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Jaime Jenkins 'Bell 5: Motupōhue' from the series Ten Bells for Kākāpō
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Passed
Live Auction
The Sanctuary Mountain® Maungatautari Art Auction
ARTIST
Jaime Jenkins
Description
Jaime Jenkins
Bell 5: Motupōhue from the series Ten Bells for Kākāpō
hand-built stoneware, 2024
H. 190mm x W. 130mm
Made especially for this project, the Ten Bells for Kākāpō are for the pioneering Kākāpō who began the mainland habitat trial. The name of each bell was assigned by the rangers, who have come to know each incredible bird personally.
Bell 5 is named after 5 year old Motupōhue. “Average size, paler forest green colour. Motupōhue is a more social bird, he and Ōtepoti spent a bit of time roosting near one another in earlier days on the maunga. Motupōhue, was good at finding roosts in the thickest of supplejack, or the worst possible blackberry patches).” Motupōhue returned south and has just been translocated to Te Puka-Hereka/ Coal Island in Fiordland just over a week ago. He continues to be a trailblazing kākāpō!
Jaime Jenkins hand-builds stoneware pieces that push the definitions of clay, taking on structural, organic and intricate forms. Chains and bells are frequent subjects in her practice, and her experience of nature and natural forms is a core source of inspiration.
Jenkins has a Diploma of Visual Art from Toi Ohomai, Tauranga, and has been a recipient of the Dame Doreen’s Gift from the Blumhardt Foundation. Her work is held in Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and a growing number of national collections.
The Ten Bells for Kākāpō were made specifically for this project, and each honours one of the 10 pioneering manu that have been a part of the effort to find a safe, predator-free habitat where kākāpō can thrive on mainland Aotearoa.
Instagram: jaimejenkins_
Website: jhanamillers.com
Available for auction courtesy of Jamie Jenkins and Jhana Miller Gallery
Bell 5: Motupōhue from the series Ten Bells for Kākāpō
hand-built stoneware, 2024
H. 190mm x W. 130mm
Made especially for this project, the Ten Bells for Kākāpō are for the pioneering Kākāpō who began the mainland habitat trial. The name of each bell was assigned by the rangers, who have come to know each incredible bird personally.
Bell 5 is named after 5 year old Motupōhue. “Average size, paler forest green colour. Motupōhue is a more social bird, he and Ōtepoti spent a bit of time roosting near one another in earlier days on the maunga. Motupōhue, was good at finding roosts in the thickest of supplejack, or the worst possible blackberry patches).” Motupōhue returned south and has just been translocated to Te Puka-Hereka/ Coal Island in Fiordland just over a week ago. He continues to be a trailblazing kākāpō!
Jaime Jenkins hand-builds stoneware pieces that push the definitions of clay, taking on structural, organic and intricate forms. Chains and bells are frequent subjects in her practice, and her experience of nature and natural forms is a core source of inspiration.
Jenkins has a Diploma of Visual Art from Toi Ohomai, Tauranga, and has been a recipient of the Dame Doreen’s Gift from the Blumhardt Foundation. Her work is held in Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand and a growing number of national collections.
The Ten Bells for Kākāpō were made specifically for this project, and each honours one of the 10 pioneering manu that have been a part of the effort to find a safe, predator-free habitat where kākāpō can thrive on mainland Aotearoa.
Instagram: jaimejenkins_
Website: jhanamillers.com
Available for auction courtesy of Jamie Jenkins and Jhana Miller Gallery
