How do you tell the story of the land? The changes wrought over eons of time, leaving scattered clues to their beginnings.
The whale fossils high in the Waitaki Valley, towering basalt columns of once molten rock, then the more recent sluiced
excavations of goldfield diggings.
What remains of the people who have lived here? Maori rock-art depicts bird-life and early sailing ships as faded
outlines under overhanging limestone outcrops. Crumbling circular stone shelters constructed by Chinese gold miners
overlook the once rich river beds of gold. On a rural road in Kyeburn a cemetery records the sometimes tragic
passing of families struggling to live in this uncompromising place.
I hold a fascination for our history so a wander through the central parts of the South Island was no hardship.
Perhaps what was unexpected was just how often I found myself still and silent, looking at the formations and
undulations of the land or observing traces of people past.
This collection of works has been influenced by the spaces in between these stories. Throughout history the constant
factor is the land with its contours of sharp mountain peaks, the eroded shapes of ancient rocks, the valleys with
green tussocks… the vast horizon where land meets sky.
Every piece in this collection is a one-off design created exclusively for this exhibition.
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Photography by Janet Lewis. For more information please contact janet@lodejewellery.com
