Just a kid still with life lessons under my belt, I decided in my 42nd year to pursue the meaning of life, the universe and everything.

As it turns out, it was a pretty simple answer...
 

My Art practice is making in everyday life- jewellery, writing, sculpture, prints, and enjoying life by design.
 

The South Star School project has chose me and I decided to go with the flow. My background is in studio art, teaching, program design and creative fun.
 

My aim is to be part of a place and idea that can be a creative place for everyone.

I've been chasing sunsets my whole life. Trying - and failing - to squeeze into boxes I was told were 'perfectly sized'.

 

I don't have a dedicated craft, but I love to create.

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I've always been looking for something, and I found the Waitaki along the way.

 

Turns out sometimes the road you bush-whack leads to paradise. And this Valley, well it's magic.

 

The South Star School project is an exciting addition to what's already a special place, and I'm thrilled to be a part of the team!

I’m creative through conversation, my art is speaking truth in the now to help people shift their perspective on a blind spot or thing they just haven’t quite been able to put their finger on. 

 

My background includes working as a medical nutritionist for 10 years, followed by Emotional Release®,  and then Human Design. All soul-based work with self-reflection as the key to transformation.

 

I have joined the South Star School Trust because it feeds me to commune with likeminded individuals and fundraising allows me to create restorative moments for our community, I am so grateful for the rest and play South Star School brings to my family’s life.

 

It is an honour to be part of this community creating events and moments of spaciousness where we get to be together; rest, play, express, change and evolve.​

I am the owner operator of a vineyard and recording studio Sublime, in the Waitaki Valley.

 

I am also an artist and have endeavoured to create and inspiring place where musicians get to express themselves in a cocoon of creativity.

 

I get to experience first hand the joy and empowerment of being creative and what being creative brings to others.

 

I am involved in the school project because I believe it will be wonderful to foster all the talent in the Valley in this historic place.

I’m someone who treasures creativity, family, and community, and I also have a real love of numbers — hence my role as Treasurer of the South Star School.

 

When I was originally asked to become a Trustee, my first thought was, “Art? I can’t even draw a stick man!”

 

But I quickly learned it’s mo about supporting a vision and helping bring something meaningful back to the community.

 

My enjoyment comes from my craft work — especially knitting, which I mostly do for my family — and from playing Lawn Bowls and helping to share our beloved game with the community. 

 

I am absolutely delighted to be part of the re-emergence of South Star School. Whenever I’m bowling at the club, I often look over and imagine the fun and laughter that must have filled the school all those years ago. Now, being part of this new chapter, I feel proud to help bring that same fun and laughter back again.

A creative, enthusiastic wellness motivator, entrepreneurial nurse and grandmother of 8 grand-girls, who inspire me to prepare a place so they can pursue their dreams.

 

My art is expressed by mentoring others to go all out exploring their creativity, using massage and holistic wellness practices to promote this and pick up my paint brush, watercolour being my medium of choice.

 

My first introduction to art was attending an Art in the Sun weekend in Kurow in the 1980’s, where I was given the courage and confidence to explore and nurture my inner creativity.

 

Therefore the attraction of being a trustee of South Star School is so we can provide an inspiring venue where hundreds of others can experience a similar opportunity.

I moved to New Zealand from South Africa 17 years ago and have been living in the South Island just over 2 years.

 

If I had to pick a label to describe myself it would be "creative".

 

The art I create  is all made up of items and media being thrown away.

 

I love giving items  another life cycle.