Kathy Barber
Project Title: Echoes
Practice: Scuplture
The Experience: Echoes explores memory, place, and repair through sculptural works that wrap found rocks in copper using Te-ami netting, linear coils, and an adapted form of Kintsugi, celebrating natural imperfections and the stories they hold. Each piece weaves together object, craft, and memory, creating sculptures that embody traces of time, experience, and connection.
Venue: Rosewood Matakauri
Address: 569 Glenorchy-Queenstown Road, Closeburn 9371
Location of Art: TBC
Accessibility:
Monday – Sunday: 12pm – 8:30pm
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Restrooms: Yes
Parking: On-site
Venue Website: https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/matakauri
About the Artist:
Kathy Barber is a Wanaka-based painter and sculptor whose Te-ami practice transforms foraged stones, wood, and repurposed materials into hand-woven sculptures that explore memory, connection, and the relationship between strength and fragility.
Inspired by the Japanese wire-weaving tradition of Kanaami, these unique works use intricate hand-netting techniques to honour place, time, and personal experience, creating tangible expressions of remembrance and attachment to New Zealand’s landscapes.
See more of the artist’s work:
• Visit Kathy’s website: https://www.te-ami.co.nz/
• Follow Kathy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/te_ami_objects/
The Creative Spaces Project is running throughout the month of November across the Queenstown Lakes region and can be explored via an interactive online map featuring participating artists, venues and installations.
Find out more and plan your creative trail at www.threelakesculturaltrust.co.nz/creative-spaces-project
The project was created by Three Lakes Cultural Trust in partnership with the Queenstown Lakes District Council with support from Central Lakes Trust.
