New Works 2017
My small figures once again feature, this time as....
Navigators.
These works are about mindfully travelling, exploring, being curious and being in the moment.The Navigators will make their first public appearance at...
VISIT an exhibtion of new works by THE PAINTER AND THE GLASSMAKER at Gallery De Novo, Dunedin in October 2017
Glass Studio #2 for Di Tocker
Moving a glass studio (and kilns) is akin to moving house....it's a really big job! Add to that building the studio first, and alongside building a new house it is a massive task, BUT a task that I feel very fortunate to experience for a second time.
Second time around I have made improvements, I have reconsidered how I work and how I want to work with glass in the future. This time the studio is set up more for my personal glass making practice,with less focus on accomadating 10 glass students. I have 2 rooms this time, well 3 actually as I have a great attic storage space which has been a very cost effective way to add extra space.
Room 1 is the messy glass workshop space for wax working, plaster moulding, wash up, some coldworking and has the kilns. Room 2 is the 'clean' space - this is my office, my thinking space, meeting room and area to display glass artworks. We have yet to add the outdoor area which will have gear such as my diamond saw and mould steaming set-up in a shed and more coldworking area.
I am still 'titivating' the glass studio spaces, but feel so grateful to have a purposely designed space to work 23 steps from home.
Artists at Soul Gallery this Saturday - last time
The artists have enjoyed informal contact with visiting public over the exhibtion. Many have taken the opportunity to chat with Di and Jennie and discover more about their respective approach and process to their art-making.
Di and Jennie have enjoyed the opportunity to talk about their art out of the studio. They both love to share about what they do and what drives them.
Soul Gallery
300 Barton St, Hamilton
11am - 2pm Saturday 26 March
The Painter and the Glassmaker Exhibition launches in Hamilton, New Zealand
The combination of Di Tocker's cast glass pieces alongside Jennie de Groot's painterly, abstracted landscapes make a complementary pairing.
The Exhibition had approximately 150 people attend on the opening night. The show will continue at Soul Gallery until the 31st March where Jennie and Di invite you to meet them instore at Soul Gallery 11am - 2pm on Saturdays throughout the exhibition.
Soul Gallery
300 Barton Street
Hamilton
Tel. 07 834 2120
Email. sales@soulgallery.co.nz
Video of Installation and Opening Night
New Glass at Hamilton Exhibtion
New glass artwork from Di Tocker will be at upcoming exhibtion
The Painter and the Glassmaker
Soul Gallery, 300 Barton St, HamiltonOpening - 5-7pm Thursday 3rd March
Exhibition - 3rd to 31st March
Exhibition - The Painter and the Glassmaker
Following the success of the 2015 exhibition at David Lloyd Gallery, Jennie de Groot and I will join forces again this March to present The Painter and the Glassmaker at Soul Gallery, Hamilton.
The combination of my cast glass pieces alongside Jennie’s painterly, abstracted landscapes make a complementary pairing.
In my collection of ‘moments’, figures set upon suitcases may be travelling to new places, waiting patiently for a companion or perhaps have been left behind. The figures are universal, in that they are not bound by specific identities - their form is simplified to a representation of humanity to more directly convey broader ideas about relationships, memory and connection.
Jennie shares this idea of not giving too much away, describing her new paintings as “walking a line between suggestion and representation - there is more ambiguity than before.” Enjoying the tension between realism and expression, Jennie’s recent works are an exciting evolution in her practice.
We will post regular updates leading up to the exhibition on our facebook page.
SOLO Glass Exhibiton at Gallery De Novo, Dunedin
SOLO Cast Glass by Di Tocker opened at Gallery De Novo on October 30th.
Exhibitions of paintings are the usual at Gallery De Novo.....not glass.
Due to a large newspaper article in the Otago Daily Times, featuring Di Tocker and explaining her glass practice, the show has generated a lot of interest.
Gallery De Novo is open 7 days.
SOLO runs until the 13th of November.
Gallery De Novo
101 Stuart St
Dunedin.
Watch a 1 min video of the exhibition set up.
Artist-In-Residency Progress for Glassmaker
Update from Di Tocker
I am two weeks into my stay in in Dunedin where I am based at Otago Polytechnic - Dunedin School of Art. My days follow no pattern, which is a big change from my studio practice, where I am very disciplined following a tight schedule of work.Here, I aim to follow my nose. What happens one day will be a follow on from what happened the day before, who I met, what I read and what I saw. It is totally refreshing and new ideas for glass are filling my sketchbooks.