CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND JEWELLERY

Tania Patterson

From 2011

1 Black moth necklace   $585
ebony, acrylic, sterling silver, jasper beads
2 Tortoise shell moth necklace   $585
acrylic, padwak wood, sterling silver, jasper beads
3 Gold moth necklace   $585
brass, sterling silver, acrylic, black agate beads
4 Tortoise shell moth necklace   $585
sterling silver, wood, acrylic, onyx beads

From 2009

Huia Bird Brooches $500 each

From 2005

Feather Brooches - sterling silver, enamel paint

Specimens 2005

"This group of work continues my interest in New Zealand natural history and the overlaps between science and art. At the Auckland Museum I came across some drawers filled with dead birds, I was struck by how little they told me about birds. These sad inanimate creatures spoke to me more of my own dead, yet these dead things do teach us about life. I am interested what the static museum display does and doesn't teach us."
Tania Paterson, 2005

BROOCHES; Dead Birds, (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 6cm high)
1. Piwakawaka, Fantail
2. Kotare, Kingfisher
3. Pipiwharauroa, Shining Cuckoo
4. Korimako, Bellbird
5. Miromiro, Tomtit
6. Tui
7. Ruru, Morepork
8. Kereru, Wood pigeon
9. Koekoea, Long-tailed cuckoo

Insects (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 4 - 7cm high)
10. Magpie Moth
11. Centipede
12. Tuwhaipapa, Giraffe Weevil
13. Ground Beetle

Stuffed Birds (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 3.5 - 5cm high)
14. Pukeko
15. Kotuku, White Heron
16. Kaka
17. Kiwi

PENDANTS (Silver, Resin, Paint, 2.5 - 4cm diameter)
18. Kahukura, Red Admiral Butterfly
19. Pepe Aouri, Common Blue Butterfly
20. Pepe Aouri, Common Blue Butterfly
21. Pepe Parariki, Common Copper Butterfly
22. Black Mountain Ringlet

LEAF BROOCHES (Silver, Paint, 3 - 5cm long)
Hebe, Ake ake,
Pohutukawa

From 2003
silver flowers pendant	large silver pendant	large silver pendant
movable silver leaves brooch	silver with wooden internal pendant	silver tongs
silver fern brooch	silver pendant	silver nippers