Bobby Pin

A lady's bobby pin. And arranged upon it, a tiny cluster of pāua shells — each one placed by hand, each one chosen.

This is where the shore and the artist meet. The bobby pin was found on the shores of Stewart Island/Rakiura — a small, personal thing, out of place and full of quiet mystery. The pāua shells came from these same southern waters, each one a miniature world of iridescent colour: blues, greens, purples shifting with the light.

The arrangement is the artist's own. Patient. Deliberate. A conversation between what the island offered and what the eye saw in it. The hairpin as a stage. The pāua as jewels. The whole composition no bigger than a hand — and yet, somehow, monumental.

This is what it means to make art from a place. Not to impose something upon it, but to listen to what it's already saying — and then add just enough of yourself to make it sing.

Bobby Pin is intimate, unexpected, and entirely of this island.

Fits beautifully on a dressing table wall, in a bedroom, or anywhere that welcomes something quietly extraordinary.

What you're bringing home:

• Museum-quality, fade-resistant print — every iridescent shell, every detail preserved
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• 1.25″ thick poly-cotton blend canvas (344 g/m²)
• Mounting brackets included — ready to hang
• A2 — 16″×24″ (40.6 × 61 cm)

Want the original? Hand-signed editions (NZ$360–NZ$900) are available exclusively at our Stewart Island gallery.

Take a little piece of the island home.
Island steady. World ready.

In compliance with the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), this product is manufactured by EASTERLY LIMITED (hello@easterly.kiwi | 6 Petersons Hill Road, 9818, Stewart Island, New Zealand) and represented in the EU by SINDEN VENTURES LIMITED (Markou Evgenikou 11, Mesa Geitonia, 4002, Limassol, Cyprus | gpsr@sindenventures.com). All consumer products meet EU safety standards.