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Grace Yu Piper
蕎麥茶 Buckwheat Tea
Made in Taiwan - Pipe
2025
Handmade paper, cotton thread
77 x 110mm
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蕎麥茶 Buckwheat Tea
Grace Yu Piper
01 Nov – 29 Nov 2025
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.
Earlier this year, Grace undertook a residency at the YAHAHA International Residency for the Arts in Taiwan. This exhibition brings together a series of framed and wearable works created in response to her time there and subsequent travel through China.
“蕎麥茶 (Buckwheat tea) was the first item I learnt to order in Mandarin. During my time away from Aotearoa I collected moments, small things that caught my eye. Subconsciously I searched for the familiar within the foreign and for sense within the chaos. Piecing together strands of recognition to anchor myself in an unfamiliar land.”
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).
蕎麥茶 Buckwheat Tea is her first exhibition at The National.