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Glenn Jones Art - Print Collection 2013

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This is my collection of art prints created in 2013 inspired by my life growing up and living in New Zealand. My spin on iconic NZ pop culture - objects, toys, food and anything else that I think is part of Kiwi life, past and present. These prints are available on my Art web store www.glennjonesart.com
Tricky Tiki - I had the name, and the design followed from there
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Long Hot Summer - Rubber jandals are standard footwear over summer in NZ
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Catch of the Day - Maori legend says Maui fished up the North Island of New Zealand
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Birds Eye View - the flightless kiwi needs a bit of help to get a good view from above
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Shadow Kiwi - hand shadow kiwi bird
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Ingenuitree - It's said that Kiwis can create and fix anything with No8 Wire
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Pick A Colour - Crayons with colour names in Maori
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Retro Racer - Vintage racing car resembling iconic NZ wooden toy
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Motor Moa - I've got a thing about Giant Moa's (extinct NZ native bird), I just liked this play on words
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Not Long - NZ is home to the world's longest place name, this is how I've always imagined it signposted
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Paint By Numbers - One Tree Hill is an iconic Auckland landmark. Unfortunately the summit tree is now gone
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Fairy Trap - Fairy Bread (hundreds & Thousands on bread) was standard at every kids birthday growing up. I guess this is how you'd make a simple fairy trap. Prints available in a range of szes from www.glennjonesart.com
Two Scoops - Scooped Ice cream reminds me of summer in NZ, and Hokey Pokey is a classic NZ flavour.
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Paper Planes - based on the emblem of our national airline, I always wondered if it could be folded out of paper
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Swingball - I spent hours playing this game as a kid, most of the time just trying to get the post in the ground
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Canned Fish - Mashmallow filled chocolate fish are engrained in NZ culture, they don't come in a can though.
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Chopped Tomato - Plastic tomato sauce bottles have been around my whole life.
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Dessert Deconstruction - Breaking down a favourite NZ ice cream treat
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Paper Natives - Origami NZ Native birds: fantail, kiwi, and the now extinct Giant Moa.
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Chocolate fish finger - Battered fish fingers were part of growing up in NZ, it would be easy to make one out of
chocolate fish. 
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Red Leader - I think all NZ kids imagine these sweets flying around before disappearing in their mouth.
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Dissected Dog - pulling apart the sauce covered battered Hot Dog which has always been a kiwi favourite.
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Small Fry - Fly Fishing lure inspired by an iconic NZ toy.
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Annotated Allsorts - exploring the layers of licorice allsorts, they were always part of growing up in NZ.
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Bikkie Breakdown - Exploding an Iconic New Zealand biscuit.
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Retired - My senior citizen version of an Iconic NZ retail Icon who has never seemed to age
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Milk Bottles - Combining milk delivery from the past and a chewy sweet thats been around my whole life.
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Moa Zone - Based on signs protecting the Kiwi, reimagined for what it might look like for the extinct giant Moa.
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Paper Kiwi - Origami trio of NZ's native bird and national Icon, the Kiwi.
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4 minutes - how long it takes me to eat it.
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Jet Planes - Expanding the fleet of a well known New Zealand jube lolly.
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Glenn Jones Art - Print Collection 2013
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Glenn Jones Art - Print Collection 2013

A growing collection of art prints inspired by my life growing up and living in New Zealand. My spin on iconic NZ pop culture available through N Read More

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