Magpie-New Adventures in Jewellery
Magpie is a highly engaging exhibition showcasing over 70 works by 24 extraordinary contemporary New Zealand jewellers. They’ve been rifling through the kitchen cupboards, stalking the $2 shops and beachcombing. Often playful on one level, the works are rich in memory and meaning. A strong interest in textile traditions and materials is a key feature – but it doesn’t stop there. Plastics, felt, hessian, cockle shells, postage stamps, old cake tins, old coins and product packaging all pour forth from a veritable cornucopia.
Curated by former Director of TheNewDowse, Tim Walker, MAGPIE presents a broad survey of current New Zealand Jewellery. It ranges from the work of senior jewellers - such as Lisa walker, Pauline Bern and the members of the Weeds Collective - to recent graduates from the MIT and Unitec jewellery course. As such it's a rare chance for audiences to see what's going on in what may well be the most vibrant and conceptually rich contemporary art sector in New Zealand today.
‘quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle' Squawking Magpie Wines of Hawkes Bay are sponsoring "MAGPIE- new adventures" in jewellery at Taupo Museum during Erupt Art Festival.
www.squawkingmagpie.co.nz/ 
www.erupt.co.nz 
Tim Walker opening MAGPIE MAGPIE Opening