Anna Wallis

Anna Wallis studied at Dunedin Polytechnic under Kobi Bosshard and Georg Beer graduating in 1992. She has exhibited her work both Nationally and Internationally since the 1990’s, and her work is held in permanent collections at the Dowse and Auckland Museum. Wallis considers making jewellery as an exercise in building or growing objects. She uses a process-based methodology where the economy of construction is of primary concern. Working mainly in metal, the outcomes are inextricably connected with how the pieces are constructed. Playing with scale, structure and surface treatments, there is a common thread of repetition throughout her works. Her pieces reference traditional jewellery while simultaneously siting machinery, architecture and crystalline or geological forms.

Mia Straka

Mia Straka graduated with an honours degree in 3D Design: Jewellery from Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland in 2001. Her work has featured in numerous galleries and public institutions nationally and internationally and can be found in the James Wallace Arts Trust Collection. Recently Mia’s practice has evolved to include large scale sculptural work, installations and collaborations. 
Mia’s intersecting practice uses traditional craft methodologies as a basis from which to find her own way of making. Form is used as metaphor to comment on the structures around us, both physical and metaphysical. Jewellery pieces explore the body as site, employing techniques, form and symbolism to express a personal  reaction to everyday experiences. Traditional processes and alternative materials are explored to question values and anchor the work in this specific place and time.

Cheryl Sills

Cheryl Sills

Cheryl sills graduated with an honours degree in jewellery and metalwork from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland in 1999. Since establishing herself in Auckland Cheryl has exhibited in many solo and collaborative shows throughout New Zealand. Cheryl enjoys the process of making; of building and constructing three dimensional objects. Her current body of work explores the faceted form. She is constantly trying to evolve this concept with the use of alternative materials, such as silicone and acrylic, alongside traditional precious metals and by inventing different methods of construction.