30 March - 20 April

Kiwi Treasures is an exhibition of new work by Palmerston North silversmith Marty Jestin. Items such as L&P cans, number 8 wire, silver fern leaves and hokey pokey have been incorporated into rings, brooches and cufflinks in a whimsical celebration of Kiwiana.
Jestin has a well trained eye for seizing iconography of yesteryear and has in the past recycled objects like typewriter keys, and the ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ insignia of bathroom taps and fashioned them into unique pieces. By recycling aspects of technology and culture that have been in some senses superseded or left behind yet still valued, Jestin has given them a new lease on life whilst simultaneously reminding us of the functional prominence they once held.

Exhibiting with Jestin is Auckland based painter Peter Miller, another artist whose work displays a similar interest in iconography which evokes a sense of transience and nostalgia for times gone by. His canvases feature cups, teapots and little metal toy cars painted with meticulous detail which make evident the fine cracks and blemishes that have occurred over time.

Vote for Kiwi Woman
Brooch - NZ $10 note, acrylic & sterling silver. Ltd Ed 2 of 5
$395

Brown Kiwi
Brooch - Nugget Tin, Resin & sterling silver. Unique Piece
$450

Giv'em a taste of Kiwi
Brooch - Photograph, resin & sterling silver- Ltd Ed 1 of 3
$295

Kiwi Bank
Brooch - Eft-Pos card, photograph, resin & sterling silver. Unique piece
$350

Kiwi Heartland
Brooch - L&P can, acrylic, resin & sterling silver. Ltd Ed 2 of 3
$395

Kiwi Rainbow
Brooch - Nugget tin, paua laminate & sterling silver. Ltd Ed 2 of 3
$295

Kiwi Silver
Brooch - Silver fern leaf, acrylic paint, resin & sterling silver. Ltd Ed 1 of 2
$350

Sweetwaters
Brooch - Photograph, L&P can, acrylic & sterling silver. Ltd Ed 1 of 3
$350

Red Blooded Kiwi
Brooch - Sauce sachet, acrylic, resin & sterling silver. Unique piece
$395

Infinite Uses
Ring - #8 Wire, Adding Machine Key & sterling silver. Unique piece
$250

Kiwi Gold - Round
Ring - Hokey Pokey, #8 Wire, acrylic, resin & sterling silver
$225

Kiwi Gold - Oval
Ring - Hokey Pokey, acrylic, resin & sterling silver
$225

Kiwi Green
Ring - Pounamu, #8 wire & sterling silver
$175

Kiwi Grocer
Ring - Key ring images & sterling silver
$195

Saucy Kiwi
Ring - Photograph, #8 wire, resin & sterling silver
$195

Tui
Earrings - Bottle top & sterling silver
$175

Kiwi Handshake
Cufflinks - Tin, NZ coins, resin & sterling silver
$395

Pukaki
Cufflinks - NZ coins, sterling silver & 18ct gold
$695

Tiki
Cufflinks - NZ coins & sterling silver
$350

Kiwi Co-operation
Cufflinks - Key Ring Image & sterling silver
$350

Tui
Earrings - Bottle tops & sterling silver
$65

Peter Miller, I'm a little Tea Pot, 2006
oil on canvas, 510 x 605mm, $2,200

Peter Miller, The broken little milk jug, 2007
oil on canvas, 405 x 455mm, $1,800

Peter Miller, NZ Made: Cup as Icon, 2005
oil on canvas, 405 x 505mm, $1,800

Peter Miller, A tale of four cups, 2006
oil on canvas, 835 x 1065mm, $5,000

Peter Miller, Let the children play, 2006
oil on canvas, 1520 x 1370, $9,500

Peter Miller, Red Truck - Brentware made in NZ, 2007
oil on canvas, 910 x 1525mm, $6,500

Peter Miller, Midget racer makes a break (detail), 2006
oil on canvas, 355 x 1830mm, $5,000

Peter Miller, The aftermath of the storm, 2007
oil on canvas, 835 x 1115mm, $5,500

Peter Miller, Mixed bag of cups, 2004
oil on canvas, 840 x 1010mm, $5,500