Small acts of intervention on paper that speak quietly yet powerfully - the shared language of Small Holes in the Silence.

In this contemplative exhibition, four nationally recognised printmakers - Kyla Cresswell, Catherine Macdonald, Prue MacDougall, and Nan Mulder - respond to Hone Tuwhare’s iconic poem Rain, creating visual echoes of its mood, rhythm, and elemental presence.

Through etching, drypoint, mezzotint, mokulito, silverpoint, drawing, and artist books, each artist explores the relationship between mark and meaning, sound and silence, presence and absence. The works delve into the visual language of sound and stillness, shifting atmospheres, and our fundamental ties to the natural world.

Intaglio printmaking is an inherently tactile process: ink pressed into the scars of a plate, pulled through pressure, leaving a trace. These slow, manual gestures become meditations in themselves. Collectively, the works offer a quiet yet resonant reflection on time, process, and the human experience.

The artists gratefully acknowledge Rob Tuwhare and the Hone Tuwhare Estate for permission to use text from Rain by Hone Tuwhare.