Artist Residency

2026 residency announcement: welcome Emma Stretch

Hynds Foundation is delighted to welcome Emma Stretch as the 2026 awardee of the Crucible Artist Residency. Emma is an artist based in Auckland-Tāmaki Makaurau. Her practice to date explores…

Crucible Artist Residency 3: sparks and monkeys

Distinctive exhibitions were created in the third Crucible Artist Residency by artists Zac Whiteside and Paula Collier Exhibition Statement: Paula Collier – Average of 3 sparks A series of site…

Weight and Weighting, Light and Lightning

An exhibition featuring the work created in the Crucible Artist Residency (1/2025) by John Ward Knox and Motoko Kikkawa Exhibition Statement: John Ward Knox It is a strange marriage, artistry…

Excitement for a new cohort of Crucible Artist Residents

Hynds Foundation and Gillies Metaltech are excited to announce that Paula Collier and Zac Whiteside have been selected for the Crucible Artist Residency commencing in September 2025. Paula Collier is a…

Crucible Art Studios and Gallery

An album that helps to show amenities available for the Crucible Artist Residents. Clockwise from top left to right: 1. Crucible Gallery 1906 – home of the Ōamaru Mail. 2.…

Many hours in the making!

Video and a gallery of stills gives insight of key steps in the process from pattern to product. Please also see our video of the Making of the Sign. Photo…

Process insight: making of the Crucible Art Studios sign

Watch as the Gillies MetalTech foundry technicians meticulously create a sign for the home of the Crucible Artist Residency.

Crucible welcomes two new artist residents

The Crucible Artist Residency pilot programme moves into its second phase, with two new artists, John Ward Knox and Motoko Kikkawa, commencing 16-week residencies from 10 February. (Pictured above: John,…

Heat and flow leads to transformation

I have made bones, ribs that hold feelings, pointing and holding through space in ancient iron. They are heavy, and the moment of their melting is no longer visible. The…

Ōamaru diatoms’ beauty forever cast

Karen Aitken was the inaugural Crucible Artist Resident. This is her exhibition statement. Ferrous and Siliceous is a collection of cast iron and ceramic pieces that explores the microscopic world…

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