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SEPTEMBER 2011
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From Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th September, Avaiki pearls will be presented at The Cloud on Auckland's Queens Wharf, within the Pacific Islands Showcase. |
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Avaiki Cook Islands pearls is the new brand name for top quality pearls from the outer- island Manihiki and Penrhyn lagoons. Only applicable to the best of the crop, the name Avaiki refers back to the origins, the homeland and the essence. (www.AvaikiPearls.com)
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Christine will unveil her latest creations, incorporating Avaiki black pearls, at the Showcase; she has chosen some of her most spectacular stones for this work, in particular a very large rock crystal with glorious inclusions, matched in a necklace with a magnificent 17mm round Avaiki pearl.
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SPECIAL OFFER
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In cooperation with the pearl farmers at Ora Moana, Christine has negotiated a trial of leaving oysters in the water for Two Terms, 36 months, in a quest to achieve an extraordinary cultured pearl, possibly valued at $5000!
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At $250, this is an exciting investment gamble, perfect for a special gift: please see details on www.TheArtistGoldsmith.com/TwoTermPearls or call in to Studio Connections Gallery in Oneroa and discuss it with us.
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| With a busy summer behind us, lots of visitors coming to Studio Connections and many clients visiting us in Citrine, we have now added a puppy, Ollie, to our family. A rescue dog from Chained Dog Awareness, he is lapping up the luxuries of Waiheke living; his mum is bearded collie and there may be Hungarian vizsla in the mix somewhere! |
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After blessing our home last weekend, Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe-la, from Whangarei, gave us a quote from the Dalai Lama: "…Develop the Heart; too much energy…is spent developing the Mind instead of the Heart…" This has been our Leitmotiv for many years, the Heart guiding Christine's creativity.
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Connectivity: with broadband connections now commonplace, the facilities for video calling are given. We have full Skype facilities, under 'TheArtistGoldsmith', and would be delighted to receive your call. With a flexible camera, we can show stones, works and how necklaces or rings lie when worn. The tyranny of distance is reducing daily! It is wonderful seeing friends from around the globe again, we miss too many of you.
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The other medium Facebook, would also appreciate your connection to The Artist Goldsmith. Here I can post photos of new pieces as they emerge ...
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Studio Connections, our retail space, has had a fine make-over and shows the works of painter Gabriella Lewenz, sculptor Olivier Duhamel, painter Mary Ferguson and jeweller Christine Hafermalz-Wheeler to wonderful effect. Anna Mayne offers tours of artists' studios: get a group together and come for a day of Art on Waiheke?
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Germany: Landgut Burg, Weinstadt-Beutelsbach
(bei Stuttgart). 7. und 8. Juli 2012 |
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New Zealand Opera 'Supper Club' luncheon with singers. Citrine, November 2010.
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Judith Price, Christine. National Jewelry Institute exhibit at Forbes Galleries, 5th Ave. 2008
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Hans Hafermalz opening Christine's exhibit at Landgut Burg, near Stuttgart, 2007.
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With Bob and Kerrie McMillan; McMillan BMW, Newmarket 2009.
20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Capital Museum Beijing, Christine exhibits at a retrospective of painter Pan Yu-Lin.
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Christine & Hans Hafermalz at the Auckland Museum's Waka Moana exhibit.
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Lord Mayor John So opens 'Benchmarks' at Steps Gallery. Melbourne July 07
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Christine and Herbert Fisher, Goldschmiedemeister, her first tutor from 1972.
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The Artist Goldsmith. Oneroa, nominated a Top Shop finalist 2010.
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Christine with Yao An, vice-director of the Capital Museum, Beijing. New York 2008
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Radio
New Zealand visited our stand at Fashion
Week and engaged
Christine is an interested discourse on jewellery and fashion.
To listen to the Pod-cast of this report please click
here.
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National Jewelry Institute "designer showcase". Hotel le Bristol, Paris 2009.
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Christine’s pounamu, pearl and diamond necklace, centred
on a carving by Donn Salt (left), won the JCR Matthey
Fine Jewellery Award in Wellington.. This qualified her
for entry into the Hong Kong International
Jewellery Design Excellence Award.
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Wellington fashion designer Viviana Pannell showed her Basquesse label at the Melbourne
Cup in October; both she and her model, Ella Richardson, sported Christine’s
jewellery for the Meyer Fashions on the Field competition.
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Carol
Hirschfeld wears Christine Hafermalz-Wheeler at Qantas
Media Awards.
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Now is an excellent time to consider having jewellery remodelled,
or using a loose stone; Christine happily melts down unwanted
pieces, reshaping the gold to a new, exciting life. Bring everything
to the studio and we can discuss possibilities. Call us on
(09) 372 7509.
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