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We've been meaning to start a blog for a while. If you've visited the gallery, you'll know there's always something happening, always something worth sharing... and lots of things you don't even see. A new artist arrives with amazing new work, I obsessively try on lots of lovely new rings, someone buys their very first piece of original art because they fell in love or couldn't stop thinking about it.

These are the stories we want to tell. Not polished (although we will try and limit spelling mistakes and grammar errors) just real, honest writing about the people, the work and the life of a small gallery in Mapua.

What you can expect

Artist Stories: some might be shy but we will try and pry them out from the shadows. We work with makers from across New Zealand and we want to take you into their studios, their processes, the decisions behind the work. Some of them have been doing this for decades. Others are just finding their voice. All of them have something worth knowing about.

Gallery News will give that little bit extra about what is happening in the space. New exhibitions, events, the occasional staff profile (they may even have a shot at a guest blog), and other stuff that is going on at Mapua Wharf. A touch of Behind the Scenes when we think it might be interesting enough. Might not be sparkly but it will be the honest stuff: what it actually looks like to run a gallery, some curating decisions, the moments that don't make the Instagram grid.

And hopefully some practical art tips. How to choose art for your home. How to hang it properly. What to look for when you're buying original work for the first time. How to look after your art. The kind of stuff we chat about every day but now it will be here for reference.

First posts coming soon

Mainly from Corene and Sara, sometimes Laszlo, sometimes the rest of the team, maybe even an artist blog takeover!