BLACK is BEAUTIFUL – Karla WAY
Melbourne jeweller Karla Way, renowned for her dark, mysterious and archeologically ambiguous work
Employing both traditional and modern materials, both naturally occurring and man made, Karla makes jewellery, art object and vessels. She is interested in the transformative ability of materials and draws inspiration from the extensive pre/history of jewellery, hollowware and personal object. Representing elements of the natural world and reflecting our relationship with it, her pieces examine the intersection of nature and material culture.
Karla’s recent work for an exhibition titled Bad Beasts Do Not Harm Me (with Natalia Milosz-Piekarska, sept-oct 2010 at Craft Victoria) references ancient forms that have universally been used for protection and deflecting bad luck. Way is exploring the possibility of objects to transcend their physical and utilitarian purposes, (such as becoming powerful emotional and psychological tools) through the investigation of the transformative capabilities of materials.
Karla Way- « Good Hunter » Pendant – Polyurethane resin, nylon cord
Karla Way – Good Hunter Pendant - (worn)
Karla Way - « Hunter and hunted »
Karla Way - ‘Suspended Container 1′
Karla Way – Pieces of Eight Piece of the Day- 2011
Karla Way – Pieces of Eight Piece of the Day- 2011 (worn)
Karla Way – « Entropical Kingdom Pendant » – Perspex, Sterling silver, cubic Zirconia, Ruby Crystal, Silk Thread 2009
Karla Way – Flask for That Air - perspex, copper, jarrah, sterling silver, silk cord – 2008
Karla Way – (Object to be) Suspended Timelines 2 – perspex, polyeurythane resin, sterling silver, cotton 2008 (Photo: Jeremy Dillon)
Karla Way – (Object to be) Supended Timelines 1 – perspex, polyeurythane resin, sterling silver, silk cord 2008
Karla Way – (Object to be) Supended Timelines