Labour of Love

I was fortunate enough to be invited to take part in Sarah Read’s wonderful ‘Labour of Love’ project this month.

Sarah is a student of contemporary jewellery and is lucky enough to have the wonderful Peter Deckers as a mentor and teacher. I first met Peter when I was invited to submit work to handSTAND, an exhibition of contemporary New Zealand Jewellery in 2009. I have been impressed by his care and commitment ever since. But behind every great man there is a supportive woman, in this case his wife Hilda.

Sarah’s project is an extravagant gesture of thanks to Hilda for her support of contemporary NZ jewellers over the last 25 years. She has organised the donation of pieces from a huge group of jewellers and presented the collection to her last week. How wonderful is that?

Below are a few pics from the presentation.