This was no ordinary studio visit... Carried from the shoreline of Oneroa, plonked into a rubber dingy, and motored out to a breathtaking sailboat in Waiheke Island, we visited the home and working studio of artists Benedict and Hannah Maurice, and their dog Hughie.
Benedict is an artist that discovers the world with his physical body, learning whilst doing, and by being in an environment. His jewellery work, Honeymoonseastudio', is a reaction to his everyday findings: shells, metals, stones and more, all discarded objects up-cycled and turned into something rather magical in Benedict's hands...