Vault/2006
Tony Kuepfer's Bottles
30 September 2006 - 21 December 2006
This impressive selection of tall bottles made by glass artist Tony Kuepfer has been collected by Stuart Park as part of his ongoing fascination with New Zealand glass.
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Suspending Belief
22 July 2006 - 30 September 2006
Like the tea-cosy and other homely arts, the padded coat hanger is a relic of women's work, from a period of home-made and hand-made domesticity in New Zealand that we're rapidly losing. Ruth Watson's collection questions issues of culture, value and history through the variety of forms and diversity of approaches of an otherwise largely ignored domestic object.
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New Black
15 May 2006 - 20 July 2006
This vault installation brings together two impressive collections which explore the darker side of 18th & 19th Century British design. Peter Shands collection of Black wedgewood basaltes titled "The Black is Sterling" has been cleverly cast with a private collection of mourning and memorial jewellery titled "Remembrances of the Departed".
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The Sleek New Shape of Excitement
27 March 2006 - 13 May 2006
Stephen Rainbow shares his passion for 1950's British design highlighted in his collections of Poole ceramics and English Ford motor cars.
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Big Bad Wolf and Friends
30 January 2006 - 25 March 2006
This collection of knitted soft toys has been collected by Justine Douglas from opportunity shops over the past 15 years.
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