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Eléna Gee
Eléna Gee is a New Zealand jeweller known for her combination of metal work with organic materials, specifically pāua shell. She was a prominent figure in the Bone Stone Shell, Bone, Stone, Shell movement in 1980s New Zealand. She has had a long career with her work touring around Asia and Europe. Early life Born in Auckland in 1949, Elena Gee gained her first skills in handcrafts from her family. Her grandmother taught her to make shell boxes when she was eight and she taught herself metalwork in her fathers workshop that he used as an aircraft engineer. Gaining her first skills in craftmanship from her family and with limited opportunities to receive professional training in New Zealand Gee describes herself as being 'largely self-taught.' Career After graduating from St Mary's College, Auckland, St Mary's College in 1969 Gee spent a year as a trainee commercial jeweller. The following year she left for Australia where she held her first exhibition in 1972 at Gallery 16, Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |