SHOW YOUR COLOURS
Unbridled colour expression is at the heart of PPG Paints’ innovative New Zealand Makers project, which sees it collaborating with local creatives on a bespoke paint range
From their design- driven architectural paints to cutting- edge aerospace coatings, PPG Paints champions visionaries and bold, big- picture thinking. Their paints are crafted with this ethos i n mind, and the dynamic range spans a spectacular array of colours. They believe there are no wrong colours, nor any wrong colour combinations — all that matters is what you love.
Inspired by Aotearoa’s pragmatic and passionate creatives, and the way that New Zealand informs their work, PPG Paints are launching their New Zealand Makers project. Established as a testament to the power of colour and creativity, New Zealand Makers sees PGG Paints challenge influential local creatives to explore the storytelling of their work, their memories, and the environments around them through colour — curating their own suite of deeply personal paints.
The first five makers tapped by PPG Paints for this ongoing series are artist Saskia Leek, designer Beth Ellery, photographer Mark Smith, glass artist Suzanne Hanly, and writer Hamish Keith. All of whom have undertaken a poetic exploration of colour through the project. Harnessing PPG Paints’ innovative technology and working closely with the brand’s colour experts; each maker created their own paint hues.
Though bespoke by nature, all 36 custom- made colours from the New Zealand Makers project can be purchased, and available exclusively from Bunnings with a QR code that can be found online at ppgpaintsmakers. nz.
Meet all the makers on viva.co.nz
“My Nana’s house had deep red curtains which I loved and cemented red as a luxurious colour in my mind. I like it when houses have one red chair. I took readings from a red carpet, a tamarillo and the foliage of Japanese maple until I had the deep rich red I wanted.”
“Yellow might be the colour that divides opinion the most, but I love yellow and use a lot of it in my painting. This dragged through the mud primrose is a colour I often come back to. It might not be for everyone, but for me, it feels like the sunny doorstep of a burrow.”