The Keep
COLLAR
Saturday 17 October, 2026
Time
2.00PM – 5.00PM
Pricing
(+ booking fee per ticket)
Venue: The Gym
After a very successful sell out show during New Zealand Fashion Week and by popular demand, COLLAR is coming to Ōtautahi.
This collective exhibition brings together a group of invited makers, each responding to the collar as both object and adornment. Personally designed and made by each maker, every piece reflects an individual practice while contributing to a shared narrative that celebrates craftsmanship, process, and the enduring value of making by hand.
Suspended together as a single installation, the collars become a portrait of contemporary making in Aotearoa revealing the richness of material exploration, technical skill, and creative expression across disciplines.
With support from Christchurch City Council, for one afternoon only and nested comfortably during the Spring Fashion Festival.
With a drink on entry if desired - kindly supplied by our good friends at Pegasus Bay Wines and Lyttel Ninja Kombucha.
Scented space by Daddy
Live noise by Ben Woods
Live documentation by Emma Wallbanks and Sam Norton.
*Exhibition runs for three hours only. Please come anytime inside these three hours, allowing for at least 30 minutes to make your way through.
MAKERS
Steven Park / 6x4
Julia Palm / JPALM
Christopher Duncan
Kiri Nathan
James Dobson / Jimmy D
Annabella Schnabel
Marilyn Sainty
Doris de Pont
Sofia Tekela-Smith
Julianna Jung / Outerlines
Ani O’Neill
Niicolé Pollard
Emma Wallbanks / fbpd
Ash Mosen
Rachel Long
Andreas Mikellis / Skrimshand
Amber Star
Margarita Robertson / NOM*d
Arlo Pavlovich / SEW/NAR
Emma Jing
Mia Straka
John-Troy O’Sullivan / artmadestructure
Shannen Young
Judi Clements
Jacob Coutie / J’ake
Brooke Georgia / being
Jojo Ross
Kensa Lasaki / uuoran
Liz Mitchell
Taylor Groves
Abigail Brodrick
Ningyi / pl.at.fo.rm
Bob Buck
Yuka Maud / Otsu
Giulia Zigliani
Vicki Taylor / Taylor
Jo Yen / Thyen
Marina Davis / Ovna Ovich
Elisabeth Findlay / Zambesi
Sarah-Jane Duff / lost and led astray
Eliza Baker
Michele Clapton
Adrian Hailwood / Hailwood
Yuka O’Shannessy / Public Record
Kate Megaw / Penny Sage
Trent Bell
Julia Thompson
Naith & Heidi Morrow / Black Pudding
Luke Stonehouse
Wynn Hamlyn
Grace Norsworthy / Orswo
Shayna Quinn-Bowyer & Welfe Bowyer
Mariam Tawfik
Pepi-Joy Gilgen
Wilbur Hsu
Catherine Griffiths
Lela Jacobs
Nichola Shanley
Jungeun Lee
Emily Siddell
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