{"product_id":"knowing-hands-yesterday-and-tomorrow-mother-and-child","title":"Knowing hands, yesterday and tomorrow (mother and child)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eKnowing hands, yesterday and tomorrow (mother and child) 2023\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCast bronze and stainless steel\u003cbr\u003e2020 mm x 1330 mm x 695 mm\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is formed from impressions of the artist’s hands, reflecting on how we come to understand the world physically — through touch, movement and the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade while hapū with her second child, it considers the relationship between mother and child, and the ways knowledge is shaped and passed on across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts open, rising form suggests both the body and natural growth,\u003cbr\u003eallowing it to shift between figurative and more abstract readings.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in clay and transformed into bronze, the work retainsthe\u003cbr\u003etrace of touch — gestures and impressions held in a permanent form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet within a subtle clearing, the work is encountered in passing, with morning light drawing out its shifting forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"im\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I’m interested in the way we understand the world around us physically, and how that might be changing, with our hands being a fundamental source of knowledge.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"brick-bay-2024","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356337332523,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/2822\/0459\/files\/KnowingHands-LowRes-7601.jpg?v=1779147185","url":"https:\/\/www.brickbay.co.nz\/products\/knowing-hands-yesterday-and-tomorrow-mother-and-child","provider":"Brick Bay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}