emily siddell

milford galleries queenstown9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 [email protected]

12th March - 6th April, 2011

www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

Emily SiddellDrift

1. EMILY SIDDELL, Small Shell Necklace (2011)

slip cast ceramic, size on wall (v x h x d): 820 x 170 x 45 mm

1. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Small Shell Necklace (2011)

2. EMILY SIDDELL, Small Shell Lei (2011)

slip cast ceramic & fused glass, size on wall (v x h x d): 780 x 250 x 120 mm

2. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Small Shell Lei (2011)

3. EMILY SIDDELL, Medium Shell Lei (2011)


3. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Medium Shell Lei (2011)

4. EMILY SIDDELL, Large Shell Necklace (2011)

slip cast ceramic & hand-crocheted stainless steel wire, size on wall (v x h x d): 740 x 200 x 70 mm

4. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Large Shell Necklace (2011)

5. EMILY SIDDELL, Large Shell Lei (2011)


5. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Large Shell Lei (2011)

6. EMILY SIDDELL, Anemones (2011) 15 glass flowers; fused glass, cast bronze, installation (v x h x d): 900 x 1000 x 65

65 mm (dimensions variable), large flowers (ø x d): ca 170 x 60 mm each, small flowers (ø x d): ca 120 x 50 mm each

6. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Anemones (2011)

6. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Anemones

EMILY SIDDELL, Anemones (2011)

7. EMILY SIDDELL, Mussel Shell Kete (2011)

slip cast ceramic & hand-crocheted stainless steel wire, size (v x h x d): 280 x 220 x 130 mm

7. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Mussel Shell Kete (2011)

8. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Shell Kete (2011)

8. EMILY SIDDELL, Shell Kete (2011)


9. EMILY SIDDELL, Small Feather Kete (2011)


9. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Small Feather Kete (2011)

10. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Medium Feather Kete (2011)

10. EMILY SIDDELL, Medium Feather Kete (2011)


11. EMILY SIDDELL, Large Feather Kete (2011)


11. DETAIL VIEW EMILY SIDDELL, Large Feather Kete (2011)

Drift, Emily Siddell’s first solo exhibition at milford galleries queenstown, sees the artist revisiting

the original inspiration of her practice – the New Zealand coastline. Borrowing symbols and

elements from this Siddell expertly combines (the yielding and delicate qualities of) porcelain

and glass to assemble intricate sculptural works.

These works are informed by what the tide reveals and delivers - a sand-worn shell, a skeletal

leaf, sun bleached driftwood, a discarded feather, salt crystals, a pebble worn smooth. “I am

attracted to the matt white shells and bones that have been tumbled into drifts by the tide.

The random patterns they create against the glistening black sand appear as gifts from the

glasslike waves. The tiny, intricate jewels of life nestled in rock pools have held my fascination

since childhood. I have always been inspired by the majestic beauty in the tiny details rather

than the grand landscape and this influence is reflected in the objects I create”.1

Fundamental to Siddell’s practice is repetition and pattern, sourced in and from nature. She

assembles objects together and in so doing establishes a larger unity, a greater whole.

Added to this, when displayed, is contrast, the rhythms of repeated pattern and the pivotal

role shadow comes to perform.

There is a remarkable sense of spontaneous movement - as light shifts shadows twist and

merge, glass glistens like captured liquid hinting at its very material qualities. Articulated forms

appear as if organic (alive) and resonate in response to a gentle touch.

Cultural dynamics also deeply inform her work – the finely crocheted wire kete explicitly

reference function and use whilst also elaborating this with the addition of embellishment and

motif: graduating tiers of porcelain shells and feathers. The lei form so recognizably Polynesian

in character has become central to Siddell’s artistic language and transmuted to elaborate

necklaces of tightly gathered porcelain shells, each cupping the next.

Dialogues of growth and abundance emerge in the Anemone works. In these glass fronds

reach up as if being moved about.

Forms innocent in manner belie the strong character of Siddell’s work. The contrast of

juxtaposed materials – smooth and textured, opaque and clear, hard and fragile – generates

tension and elicits a tactile response. Familiar constructs and motifs evoke analogy and

recollections - “the stories they tell about our lives, the memento of a time or place or

person”.2

Siddell’s ability to simplify and thus emphasise is evident and wonderfully delivered in this

significant exhibition. Using the traditional domestic disciplines of crochet, weaving and

appliqué she delivers works that have a wonderful sense of balance and tone, and which are

also joyous and triumphant. Her artistic dexterity is undeniable and her unique language fully

formed.

1. Artist statement 2011 2. Artist statement 2008

E X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T 1 Small Shell Necklace (2011) 4,250

2 Small Shell Lei (2011) 4,750

3 Medium Shell Lei (2011) 5,250

4 Large Shell Necklace (2011) 4,500

5 Large Shell Lei (2011) 5,750

6 Anemones (2011) - Installation (15 flowers) 7,500 - Large flowers (individually) 575 each - Small flowers (individually) 425 each

7 Mussel Shell Kete (2011) 1,850

8 Shell Kete (2011) 1,750

9 Small Feather Kete (2011) 1,850

10 Medium Feather Kete (2011) 1,850

11 Large Feather Kete (2011) 1,850

Emily Siddell 2011 CV milford Galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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EMILY SIDDELL b. 1971, lives Auckland

Hidden Secrets [14081] (2010)

Emily Siddell's work is influenced by a sense of place and her passion for gardening, and the

unique qualities of glass. Her works have a strong Pacific influence; motifs, patterns and

crafting techniques are explored and celebrated in her beautiful and delicate glass works.

