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MANZ (Medal Art New Zealand)

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  • Samantha Lissette

    A Place to Land

    Bronze
    40 x 70 x 40 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 12

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Samantha Lissette

    A Place to Stand on a Melting Land (Silver)

    Bronze
    80 x 150 x 60 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/12

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Samantha Lissette

    A Place to Stand on a Melting Land (White)

    Bronze
    80 x 150 x 60 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/12

  • Marté Szirmay

    Absence/Presence

    Cast Bronze
    Edition of 10

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Marté Szirmay

    Adapter

    All in a Days Work Series
    Cast Bronze
    Edition of 10

  • Marian Fountain

    Air Medal

    Bronze
    112 x 112 mm
    Ed.3/40

  • Chris Van Doren & Steve Woodward

    Apoplexis

    Black Granite, Portuguese Limestone, Cardinal Stone, Rajasthan Gold, Chinese Basalt, Rajasthan Red, Galvanised mild steel
    3000 x 630 x 500 mm
    Unique

  • Samantha Lissette

    Apple

    Bronze
    50 x 40 mm
    2021

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Jim Wheeler

    Aureole

    Cast and fabricated bronze
    590 x 575 x 230 mm
    Signed
    Unique

  • Christine Massey

    Balasana (Child’s pose) 1

    Bronze
    50 x 70 x 25 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 2/7

  • Christine Massey

    Balasana (Child’s pose) 2

    Bronze
    95 x 45 x 35 mm
    Signed & dated 2021
    Ed. 2/7

  • Marté Szirmay

    Besieged Mothers

    Cast bronze
    140 mm diameter
    Edition of 5

  • Samantha Lissette

    Bitten

    Bronze
    70 x 75 x 75 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/12

  • Samantha Lissette

    Bitten (Gold)

    Bronze
    70 x 75 x 75 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/12

  • Samantha Lissette

    Bitten (Rose Gold)

    Bronze
    70 x 75 x 75 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/12

  • Hamish McWhannell

    Black Goldfish

    Cast Brass
    70 mm diameter
    Unique

  • Marté Szirmay

    Call Waiting

    All in a Days Work Series
    Cast Bronze
    Edition of 10

  • Jim Wheeler

    Camille Claudel – Behind Her Shield

    Bronze with patina and Casein
    95 mm diameter
    Ed. of 10
    Signed

  • Frances Battersby

    Canopy Exit

    Bronze
    150 x 150 x 110 mm
    Unique
    2021

  • Fiona Garlick

    Charmed Invader – Medal

    Bronze
    Ed. 6/10
    7cm diameter
    Sycamore – 2009

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Samantha Lissette

    Cherries

    Bronze
    50 x 40 mm
    2021

  • Frances Battersby

    Coeur de Foyer

    Powder coated copper
    300 x 560 x 65 mm
    Unique
    2021

  • Bronwynne Cornish

    Coffee Time

    Aluminium & mixed media
    160 x 80 mm
    Breast plates
    Three found cans transformed from trash to treasure
    2021

  • Greer Twiss

    Covid-19 Portrait

    Wax & cloth
    204 x 100 x 100 mm
    Unique

  • Greer Twiss

    Covid-19 Portrait

    Ceramic & cloth
    203 x 100 x 200 mm
    Unique

  • Matthew Williams

    Division

    Bronze on granite base
    450 x 350 x 180 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 4/5

  • Neil Miller

    Eight (8) Black Cormorants 2020

    Copper, Aluminium, Acrylic
    343 x 145 x 53 mm
    Unique

  • Marian Fountain

    Fire Medal

    Bronze
    113 x 113 mm
    Ed.3/40

  • Marté Szirmay

    Fish of Happiness

    Cast Bronze
    120 x 120 mm
    Edition of 10
    2001
    Award winning medal Venice International Miniature Show

  • Marté Szirmay

    Fragile Planet

    Cast Bronze
    7 interlocking parts
    Unlimited Edition

  • Fatu Feu'u

    Frangipani

    Bronze
    135 x 130
    Open edition

  • Richard Mathieson

    Funnel

    Lost wax bronze
    65 x 130 mm
    Signed
    AP

  • Hamish McWhannell

    Goldfish

    24 ct gold-plated, cast sterling silver
    70 mm diameter
    Unique

  • Marté Szirmay

    Heartfelt

    Cast bronze
    120 x 100 mm
    Ed. of 10
    Ed. 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 – SOLD

  • David Guerin

    HERETAUNGA ARARAU – E TU

    Rimu wood carving and silicon bronze casting
    145 x 205 x 170 mm
    Monographed
    Unique

  • Hamish McWhannell

    Introspection 2014

    Sterling silver cast & fabricated
    50 x 23 x 50 mm
    Unique

  • Graham Bennett

    Jeopardy

    Bronze, digitalprint on steel
    150 x 135 x 135 mm
    Signed & dated 2019
    Ed. 2/2

