When We Are One Viewing Room

In this artwork, the movement of the water changes from highly active to almost still, flexing the heart shaped leaves in a myriad of directions. Kawakawa is known to be a wonderful aid to circulation, for anyone who suffers from a cold heart, hands or feet. Sadly, it is often ignored... In 1903 the poet Johannes C. Andersen published his first poetry collection in Christchurch, New Zealand. He named his book ‘Songs Unsung’. For many years nobody would ‘sing’ Andersen’s poems… His creations went unseen and unsung. Until 2020. One of the poems is ‘When We are One’. The last verse is incredibly relevant today. Listen... “Be Earth as’t will; ourselves, we can declare; all Earth is good that we may look upon; all blemishes that seemed to be, are gone…For in the fulness of the glory there, each little sorrow hides a joy most rare, when we are one”. 

Mamakan

Auckland, August 2020

With the Panel for Emotions, Art and Senses, we’re bringing together a wonderful, diverse group of people. They help to create engaging stories around the studio’s featured botanicals. The purpose of the panel is to discover the beauty of botanicals by sharing experiences around the artworks . 

The panellists represent a wide spectre of creative expression including Visual Art and History, Design, Theatre, Photography, Gastronomy and Spiritual Well-being. It's a diverse group of international and well-traveled women from France, Italy, Denmark, New Zealand, Singapore, The Netherlands, California, UK, Malaysia and the Maldives.