Melbourne-based research jewellery group Part B is getting Noisy in Williamstown! On now at The Backroom @ Artifice store, Customs Wharf Galleries, 126 Nelson Place, Williamstown.
The exhibition runs until 29 May.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
RMIT Enamelling Master Class with Elizabeth Turrell
Enamel Surfaces - Add and Subtract is a Master Class with British enameling artist Elizabeth Turrell. Participants will develop an understanding of how to translate visual imagery into enamel on steel and copper.
The course runs from 17 - 21 July at the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing studios. For more information and to enroll, visit the RMIT short course website.
Friday, 17 May 2013
My work goes to Brisbane's Artisan Gallery
I will now be stocking my work at Artisan Gallery in Brisbane!
Here's a peek at some of the work I sent off in the post today:
These and other works will be out at Artisan's Design Shop [m]art very soon. Stop by if you're in Brisbane!
Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Brunswick Patchwork Bed Bed Project (or How to Build a Bed out of Discarded Beds)
I've been working on something a little different recently: I built a bed!
It started with collecting wood from the hard rubbish collection, most of which turned out to be discarded pieces of other beds. Originally I was excited about building things with shipping pallets and thought I would try to build a Pallet Bed, but when I found so much good timber being thrown away, it became the Bed Bed Project: a bed made of beds.
Collecting wood was an adventure in Brunswick, where, as Catherine Deveny says in the forward to Stamping Ground: Stories of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne, "that's why I love this place, a suburb where old Aussies, young Lebanese families, student households, Italian nonnas, Greek yayas, Somalian youths, Indian cab drivers and latte-frothing lefties like me live side by side and covet each other's rubbish."
Yes we do. It's more like a community garage sale than removal of waste, a place to meet your neighbours and discuss the usefulness of that chair, or what treasures you're looking for in this year's collection.
So I collected myself the parts of six former beds and a bunch of timber with unknown previous lives. And then I recorded the origin of each piece, so my bed could be a map of Brunswick. (More on that later.) I called my dad, an experienced woodworker, and found plans to build a bed from my new "homemaker" hero, Ana White. (She calls herself a homemaker, but means that she and her family literally made their home.) The plans were subjected to continual alteration as I found new pieces of wood that almost, but not quite, fit the description of the material list of the plans.
And then I got building.
It started with collecting wood from the hard rubbish collection, most of which turned out to be discarded pieces of other beds. Originally I was excited about building things with shipping pallets and thought I would try to build a Pallet Bed, but when I found so much good timber being thrown away, it became the Bed Bed Project: a bed made of beds.
Collecting wood was an adventure in Brunswick, where, as Catherine Deveny says in the forward to Stamping Ground: Stories of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne, "that's why I love this place, a suburb where old Aussies, young Lebanese families, student households, Italian nonnas, Greek yayas, Somalian youths, Indian cab drivers and latte-frothing lefties like me live side by side and covet each other's rubbish."
Yes we do. It's more like a community garage sale than removal of waste, a place to meet your neighbours and discuss the usefulness of that chair, or what treasures you're looking for in this year's collection.
So I collected myself the parts of six former beds and a bunch of timber with unknown previous lives. And then I recorded the origin of each piece, so my bed could be a map of Brunswick. (More on that later.) I called my dad, an experienced woodworker, and found plans to build a bed from my new "homemaker" hero, Ana White. (She calls herself a homemaker, but means that she and her family literally made their home.) The plans were subjected to continual alteration as I found new pieces of wood that almost, but not quite, fit the description of the material list of the plans.
And then I got building.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
NMIT Jewellery Auction 2013: sneak peek
One week until the NMIT Jewellery Auction!
Here's a sneak preview of the earrings I'm donating:
See you there next Wednesday 8 May!
Monday, 22 April 2013
New Edition at Gallery Funaki
New Edition is a showcase of work by 20 contemporary jewellers exploring the idea of the multiple, on at Gallery Funaki from 23 April - 18 May. Featured Australian and international artists include:
Gijs Bakker (The Netherlands)
Renee Bevan (New Zealand)
David Bielander (Switzerland)
Susan Cohn (Australia)
Paul Derrez (The Netherlands)
Bin Dixon-Ward (Australia)
Maureen Faye-Chauhan (Australia)
Therese Hilbert (Switzerland)
Svenja John (Germany)
Jiro Kamata (Japan)
Benjamin Lignel (France)
Nel Linssen (The Netherlands)
Sue Lorraine (Australia)
Marc Monzó (Spain)
Thanh-Truc Nguyen (Germany)
Ribbonesia (Japan)
Lucy Sarneel (The Netherlands)
Lousje Skala (Australia)
Blanche Tilden (Australia)
Manon van Kouswijk (The Netherlands)
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Claire McArdle's Gilty Exhibition
Claire McArdle's new exhibition Gilty opens on Monday 22 April from 6-8pm at No Vacancy Gallery (Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne). Claire's new work looks at the illusions created by precious metal gilding and whether the value of materials is what creates value in a work of art. She asks,
The exhibition runs until 28 April.
