Events › Kintsugi Muse Art Exhibition

Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artist Cosette Calder finds inspiration from a 400-year-old Japanese art form known as Kintsugi. Kintsugi means to “join with gold.” This ancient artform is a method of repairing objects, usually ceramic pottery or glass. Traditionally, lacquer dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum is used to piece the shards back together, creating a more beautiful object through the acts of breaking and repair. Every break is unique, and sometimes, in the process of repairing things that have broken, we transform an object into something more beautiful and resilient.

Cosette is formerly from Australia. Her childhood and teens were spent in small rural townships across Victoria. Early life was spent exploring the outdoors. In 1994 at age 18 she made the move to Timaru, New Zealand. Enrolling at Aoraki Polytechnic she studied first year Foundation Visual Arts and then completed a second year of Fine Arts painting in 95. Studying under the tutelage of Mike Armstrong and Paul Van den Bergh.

Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch with her teenage son. She spends her time exploring the arts, painting, writing, reading, playing tennis, and walking the Port Hills. Cosette is a nine-year throat cancer survivor.

Exhibition runs from Friday 30 August to Friday 27 September

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre

Free, all welcome