One of Motueka’s quirkiest art collectives has opened its pop-up gallery for summer perusal and purchasing.
Zappekin’s Nina an der Voorn says that the collective had an amazing opening on Sunday, 8 December, with people coming from as far as Blenheim and Golden Bay.
Papier-mâché artist Kaschi even came dressed as a home-made fly costume.
This year Zappekin’s 11 local artists have had working bees to renovate the space and are taking turns staffing the gallery right through the summer. Nina says almost all the money from sales goes to the artist, with a small amount going to the Zappekin community so they can continue.
The current artists are Studio Soph', Kingdom of Klah, Mat Tait, KABIN Threads, DL Jewellery, SJC Creative, Drawn Strip, Kaschi, Flouncy Gardenwear, Super Hands, and Abby McCall.
Between them, they cover the disciplines of ceramics, drawings, clothing, books, jewellery, sculpture, cosmetics, kitchenware, screenprints and feltwork, “and everything made within 50km of us”, Nina says.
The gallery will be open from 10am to 4pm until the end of February. It is located at 3 Wood Loop, just south of Motueka.
