A Few Birds and Plants

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A Few Weeds

If you are anywhere near the Twin Rivers Art Gallery, Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui drop in and see a few of my weeds that have migrated there.Currently some of my work is hanging there as the feature

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Honour Circle Exhibition

Honour Circle is a collaborative print exhibition on what each artist honours in their own sphere of influence. To make a print about something that we value or wish to pay tribute to.This again

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A Few Old Weeds

A Few Old Weeds solo show opened last night at John Hill Estate, Hunua.It is a small selection of my work over the last 4 years. The exhibition will be on till the 14th May 2017. More words to follow

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Hello. I Love You. I'm Sorry.

One of my prints is hanging in Portland USA today - as part of the Southern Graphics International Print Conference. The portfolio is called Hello. I love you. I'm sorry. The words that go with the

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A Florilegium; The Gathering of Weeds

‘A Florilegium - The Gathering of Weeds’ Screenprints on found glass with acrylic stand, 1/1 A patch of weeds has an ephemeral quality about it, always shifting and changing, depending on seasons and

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'A Dirty Contribution' spreads its wings

As an artist it is a real buzz if someone else also gets exited about the work you make. That they to get a connection from it and that their lives have somehow also become enriched in some way.Making

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Day 99

Day 99 of 100.............one more day to keep, document, weigh and photograph my daily rubbish habit for 'A Dirty Contribution'. Once the dust settle son this project I will reflect on it -it's

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ODE TO THE EARTH

ODE TO THE EARTH is a tribute to the Mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus). The leaves from this plant become skeletons after they have fallen to the ground and the green has decomposed, leaving all the leaf

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day 51

day 51 of 100 days sees 49gm be 'A Dirty Contribution''49 gm' or from 7 days:

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50 out of 100

Today marks half way for the 100 day project 'A Dirty Contribution'.to date the lowest has been 2gm, while the highest has been an eye watering 1191.037kg.Neither probably reflect very well the life

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100 Day project updated

Today marks day 33 of the 100 day project - "A Dirty Contribution". To date my addition to the landfill is 1333.887 kg and have added 485.944 kg to the compost and greenwaste.My lowest day has been

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A Dirty Contribution II

Several questions have already arisen from this after 3 days:After the 100 days I can not only calculate what my weight contribution is for the 100 days, but I can also approximately calculate what my

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A Dirty Contribution

Having signed up to the 100 day project for this year (http://100daysproject.co.nz/projects/100-days-2016/elle-anderson-949) I decided I wanted to do something that combined creativity with an

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“Where I stand I don’t stand alone”

"Every weed has company from another weed, they huddle together to help green spaces we denude.  Allowing them to stand shoulder to shoulder knitted together while providing their support to us in

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Second Glance Artist talk

Photospace Artist Talk - Second Glance - Notes Second Glance is an exhibition that combines 2 bodies of work: Seeing Me Not and Used & Forgotten.Providing a second glance to something is inviting you

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Second Glance (1)

Here are some images from my Solo Show Second Glance at Photospace Gallery, Wellington.

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