This past six months have been the ride of healing I’ve needed; shifting stagnated ideas, patterns and habits of relating to self and others.
My dear ex partner Teivao Tamariki & Tatau artist, invited me to come into his creative studio space and gallery in Woy Woy that he was wanting to set up.
It’s was a long time vision of ours when we were together on our creative journey in relationship. Traversing work transition, covid shut downs, moving into my families home and than separating we went our ways to heal.
His leading us back to healing in community has been so unbelievably powerful in bringing together our families and others that have joined us in the hatching of Yolk Gallery with full permission to create the space into ours.
We are in the space now since 11/1/2024 was our soft launch to get the space blessed by our community and share the beginnings of the story.
Joined by my sweet long time market friend and sis Nicole Berlach water colour painter see her work here: https://www.nicoleberlach.com/
She has her water colour A3 prints, card and originals hanging and available.
Beautiful woman, mama, wife, artist and in house model.
We also have in the space my daughter and 4th darling Angelle with her major works that due to covid at Brisbane Water High School was unable to exhibit.
So to have her work shared in our community is healing and supportive of her creative journey as Yo and coming local artists and more original works will be available soon for sale.
When I accepted and I finally surrendered to the the offer to heal the pains of the past perceived failures and fully step into forgiveness. As I had a dream years before and of course déjà vu around the location I knew one day I would be in there.
Beginnings were slow and settling with me wanting to run in and make everything safe and familiar; however life has reminded me to stay in flow like my beloved ocean moana .
Now trusting and knowing we guided and loved and all that stuff that comes up at night in my subconscious whispers to control and sabotage is old residue of who I thought I was.
Previously it was the RSPCA opshop in Woy Woy back lane way. When my children were little and we had first moved here from Waiheke Island Aotearoa New Zealand; we would come to this space and enjoy the old ladies and the toys clothes etc reminding of the loved spaces we enjoyed by op-shopping at home.
Now we been in the space and settled for few month. Most days Teivao is in the space for Tatau marking stories in skin.
You can see my pieces which are all in there hanging and ready to find there new people to adventure and love with.
Also my home grown herbal apothecary range is also ready to assist your journey.
Workshops are starting in April for Basic Sewing and Repair Bar details to come!
Yolk Gallery
Shop 5/9 The Boulevard Woy Woy
We growing stay tuned to how we connect our creative community in healing and sharing. Follow us Instagram for more to come!