Emily Siddell (born 1971) is a

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mixed-media artist.

Life

Siddell was born in

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, and studied Craft and Design at Carrington Polytechnic (now Unitec) between 1990 and 1992. She was taught by and worked alongside New Zealand glass artist Ann Robinson. British glass artist and jeweller

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also had a significant influence upon her work. Siddell works in a variety of different mediums, combining glass casting, weaving, crochet, knitting, sewing and ceramics, drawing upon the Polynesian influences of her Auckland home. In 2011 she exhibited works at

Milford Galleries Milford Galleries are among New Zealand's leading dealer art galleries, with their headquarters in the city of Dunedin. There are two physical art spaces, in Dunedin and Queenstown, and there was also formerly a gallery in Auckland. The galleri ...

in Queenstown, entitled ''Drift''. The following year, ''Elapse'' showed at FhE Galleries in Auckland. Her work is held in the collections of

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, the Auckland War Memorial Museum and

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. She is the daughter of artists Peter and Sylvia Siddell.

References

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