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A few months ago I had the chance to show some paintings, along with some clay pieces and Hugo’s paintings, in Christchurch.

Unfortunately I can never seem to take pictures and share them, so here are some blurry horizontal ones.

Both framed by my wonderful friend, Helen @blenkprojects

The Crossing, 2024
Oil and oil pastel; walnut, beech and cedar frame 995 x 1000 x 50

Emblems on a Train, 2024
Oil and oil pastel; walnut and beech frame 890 x 1000 x 50 by @thestaract

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a month ago

New studio is so small, here Cornelia is after breaking something by @thestaract

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The Story of Cephas, 2025. Oxides, glazed stoneware, 230 × 230 x 125 mm

@grrlcat @thestaract taken in Wellington, New Zealand by @thestaract

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From the stockroom: Rapture, 2025. Oil on canvas, 400 x 455mm

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@grrlcat @thestaract taken in Wellington, New Zealand by @thestaract

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2 months ago

Beech and walnut tray around a @thestaract ceramic tile. A special commission from an older sister for her younger sister. by @thestaract

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3 months ago

This is the last week to view 'Thoughts That Make Us Think' – a meeting of Hugo Van Dorsser and Catarina Correia Arnhold’s material worlds. Gallery walls are met with a bold expression of life and an unapologetic exploration into how the artists’ materials can perform on behalf of their intuition and imagination. At times looking back in nostalgia, while others look inward toward the spirit and self.

@hugovandorsser @thestaract @grrlcat taken in Twentysix by @thestaract

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10 months ago

Image 1: Vigil, 2025, oxides, glaze, underglaze, 160 x 530 x 160 mm

Image 2: Heavensent, 2025, oxides, glazed stoneware, 220 x 220 x 50 mm

Image 3: At the Gates Head, 2025, oxides, glazed stoneware, 160 × 185 x 120 mm

Image 4: Sepultura, 2025, oxides, glazed stoneware, 255 × 315 × 170 mm

Image 5: Céu, 2025, oxides, glazed stoneware, 180 × 100 x 100 mm

@thestaract @grrlcat taken in Twentysix by @thestaract

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10 months ago

First teapot I ever made, and the best glaze surprise 🩷 by @thestaract

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10 months ago

I love the desert

Thread, fabric, paint by @thestaract

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10 months ago

Install views of 'Thoughts That Make Us Think' by Harry Culy

@hugovandorsser @grrlcat @thestaract taken in Twentysix by @thestaract

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Catarina Correia Arnhold is a multidisciplinary ceramic artist whose practice centres storytelling, intuition, and the space between reality and fantasy. Born in Salvador, Brazil and based in Lyttelton, Aotearoa, she creates work that merges sculpture and painting, bringing her background in two-dimensional art into dialogue with the unpredictable nature of clay.

Arnhold embraces process and play, allowing forms to emerge through touch and instinct. Drawing on myth, recollection, and personal narrative, her work is influenced by literature, folklore, and religious symbolism, inviting viewers into dreamlike worlds that feel both ancient and imagined. Through bold colour and form, her works become tactile stories, full of potential and presence.

Premonition, 2025, oxides, glazed stoneware, walnut frame with a beech backing, 190 x 230 mm

@thestaract @grrlcat taken in Twentysix by @thestaract

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