Entrapment by Kerry Thompson is 1000x1000mm. This work is based on the food cycle of the sea. Around the outside in black steel are 2 sea birds and 2 large fish. All of their eyes are gold. In the centre are 4 small fish (their eyes are black). These are swimming in the opposite way to get away from the birds and fish; however they are trapped in the middle, hence the title Entrapment. The glass in the middle has been water jet cut and recessed with a sand blasting process carried out by Kerry.

Kerry Kapua Thompson (Tamihana) (b. 1966) Ngati Paoa.

Kerry has been carving for almost fourty years in many materials. He obtained a diploma in Maori design at Waiariki polytechnic in Rotorua and learned from Hepi Maxwell, Rex Christianson and other artists. His style of carving and two-tone process are uniquely his own. In 1992, he was a jade tutor for the Whangaroa Trust in Kaeo, New Zealand, and, with a grant through Te Waka Toi in 1994, became a full-time artist working primarily in Jade and bone.

His art is contemporary yet incorporates elements of Maori design. His work has been collected and exhibited both in New Zealand and overseas.