We are located within the call of the Tasman Ocean, bathed in it’s light, feeling it’s spray and held by it’s movements. This place defines much of the vision of the studio gallery.

Just as the tides and the seasons follow their cyclical patterns of change and renewal, so too does our gallery. We have a six weekly cycle for our exhibitions so we can showcase the diversity of the fibre arts.

Awaking our connections to the past, placing us in the present and empowering us to view into the future is our majestic Mounga Taranaki. Just as the strength of The Mounga pulls the weather towards his presence, we hope to draw like minded people to our textile community.

Just as the tides of The Tasman bring us delights, we position regular new encounters in to the gallery space.

The love of detail, attention to creating, observation and materials, and strands of stories create the harvest of enrichment that comes to realisation in the gallery space.

Grounded in a love of fibres we cast a net of discovery for our gallery community and our visitors. See our upcoming Artists in Residence backstories.

Seasonal Rotations are energetic at our place, these inform both what happens in the selection of the gallery exhibitions but also in the making activities of the studio.

Set aside but within is a habitation place – a place for creators to pause, embrace their environs, rest, recharge and create.

A place for activating the imagination and pollinating creativity we invite creators to join us.

Being grounded on this land enables growth and nurturing as well as supplying materials and enabling practice methods.

The studio gallery is a dream come true for the gallerist/artist Viv Davy