This work, planned for Sculpture on the Gulf 2027, is an exploration of what taonga means and the many ways we hold memory, record time and make meaning. Each object/artefact/taonga is collected across a field of ideas and places. To change the world gently, or not at all, is the request of this artist and this project. What we hold on to matters, and what we let go of leaves a trace; both create ripples through time that we may never see return, but our descendants may remember.
Description: Small packets of bells. Various sizes and shapes.
Maker: Unknown
Date Made: Unknown
Signature/Marks: NA
Medium/Material: folded metal, gold coloured
Whakapapa: silence, sound, and metal.
Provenance: Craft supplies shop, bought from Salvation Army Waitara, 2025, kept in studio until display.
Condition: Still in ziplock bags, as new, no marks or degraded metal.
Description: White net floater that is weathered with marks and scratches.
Maker: Unknown
Date Made: Unknown
Signature/Marks: NA
Medium/Material: Plastic and polystyrene
Whakapapa: Many net floaters are made from the wood of the whau tree.
Provenance: Found on Waitara beach.
Condition: in usable condition but bereft of fisthing net.
Description: Small wooden egg painted in Aalto ultramarine acrylic paint.
Maker: Elliot Collins
Date Made: 2020
Signature/Marks: None
Medium/Material: acrylic on wood
Whakapapa: I’ve been working on an artwork about extinct native birds. This one hasn’t come to fruition, but it will one day.
Provenance: Made in the studio here in Waitara. Rested in a bird's nest that fell from a tree during a storm.
Condition: Good condition, no marks, completely painted in blue paint.
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Provenance: Found on Oneroa beach foreshore, collected by Helen Collins.
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Description: Black brooch made with enamel and gold-coloured nickel. 60mm diameter, two butterfly clasps on reverse.
Maker: Elliot Collins
Date Made: 2020
Signature/Marks: None
Medium/Material: enamel paint and metal
Whakapapa: This comes from Roland Bathes quote about the idea of a journey.
Provenance: 300 Made in Auckland and held in many private collections of people's coats.
Condition: shiny and round, will survive a wash cycle.
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