  • Michael Reed

    Kotuku

    Bronze
    102 x 102 mm
    Signed & dated 2019
    Ed. 4/7

  • Marian Fountain

    Lamb Tree Medal

    Bronze
    105 mm diameter
    Ed. of 40

  • Samantha Lissette

    Lemon

    Bronze
    50 x 40 mm
    2021

  • Marté Szirmay

    Lifeboat

    Lost wax cast bronze
    115 x 115 x 12 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 10

  • Samantha Lissette

    Little Bird

    Bronze
    101 x 101 mm
    2020
    Unlimited edition
    Wall piece

  • Samantha Lissette

    Little Blue

    Bronze
    270 x 330 mm
    Signed
    Open Edition

  • Richard Mathieson

    Lockdown Doodles / little stacks

    Cedar & Oak
    380 x 150 mm & 230 x 200 mm
    Signed
    Unique

  • Margaret Lovell

    Love Medal

    Bronze
    63 mm in diamater
    Ed. of 7
    Signed

  • Fiona Garlick

    Lucky Acorn

    Cast Bronze
    100 x 170 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 13

  • Chris Van Doren

    Manu Le Le: Flying Fish

    Columnar Basalt on Oak Base
    530 x 120 x 120 mm
    Unique

  • Jim Wheeler

    Metamorphosis

    Bronze
    75 x 45 mm closed
    Unlimited edition

  • Marian Fountain

    Millennium Medal

    Cast bronze
    77 mm diameter
    1999
    Unlimited Edition

  • Marian Fountain

    Mindfulness

    Bronze
    Edition of 8
    490 x 280 x 220 mm
    Monographed, cast 2019

  • Oliver Stretton-Pow

    Misspent youth

    Bronze
    150 x 150 x 10 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/10

  • Michael Reed

    Momento 1 – Darumma Japan

    Cast bronze
    105 mm in diameter
    Ed. of 10
    Signed

  • Michael Reed

    Momento 2 – Nagasawa Japan

    Cast bronze
    103 mm in diameter
    Ed. of 10
    Signed

  • Marté Szirmay

    Off Line

    All in a Days Work Series
    Cast Bronze
    Edition of 10

  • Marian Fountain

    Pacific Woman

    Cast bronze
    50 x 64 mm
    Ed of 40
    1984

  • Samantha Lissette

    Peach

    Bronze
    50 x 40 mm
    2021

  • Mary McIntyre

    Portrait of Greer Twiss

    Oil on canvas
    560 x 710 mm
    Signed & dated verso

  • Fiona Garlick

    Rabbit’s Foot

    Cast Bronze
    70 x 200 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 13

  • Matthew Williams

    Reality Check

    Bronze
    125 x 125 x 15 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 1/10

  • Marté Szirmay

    Release

    Cast bronze
    Edition of 10

  • Marté Szirmay

    Rescue Kit 1

    Cast bronze
    210 x 210 mm
    Signed
    Version 2. 2/5

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Marté Szirmay

    Rescue Kit 4

    Cast bronze
    150 x 150 mm
    Signed
    Version 1. 2/5

  • Jim Wheeler

    Sanctuary

    Bronze
    60 x 95 x 95 mm
    Signed
    Version 1

  • Marian Fountain

    Shelter 4

    Cast bronze
    145 x 50 x 20 mm
    Monogrammed
    2013
    Edition of 100

  • Marian Fountain

    Side by Side

    Bronze
    Edition of 40
    300 x 40 x 50 mm
    Monographed, cast 2019

  • Samantha Lissette

    Siren Song, Whispered Secrets

    Cast bronze
    200 x 380 mm
    Unique

  • Christine Massey

    Sorry (Te Tatau-o / The Girdle of Riukiuta)

    Bronze
    75 x 75 mm
    Signed
    Unique

  • Fiona Garlick

    Talismans – Flawed Leaf Clover

    Cast Bronze
    160 x 140 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 13

  • Fiona Garlick

    Talismans – Lost Charm Bracelet

    Bronze
    900 x 500 mm
    Signed
    Series – each one unique

  • Fiona Garlick

    Talismans – Sycamore Seed

    Cast Bronze
    200 x 150 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 13

  • Fiona Garlick

    Talismans – Wish Bone

    Cast Bronze
    140 x 180 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 13

