Kyra Barker

Creative

Art as a way of seeing

Hand-built ceramic reef forms with shell textures and soft blue glaze.
Ceramics
Hand-built ceramic reef forms with shell textures and soft blue glaze. Ceramics
Underwater photograph of kelp forest light rays and schooling fish.
Underwater photography
Underwater photograph of kelp forest light rays and schooling fish. Underwater photography
Digital poster design featuring ocean species and conservation messaging.
Digital design work
Digital poster design featuring ocean species and conservation messaging. Digital design work
Conservation Week colouring page showing native marine life for classrooms.
Conservation Week colouring pages
Conservation Week colouring page showing native marine life for classrooms. Conservation Week colouring pages

About the work

I've always made things. Ceramics, drawings, photographs — they're all just different ways of paying attention to the natural world. The Conservation Week colouring pages started as a side project and ended up in classrooms across Auckland.

Highlights

  • Kumeu Arts Award
  • Conservation Week colouring competition
  • Underwater photography