Surface Active: A Retrospective of New Zealand Printmakers Chrissie Terpstra & Shaun Waugh (1986–2021)

Surface Active Retrospective exhibition poster. New Zealand Nature & Kiwiana t-shirts 1986—2021. A closeup portrait of Chrissie Terpstra and Shaun Waugh. Their heads are bursting through a big sheet of paper. To their right are four Surface Active t-shirt designs on ghosted short sleeve t-shirts.

November 16, 2021 / magentadotbrands.com / No Comments

This is the first retrospective dedicated to the works of the design pARTners behind Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company—who mined their love of nature and of home, wonderful beautiful New Zealand.

Now, post 2020 lockdown, you can shop our range wildlife art t-shirts and wall art at;

• our international online retail store, SurfaceActive.NZ,

• our New Zealand-based store on the Digitees platform based in Papamoa, or

• view the range at our New Brighton Store, where I do the printing of the shirts myself (the online store is under construction, please email enquiries to hello@surfaceactive.nz).

Over the summer months you can shop at our New Brighton Seaside Market stall every Saturday in New Brighton mall; 10 am–2 pm, or check out our exhibition of shirts and wall art at Brighton Gallery on the corner of Carnaby Lane, New Brighton Mall (next door to PaperPlus) open 7 days; 10 am–4 pm.

You can also view our original native animal wall art and clothing at our exhibition at The Creatives Edit—The New Brighton Art and Craft Collective, 105 New Brighton Mall (Monday–Saturday). Browse here to view our range of large and small format, signed, original prints.