About The Crystal Chain Gang.
We
are Jim Dennison and Leanne Williams, and we collaborate under the
moniker of the 'Crystal Chain Gang'. Our gang name came about with the
realisation of our laborious and time consuming glasswork process. We
liken it to being on the chain gang - very repetitious and at times
very unrewarding. The material we process on this chain gang is lead
crystal, and it is this crystal that we passionately transform into our
jewels. We are very committed to our gang here in our headquarters in
Martinborough, New Zealand, and dream of world domination while wearing
beautiful hand embroidered patched jackets covered with lots of birds
and lavish flowers (which of course we wouldn’t wear in Whanganui but
will proudly stroll down the avenue in Whanganui). But alas at present
we are the sole members and our only prospect (our son Willie) is more
interested in the Phoenix Football gang. We relish the idea of
recruitment into this strange process world of glass making - the more
the merrier.
We have been collaborating together making glass works since 2002.
Leanne has the fine arts background in painting, while Jim is the
glassmaker and technical problem solver. We have different skills that
compliment our practice and make it into a dynamic form. We make
objects that are sometimes art pieces, sometimes craft, sometimes
design, sometimes good, sometimes not so. But most of all we make glass
objects that are unique, stir memory, are excessive, exotic and speak
of a sense of place - this is something we always try to do.
Welcome aboard - we hope you enjoy the ride.
e. enquiries@crystalchaingang.co.nz
ph. +64 6 3069993