  • Chris Van Doren

    Tangaloa: God of the Sea

    Taranaki Andesite
    670 x 200 x 100 mm
    Unique
    2021

  • Richard Mathieson

    Terraces

    Bronze
    158 x 158 mm
    Signed verso
    Ed. 4/12

  • SOLD
    Out of stock
    Peter Lange

    The Letter B

    Ceramic, hand built
    250 x 250 x 250 mm
    Signed
    Unique

  • Fiona Garlick

    They Came With Their Seeds, Dreams and Stories

    Bronze
    80 x 80 x 8 mm
    Signed
    Edition of 9

  • Jim Wheeler

    To the Fallen Giants of the Forest

    Bronze
    120 mm diameter
    Edition of 40

  • Juliette Milne

    Together

    Laser cut stainless steel
    155 x 100 x 100 mm
    Signed
    Ed. 2/2

  • Marté Szirmay

    Universal Responsibility

    Cast bronze
    Edition of 10

  • Bronwynne Cornish

    V/Transpiration

    Aluminium & mixed media
    160 x 80 mm
    Breast plates
    Three found cans transformed from trash to treasure
    2021

  • Fiona Garlick

    Waterways & Trees, Life Blood & Lungs

    Bronze
    80 x 80 mm
    Ed. of 9

  • Chris Van Doren

    Wayfinder II

    Columnar Basalt
    130 x 140 mmm
    Unique
    2021

  • Marté Szirmay

    Westcoast Sunday – Terns

    Bronze
    125 mm circumference
    Edition of 10

  • Marian Fountain

    When We Disappear

    Cast bronze
    73 x 45 x 12 mm
    Monogrammed
    2014
    Edition of 40

Medal Art New Zealand · 'About Face' 2019
MANZ
About
Medals
Members
MANZ

MANZ (Medal Art New Zealand) aims to nurture the medal art form within the contemporary art practice in New Zealand. Exhibitions are held annually in New Zealand and members also participate in bi-annual exhibitions held in international locations by the Federation International de la Medaille (FIDEM), the international member based group for medal makers.

“These medals are not to be found on the chests of heroes or in athletes’ lockers. They are the contemporary expression of a much older tradition of medals as works of art” – British Art Medal Society website.

The tradition of medals dates back to the Italian Renaissance. Today medals are an artistic expression in their own right, known as ‘art medals’. This term also refers to the larger medallion form (sometimes known as table medals or plaques if one-sided), and ‘object medals’ (which include a third dimension). Medal Art continues to be practised in many countries all around the world  with technological advances have influencing both methods and concepts.

About


The New Zealand Medallion Group was formed in 1989 through the energies of Betty Beadle and Marian Fountain. It was their belief that medal art should be made, celebrated and championed in this country after the wonderful work of Betty’s late husband Professor Paul Beadle, a lecturer at Elam school of Fine Arts in Auckland who had gained an international reputation in this field.

Marian and Betty invited artists Marté Szirmay, Christine Massey, Wallace Sutherland, and Terry Stringer to join them in making and promoting the art form. This original group was called the ‘New Zealand Contemporary Medallion Group’ (NZCMG) later dropping ‘contemporary’. In 2004, the group changed their name to Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) to better reflect the diverse range of art medal practice within the group.

In May 1989 at Star Art Gallery in Karangahape Road, Auckland, the group had its first exhibition. It featured the work of thirty artists as well as a survey of thirty years of the work of Paul Beadle. The invited artists were from all disciplines, so this was a truly exploratory exhibition revelling in the different approaches and influences that such a variety of artists bring. Over some twenty five years the group has continued to grow, evolve and exhibit.

Medals


A medal (a generic term for medallions and plaques) is a small sculpture with definite obverse and reverse faces. ‘Object medals’ investigate a third dimension and became very popular in the 60’s, particularly in France.

Each ‘face’ can be used to explore different aspects of an idea. The illusion of space is rendered through bas-relief and the play of light on the surface. Even the rim face of the medal can be incorporated. In addition text and image must be cohesive within the design.

These days a large variety of geometric shapes are acceptable forms for art medals but the use or reference to the circle continues to be the most accepted or preferred. Traditionally, medals must be produced as editions and made of permanent materials such as bronze, silver or gold but other materials may be used and these are quite varied, particularly with technological advances; glass and porcelain for instance. The main requirement is that they are durable.

Edition sizes vary according to the methods of production, and scale ranges from very small and intimate works to those as wide as 150mm and as heavy as 2kg. The requirement is that it fits comfortably in your hand.

Members
  • John Andrew
  • Frances Battersby
  • Graham Bennett
  • Nigel Brown
  • Bronwynne Cornish
  • Bing Dawe
  • Louise Dentice
  • John Edgar
  • Robert Ellis
  • Fatu Feu’u
  • Marian Fountain
  • Fiona Garlick
  • David Guerin
  • Paul Hartigan
  • Bill Hayes
  • Christine Hellyar
  • Helen Holmes
  • Samantha Lissette
  • Christine Massey
  • Richard Mathieson
  • Mary McIntyre
  • Hamish McWhannell
  • Neil Miller
  • Juliette Milne
  • Stanley Palmer
  • Louise Purvis
  • Michael Reed
  • Terry Stringer
  • Llew Summers
  • Wallace Sutherland
  • Marté Szirmay
  • Jim Wheeler
  • Peter Woods
  • Steve Woodward

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