.
His work is exhibited widely and held in private and public collections (including the permanent collection of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, The Dowse Art Museum Collection, and the Danner Stiftung Collection, Munich Germany). His diverse art practice extends from his studio-making practice to being an educator, curator, and project organiser. He is the founder and artistic director of the HandShake project and is the organiser of the Aotearoa Jewellery Triennial.