JEAN CARBON – C’BON TEXTILES Textile artisan, fashion designer, installation artist, traveler and teacher. Jeans’ passion is fabric, its history and origins, the many ways it can be patterned, coloured and decorated to create garments or works of art. She uses the ancient resist dying techniques of Shibori and clamped blocks to pattern glorious silk…
JULIAN GODFERY Julian has his own unique view of the world which can be seen in his drawings involving intense pattern-making with fine-tipped pens. People often find his naïve drawings of simple subjects very moving. His original drawings are very small. They are reproduced and available as larger sized prints which are extremely lightfast. He…
KARIN BETTLEY Karin Bettley is a ceramic artist living in coastal Raglan. A love of nature, people and a sense of landscape, mood and movement is evident in her work which is both hand built and thrown on the wheel. Karin makes both sculptural pieces and homewares. “So often I am at the heart of…
MARIANNE ASCHENBRENNER/WOVEN.NZ Since February 2019 I have lived in Whaingaroa (Raglan). Originally coming from Germany in the late 80’s, I fell in love with the wild and magical beauty of Aotearoa New Zealand. I started weaving while I lived up North and was taught by my master teacher Elke Radewald. I attended a Weaving Waananga…
MARISE RARERE Marise is a full time artist working from Artists at Work Studios and Gallery, 5B Wainui Road, (behind Zinnia). Since October 2020 Marise has been very busy juggling running the new art space, which she shares with artist Jane Galloway, with finding time to create her drawings and paintings. She is currently in…
MARY SPACAPAN Mary Spacapan’s work is strongly gestural—using colour, composition and rich, buildable texture to explore the animated nature of the whenua. Painter, writer and sculptor, she creates as she experiences the world: tiny inputs collected, placed—a curation of moments over time. Every mark is movement. Chaotic at times, the fragments are often at odds…
MIRANDA J CAIRD Miranda is a full-time artist and first started selling her work in 2003. Painting very quickly became a full time job. Her studio is in a tiny bach at Whale Bay where she likes to stay very connected to nature. Miranda loves being able to get deeply into a creative flow without any…
PAUL ABBITT Paul Abbitt is an award-winning photographer based in Raglan, New Zealand, whose exceptional work in surfing seascapes photography has earned him critical acclaim. He has an innate passion for capturing the beauty of light and has mastered the art of creating stunning visuals that evoke emotions and leave a lasting impression. Paul’s love…
RICHARD PAGE After an apprenticeship with Yael Artsi, Richard was introduced to Italy via Cynthia Sah & Nicholas Bertoux. There were sizable gaps in between works in which he built a house and studio in Raglan. “Sculpture was always in my mind, and life in its own way, has led me to the decision to…
SAM MATHERS New Zealand artist Sam Mathers was born and raised in the small west coast town of Raglan. Much of his work is heavily influenced by his hometown, famous for its world class surf breaks, rugged natural beauty and boutique town centre. Having lived abroad and traveled extensively, Sam draws inspiration from the people…