Jaime Jenkins
Jaime Jenkins was born in 1992 and lives in Mount Maunganui.
Jaime hand-builds stoneware pieces that push the definitions of what clay can and should do. Teetering on the edges of functionality and fragility, her works take on structural, organic and intricate shapes. Chains and bells are frequent subjects in Jaime's practice, objects that defy the brittleness of fired clay, and that create movement and sound. These sit alongside dense architectural pieces that can be used as stools, shelves and tables, or works that simply exist in isolation as large sculptures. Her practice moves constantly between these states: a heavy, floor-based piece might be followed by something light and suspended, as she works through the extremes of what the material can hold.
A core source of inspiration for Jaime is her experience of nature, which she translates into clay.
Works
Almost Touching Bell 4, 2026
Almost Touching Bell 1, 2026
Almost Touching Bell 3, 2026
Almost Touching Bell 6, 2026
Wind, 2026
Climbing Stack, 2026
Rock I, 2026
Stragglers, 2025
Lump 2, 2025
Straggler I, 2025
Nimble, 2025
Lump 3, 2025
Almost Touching Bell 9, 2024
Double Stem, 2024
Raku Whorl, 2024
Low Low, 2024
Crag III, 2024
Tidal, 2024
Rock Pile I, 2024
Blue Spill, 2024
Rock Pile II, 2023
Twirler, 2023
Nevermore (wall mounted shelf), 2022
Pinch II, 2022
Shaker, 2022
Knees, 2022
Almost Touching Bell 11, 2020
Almost Touching Bell 2, 206
Swell, 2026
Wilt, 2026
Pool, 2026
Hollow stack, 2026
Tumble Stack, 2026
Wide Stack, 2026
Stand, 2026
Almost Touching Bell 7, 2025
Straggler II, 2025
Straggler III, 2025
Chunk, 2025
Rambler, 2025
Almost Touching Bell 8, 2024
Almost Touching Bell 10, 2024
Spill, 2024
Bell 4, 2024
Trickle II, 2024
Bell 7, 2024
Bell 14, 2024
Single Stem, 2024
Brown Shelf, 2023
Basket, 2022
Gleam On, 2022
Rock on top of rock, 2022
Washed up, 2022
Wader, 2022
Pillar III (1/2 round), 2019
Selected Exhibitions
Install Images
Videos
Breaking the Mould, Trailer. Directed & Produced by Phillida Perry, Daughter. Doc Edge Festival
Jaime Jenkins, Stone Age, exhibition teaser
Essays, Press and Interviews
Top Floor Talks with Jaime Jenkins and Karl Chitham, Tauranga Art Gallery, Watch
Aotea Artist in Residence Jaime Jenkins
Breaking The Mould, watch the trailer for short film on Jaime Jenkins by Daughter
In Her Tauranga Studio, Jaime Jenkins Finds Evolution In Clay, VIVA
Fleeting Hour - Aotearoa art Fair 2022, commissioned text
Marle Woman: Jaime Jenkins
Breaking the Mould, Our Place magazine
Fired up, HERE Magazine
Stone Age, Jaime Jenkins – Review, Ceramic Magazine
To go somewhere beautiful, Art News New Zealand
Jaime Jenkins