ZASHA SKYE Zasha Skye is a portrait artist exploring a multitude of colour and tonal range through the use of oil paint. While growing up and living within the Raglan community, she has also studied at Whitecliffe University of Fine Arts. Zasha Skye’s love for oil paints has grown extensively over these last few years…
ELIZA ADAMS IN THE SUPPER ROOM Eliza (aka Liza) is a self-taught artist who has always had an inner creative urge. Dutch-born but has lived in New Zealand from the age of four, she feels most at peace with paintbrush in hand while capturing a feeling or a moment in time that she connects to.…
SHORTYDUBS Shortydubs is a contemporary artist based in the heart of Raglan. His distinctive style blends complex, layered stencils with elements of street and pop art. Formerly a touring musician and producer, Shortydubs draws on a lifetime of creative exploration — remixing the world around him through a unique visual language. His works invite viewers…
SARAH BING I build large ceramic sculptures and throw and handbuild functional pieces.I also make tiles for kitchens and bathrooms by commission, and hold private classes in my studio. I started 11 years ago and was immediately obsessed as soon as I touched clay. It feels like the perfect medium because you can create anything…
MINISTRY OF WOOD Roger Woolston was brought up remotely on a farm in Taumarunui the heart of the north island, he left school to train as an apprentice cabinetmaker then onto his OE working as the resident cabinetmaker in Yallingup Galleries, Australia. Returning to NZ to work in the super yacht industry before running his…
MEGAN HOCKLY My work is a combination of what I’m thinking about, angry about and visually engaged with. I am immersed in Art with my job, which is lucky really. I am currently teaching at Hillcrest High school and continue to love learning alongside the students. I like using a range of techniques and materials,…
LUCY GALBRAITH Lucy Galbraith is a full time contemporary artist based in Raglan. Working mostly with oil paint, Lucy’s pieces play with nostalgia drawn from growing up in a small town that didn’t seem to know if it was a coastal retreat, retirement village or bogan paradise. Before moving to Raglan, Lucy exhibited in Wellington…
LABOUR OF WILD Labour of Wild hats are meticulously handcrafted by Lisa Uphill with great care and obsessive attention to detail. Using premium fur felt, each hat is hand-shaped, fitted with a soft leather sweatband, lined with satin for comfort, and thoughtfully decorated with unique trims. Specialising in custom-made designs, Lisa also offers a limited…
ELSA LYE Elsa works intuitively to express the spirit of place/life through the magic of paint and clay. Elsa Lye (MFA hon) “my creative process is still a magical mystery that enthralls me, being surprised, seeing with new eyes. To somehow express the freedom, the energy, the pull of the tide, the shades of black…
DOUG FORD AT MADE GALLERY Doug Ford paints from his imagination. What he has seen and where he has been he translates through his brush – his emotions and feelings about a place onto a canvas. Whether it will be a wooden cut-out native bird, a painted driftwood head, a recycled brushhead or a stunning…