Emily Siddell's works explores "the repetition of pattern (pattern-making) both in nature and in

human creations. This repetition seems to represent growth and abundance." She is fascinated

by "the patterns and shapes objects create in unity, the relationship of objects to each other

and the stories they tell about our lives, the memento of a time or place or person." (1)

The "conflict between the hard and the soft, the sharp and the smooth, the male and the

female sets up a friction and discordance which gives drama and excitement." (2)

Emily Siddell lives in Auckland. Her works are in a number of public and private collections

such as Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of NZ, The New Dowse and the Auckland Museum. She

has participated in a number of touring shows at public galleries in NZ.

1. Emily Siddell, Artist Statement, 2008

2. 'Glass and Landscape Capture the Rise of the Fall', The National Business Review, August

2002


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EMILY SIDDELL b. 1971, lives Auckland

EDUCATION

1999 Bachelor of Design (Sculpture), UNITEC, Auckland

1992 Craft and Design cert/dip, Carrington Polytechnic, Auckland SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Drift, milford galleries queenstown

2010 I Love You More, FHE Galleries, Auckland

2008 Inflorescence, FHE Galleries, Auckland

2004 Ariel, G2 Gallery, Auckland

Daisy, Avid, Wellington

2003 Garland, G2 Gallery, Auckland

2002 Fall, G2 Gallery, Auckland

2001 Carry, Gallery VC, Sydney

Pink, Avid, Wellington

2000 Semblances, FHE Galleries, Auckland

1994 The Washing of Ten Tides, The Glass Gallery, Auckland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Puti Puti, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings

Return To Beauty, FHE Galleries, Auckland

The Earl Street Journal., milford galleries queestown

Solstice, Avid, Wellington

2009 Glass 09, milford galleries queenstown

Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland

Let’s Go Out There and do the Poem, FHE Galleries, Auckland

Ahakoa He Iti, Native Agent, Auckland

2008 Glass Invitational NZ, Touring exhibition Canterbury Museum, Christchurch; Milford Galleries

Dunedin; Lopdell House, Auckland

Sum of the Parts, Masterworks, Auckland

Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland

Amazing Lace, Pataka, Porirua

2007 Glass invitational, Avid, Wellington

Under Tamahunga, The Mahurangi Group, Mahurangi

Reflect, Masterworks, Auckland

Glass, Avid, Wellington

2006 Her Majesty’s Pleasure (Kuinitunga), Objectspace, Auckland

III, FHE Galleries, Auckland

2005 Glass Invitational NZ, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2004 Crochet, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2003 Fibre and Fairy Lights, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

Glass Invitational NZ, Milford Galleries,Dunedin; Pataka, Porirua; Rotorua Museum

The Bullseye Project, NZ Glass Jewellery; The Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland

Kete, G2, FHE Galleries, Auckland

2002 O’Lei, Pataka, Porirua; Te Tuhi Gallery, Pakaranga; Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi

Southern Lights, Avid, Wellington

Homestay, Indicator Studio at Eon Design Centre, Auckland

2001 The Cast, Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi; Sargent Gallery, Wanganui

Pacfic Rim- Te Pae o Te Moananui a kiwi, Medallion Group Show, McPherson Gallery

Kete, G2, FHE Galleries, Auckland

Autumn Exhibition, FHE Galleries, Auckland

2000 Autumn Exhibition, FHE Galleries, Auckland

Kiln Glass 2000, Avid, Wellington

Risk, Transformative Practices, Suter Gallery, Nelson; Dunedin Public Art Gallery


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1999 Taonga Mauri, Artstation, Auckland

Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer Exhibitions, FHE Galleries, Auckland

1998 New NZ Glass, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney

Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer Exhibitions, FHE Galleries, Auckland

1997 Woven Path Touring Exhibition, Bathouse Museum, Rotorua; Dowse Art Museum, Lower

Hutt; Gisborne Museum

New Auckland Glass, Fisher Gallery, Auckland

Summer Exhibition, FHE Galleries, Auckland

1996 Woven Path Touring Exhibition, Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum, Netherlands; Southland

Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill

NZ Kiln Glass, Avid, Wellington

Festival Jewels, Festival of the Arts, Wellington

1995 H2O, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

Other Shoes to Try, Masterworks, Auckland

Glass Arts, Masterworks, Auckland

1994 Kiln Glass, Masterworks, Auckland

1993 From Liquid Darkness, Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Kiln Glass, Masterworks, Auckland

Recent Auckland Glass, Fisher Gallery, Auckland

1992 Christmas Show, Chiaroscuro, Auckland

1991 Ceramic and Glass, Pumphouse, Auckland

1990 Cover to Cover, Outreach, Auckland

SELECTED AWARDS

2009 Portage Ceramic Awards, Merit Award

1996 Royal Easter Show, Glass Merit Award

1990 Mount Eden, Young Artist Award

COLLECTIONS

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Dowse Art Museum

Auckland War Memorial Museum

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2008 Lloyd, Bronwyn, Inflorescence (catalogue), FHE Galleries, Auckland

2004 Dubbleu, Jae, ‘Strung Up On Glass’, BMW Magazine, Summer 2004

Daly-Peoples, John, ‘A Material Girl’, Art News, Autumn 2004

2001 Pacific Rim – Te Pae o Te Moananui a Kiwa, Cliff McPherson Gallery, Auckland

2000 Thompson, Kelly, Leoni Schmidt & Birdie Lonie, Risk, Transformative Practices (catalogue),

The Suter, te Arai o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand,

1998 Schamroth, Helen, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Godwit, Auckland

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