If an illusion deceives your perception does it make the first understanding invalid?
The exhibition runs until 28 April.
Friday, 19 April 2013
Urban Bush Carpenters: The Wooden Esky
The next Urban Bush Carpenters workshop is coming up tomorrow at CERES, East Brunswick.
You might remember me talking about the Urban Bush Carpenters late last year when they helped me build a trestle table to elevate my tiny garden. Well, I got pretty excited about pallets after that, so I joined the UBC as a volunteer.
This time the project is Wooden Eskies and storage containers, once again made from discarded pallets. Fun!
This is what last month's propagation tables workshop looked like:
So if you want to learn to build stuff from next to nothing, for next to nothing, come along! The workshop is from 10am - 2pm at CERES. No booking or special carpentry skills needed; just bring a $5 donation. The project we make on the day can be taken home by one of the workshop participants for a small donation towards materials.
And if you can't make it this time, workshops are generally held the third Saturday of the month. Same time, same place; new projects every time. See the Urban Bush Carpenters calendar for more details on upcoming workshops.
You might remember me talking about the Urban Bush Carpenters late last year when they helped me build a trestle table to elevate my tiny garden. Well, I got pretty excited about pallets after that, so I joined the UBC as a volunteer.
This time the project is Wooden Eskies and storage containers, once again made from discarded pallets. Fun!
This is what last month's propagation tables workshop looked like:
So if you want to learn to build stuff from next to nothing, for next to nothing, come along! The workshop is from 10am - 2pm at CERES. No booking or special carpentry skills needed; just bring a $5 donation. The project we make on the day can be taken home by one of the workshop participants for a small donation towards materials.
And if you can't make it this time, workshops are generally held the third Saturday of the month. Same time, same place; new projects every time. See the Urban Bush Carpenters calendar for more details on upcoming workshops.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Home: Reframing Craft and Domesticity
Home: Reframing Craft and Domesticity is on now at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe. The exhibition is also the launch of the new Hatch Contemporary Arts Space. Featured artists include Robert Baines, Kris Coad, Susan Cohn, Gwynn Hanssen Pigott, Marian Hosking and Rosslynd Piggott.
The exhibition runs until 11 May.
NMIT Jewellery Auction 2013
The 2013 NMIT Jewellery Auction is coming up!
Wednesday 8 May at the Royal Melbourne Hotel (629 Bourke St, Melbourne) the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery students at NMIT will auction off over 50 works by students, teachers and professional artists. Viewing starts at 5:30pm with the live auction kicking off at 7pm. There will also be a silent auction with bidding from 5:30-8pm. All proceeds from the auction go towards funding the 2013 graduate exhibition.
More information and previews of the work will be up on the NMIT Jewellery Facebook page soon.
Wednesday 8 May at the Royal Melbourne Hotel (629 Bourke St, Melbourne) the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery students at NMIT will auction off over 50 works by students, teachers and professional artists. Viewing starts at 5:30pm with the live auction kicking off at 7pm. There will also be a silent auction with bidding from 5:30-8pm. All proceeds from the auction go towards funding the 2013 graduate exhibition.
More information and previews of the work will be up on the NMIT Jewellery Facebook page soon.
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Stop TAFE Cuts: Write your Submission!
The Stop TAFE Cuts website has added a new template for writing a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Role of TAFE. It's a simple form where you can tell your story by answering nine questions designed to direct your answers to relate to the Inquiry's terms of reference. By using this template you don't have to worry about how to construct your submission; you can simply tell your story. Personal experiences can make a compelling argument and are encouraged. You can answer one or some or all of the questions on the template, preview your answers, and email your submission to the Inquiry Committee.
Submissions close this Thursday 18 April, so take a few minutes and tell your story to help save TAFE!
Submissions close this Thursday 18 April, so take a few minutes and tell your story to help save TAFE!
Friday, 29 March 2013
Melbourne International Flower Show
This past weekend was the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
So much colour! I was especially intrigued by the Vegetable Matter, RMIT Student Floral Fashion Design competition.
I got so wrapped up in the incredible floristry and landscape design displays that I forgot to take a stroll down the Avenue of Achievable Gardens. Too bad, because pitcher plants the size of zucchini are not achievable for me!
So much colour! I was especially intrigued by the Vegetable Matter, RMIT Student Floral Fashion Design competition.
I got so wrapped up in the incredible floristry and landscape design displays that I forgot to take a stroll down the Avenue of Achievable Gardens. Too bad, because pitcher plants the size of zucchini are not achievable for me!
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