Fired up

Unable to find the pieces she wanted to liven up her home, a creative Aucklander used her lockdown downtime to learn a new artform.

PHOTOGRAPHY REUBEN LOOI

Photographer and graphic designer Beka Hope spent a lot of time online looking for the perfect plates for her colourful, cosy Mt Eden flat during the first 2020 lockdown. “I scoured every website for plates, but there was nothing like what I imagined,” she says. “So I decided I should just make some.” Beka was working as a freelance graphic designer and was keen to try something that would get her hands dirty and stretch her creative skills. “The first day that I could, I bought a bag of clay and just started making things. I didn’t have any tools or anything, so I decided I’d try hand-building. I rolled things out with a wine bottle and used a kitchen knife,” she says, laughing. As it happens, plates are some of the…

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