Michelle Beattie

2013 

1800 x 12 x 18 mm

Mixture of found and made objects, titled as follows:

Big blue
Birthday card
Compass with a bubble
Garden water bottle
Green hills
Grass plaster globe
Grassy knoll
Landscape made in a jar
Round compass
Small sky
Sphere the size of my palms
Status anxiety box
Tube
Walnut fence

Exhibited in Duas Cidades, an exchange project between a group of five New Zealand and four South American artists. 

Rm Gallery, Auckland and VEREDAS-SP in São Paulo. 

2013 

Plaster sculpture, brick, wooden table

240 x 270 x 1100 mm

Exhibited in the Small Sculpture Prize, Waiheke Art Gallery, Auckland. 

2011 

Cardboard models and found objects

1200 x 900 x 1000 mm

Exhibited as part of the pop up exhibition Field Essays, The Importance of Practice

155 K’rd, Auckland. In association with Artweek Auckland.

2014, as follows:

Something pretty for the window sill 2 of 4 attempts at pot plants I like, terracotta pots, paint, succulents

A tea towel of my garden, screen print on linen

A menu of party drinks, pen on paper

5 weeks of making 122 meters of bunting, cotton, bias binding, glue

2 years of knitting on-and-off... now I'm uncertain if i even like it, silk wool

An object that shows I am sentimental sometimes, wedding photos in a moleskin diary

I made a hot water bottle cover... but it's too small to fill with water, wool and embroidery thread

We got drunk and made flower headbands, artificial flowers, glue, hair-clips and headbands

Fruits of the garden labour. Actually I didn't have to do anything to get the tree to fruit, glass jars and fig paste

DIY table that comes apart for convenience and can be used again for future exhibitions, wood, glue

Orange door snake - 'Genie's' first project and it keeps the draught out, Fabric, thread, stuffing

Exhibited in If you do start making cheese, I recommend a Farmhouse Cheddar - or - At least striving for positivity in the knowledge of a limited time in which one can be productive. 

Pilot, Hamilton. 

Exhibition review Embracing Process, Discarding Nothing by Peter Dornauf on Eyecontact

Image credit: Pilot 

2013

560 x 700 mm

Coloured pencil on paper.

A drawing of the homes I have lived in from birth - 2013 - west and central Auckland.
 

2009

Scale model, card, wood, paper

Studio on 02.06.09 Bay B
125 x 470 x 140 mm

Studio on 10.09.09 Bay C
190 x 370 x 120 mm

Studio on 24.11.09 Bay E
340 x 280 x 140 mm

Exhibited as part of the graduate shows, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design.

Every house we've ever lived in (GA + JH)

2014

560 x 380 mm

Coloured pencil on paper

Private commission of the houses this couple have lived in together - Germany, Auckland and Wellington.

2009

Wood, plaster, foliage and static grass

1200 x 900 x 1500mm

2011

Wood plaster, foliage and static grass

1200 x 1800 x 1500 mm

Remade for a store window for White Night, as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. 

Western Springs, Fowlds Park, Mount Eden, Albert Park, Auckland Domain, One Tree Hill, Parnell Rose Gardens

2009

700 x 1000 mm

Coloured pencil on paper

A drawing of the parks I regularly walked through during 2009.
 

2009

570 x 439 x 136 mm

1:20 scale model of Pearce Gallery exhibited inside Pearce Gallery.

2009

Rosemary bush, photograph, paper cut out

Exhibited as part of the graduate shows, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design.

2008

1200 x 1800 mm

C-type print on matt paper

A photograph taken inside a constructed miniature model of a forest. Exhibited as part of the graduate showcase at Corban Estate Art Centre in the summer months of 2009.