Waiomu Sumer Fair
This well established event held at Waiomu Domain on the Thames Coast is a fun family day as well as a fundraiser for environmental projects. It offers a variety of stalls and entertainments in a beautiful setting next to the sea under pohutukawa trees.
This year an art auction will take plac 1 pm. See previous listing.
All proceeds raised will support Thames Coast kiwi protection
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Waiomu Art Auction
Art to be auctioned will be available for viewing on Pollen Street in Thames from the 15th - 22 January at Carson's Bookshop and in Amcal Pharmacy 22-29th January and at a wine and cheese evening at Coco's 661 Pollen Street, Thames at 5.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Friday 29th January.
The auction will be held and sales confirmed at the Summer Fair, Waiomu Domain on the 30th Jan 2010.
In the event of wet weather, changes in venue will be confirmed on CFM and the art will be auctioned at Grahamstown Hall in Thames.
15 - 29 January 2010 Display of Art
30th January 2010. 1pm AUCTION
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Waiomu Domain, Thames Coast Road- AUCTION |
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Jenny learned the art of quilting twelve years ago in Cornwall, England. She enjoys both machine and hand quilting and has had work accepted at the National Symposiums. She is fascinated by this ancient craft and enjoys designing and making something out of used and scrap fabrics. Jenny creates quilts in silk, cotton and wool. She mainly produces ‘scrap quilts’.
This quilt she has donated is of autumn and sundried colours and made from scraps of cotton. |
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This hanging from Jenny has been done in silk and cotton is called The Whales Plight. It was accepted for the last quilt symposium in Wellington which was a great achievement as competitors come from NZ and overseas. The theme was to design a quilt depicting a postage stamp using the design or colours. Jenny used the 45c stamp of the Whales tail. After watching a documentary on the Japanese slaughter of whales she used red for the background.
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Marianne Braithwaite
Recently the road forked on Marianne’s journey and when a new path beckoned she didn’t hesitate to embrace the possibilities it promised. Her exploration of texture and form satisfied a more earthy side and after completing a body of collage works, she found herself coming full circle back to painting familiar subjects but this time adding texture to the acrylics and introducing semi abstraction.
Marianne is uplifted by bright clear colour but finds dark smokier hues begging to be infused with light. It is atmosphere and light that she loves to capture in water-colour. This is the medium that she is best known for and one that she is passionate about.
Marianne’s subjects range from semi-abstract to realistic and include portraits of animals and people, landscapes, seascapes and still life as well as botanical subjects which she paints in a tight realistic style. She uses water-colour, oils and acrylics.
Marianne lives in Thames where she enjoys being part of a larger artistic community and having a constant source of inspiration from the beauty of the Coromandel Peninsula.
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Sarah Peck is an award winning mixed media artist and although she has been known to draw and paint, she prefers creating pieces that are three dimensional. She likes to push the boundaries of conventional materials and use them in unusual ways. Hence from out of her studio come pots made of wool that are unexpectedly solid, straight lines of wire that become very three dimensional, metals used to portray the flimsiest of fabrics, soft gauzes that feel quite rigid in places.
She says she creates constantly, and if she is not physically working on a specific piece, she is thinking about it and working out in her mind how to bring it into being. Inspiration comes from many sources and she is especially attracted by lights, shadows and textures. |
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Janet Jones
I paint for fun and give them away to friends and family. My New Years resolution was to work towards an exhibition so ths is it!
When I was young I did a Fine Arts Degree and have painted, drawn and created art works all my life. As a eacher and principal, I have helped children throughout the area paint murals in their schools and try a wide range of art mediums.
I live up the Thames Coast, have land in the Kauaeranga Valley and have always been a conservationist. Good luck to Thames Coast Kiwi Care with this art venture.
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Rachel Holmes is a local photographic artist who has a new workshop and studio at Te Mata valley on the Thames Coast.
Rachel’s passion for photography was inspired by her father who was a talented photographer, potter and artist. Rachel considers herself fortunate to live in such a beautiful environment on the Coromandel. Her business aim is to provide quality affordable art. [email protected] |
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Dennis Raines
Dennis Raines was born in 1928 in London and was evacuated to Devon during World War Two. He started painting and drawing at school and was going to be an Ordinance Survey Cartographer but circumstances made this impossible. Dennis is passionate about historic buildings and most of his work reflects this. He has done a lot of pen and ink drawings and for quite a few years he created the pen and ink artwork for his own Christmas Cards. His favorite medium in more recent times is pen and colour-wash as is evident with his painting: The Crooked House, Lavenham, Suffolk. He is a past member of the Auckland fellowship of Artists.
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Andrew Van Der Putten jug
from ‘Bounty’, Pollen Street Thames
Fiona from Bounty has generously donated a stunning piece from Andrew Van Der Putten collection. Andrew has been creating pottery since 1985 and his art is highly valued both here and internationally. His current works have a luscious quality and his fluid forms are eloquent expressions of his masterful throwing.
Bounty is one of the few outlets that has a variety of his work. Situated at the northern end of Pollen Street Thames, Bounty has an excellent display of plates, bowls and pots by Andrew. At Bounty there are many other fine examples of art and craft from our local and national artists.
Bounty 644 Pollen Street, Thames, 07 8688988
[email protected]
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Kate is a contemporary jeweler who mainly works in Sterling silver and locally sourced semi-precious stones. She has been working with jewellery since the late 1980’s and has exhibited in New Zealand, Germany, USA and Australia. She has lived in Thames for 8 years since opening Sola Café with her partner. Kate likes to make one-off pieces that are sculptural and that also express the making process in some way. Kate has one wood texture silver brooch and one pair of wood texture silver earring which can be viewed at Carson’s Bookshop and Amcal Pharmacy 2 weeks prior to the fair and at the wine and cheese evening at Coco on Pollen Street in Thames on the 29th January.
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Serene studied for four years at the Santa Rosa Junior college. She received a Fine Arts Certificate with an emphasis on Jewellery. She worked for Becky Kelso Jewellery Design in California for four years as well as for Gwen Passano Jewellers for one year. She moved to NZ with her partner, Ben Woolf in February 2003 where she then got a job for a local jeweller, Drugh Gilmer. Serene now works for herself in Thames developing her own style. She offers two pieces for auction: one is a squid shell necklace in silver and the other a kina necklace in silver which can be viewed at Carson’s Bookshop and Amcal Pharmacy 2 weeks prior to the fair and at the wine and cheese evening at Coco on Pollen Street in Thames on the 29th January. |
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Allie Curran – 3D Artist and Painter
Allie has studied with ‘Learning Connection’ (Dip. Art and Creativity) and has been producing art for a number of years now and been very successful in the major exhibitions she has been involved in. Allie’s inspiration is from her surroundings in the magnificent New Zealand native bush and her love of Maori and Pakeha history.
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Helen has been painting for about 9 years, exhibiting and selling work mostly on the Peninsula and has had very successful exhibitions at Rapaura Watergardens and Eggsentric Café, Flaxmere Bay. Moving away from the discipline of detail to the wonderful world of free expression has been a journey. "Matching the right person to the painting that was meant for them, has been the greatest reward.”
Evidence of a love for New Zealand native fauna and flora can be seen in much of Helen’s work. Vivid acrylic colours and a selection of compounds and mixed media produce interesting textural effects
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