EXPO ‘Romancing the Stone’ – Pieces of Eight Gallery , Melbourne (AU) – 9 juill.-17 Aout 2013

« Tessa Blazey: Romancing the Stone » - Pieces of Eight Gallery (Melbourne, Australia)

‘Romancing the Stone’ is an exhibition exploring Melbourne jeweller Tessa Blazey’s ongoing love affair with minerals and gemstones. As she explains, “I am continually captivated by the exquisite geometry of mineral specimens. When I look at these crystalline forms I experience a shift in scale. Like Alice, I am transported down the rabbit hole into their miniature world. I imagine myself immersed in a diamondiferous landscape glinting beauty”.

In this exhibition Blazey explores the geometric structures and landscapes of crystal and mineral specimens through mimicry and transformation. Utilizing raw curiously cut and mounted stones she frames each piece to mimic the stone that inspired it. To individualise each piece within the context of its miniature wonderland, Blazey has personified each piece by naming them after an iconic heroine.

 Tessa Blazey Ring: Luna 18ct white gold, 0.57ct Ceylon blue sapphire

 Tessa Blazey Earrings: Uhura 9ct yellow gold, oxidised sterling silver, cast fluorite

Tessa Blazey ‘Nyx’ Ring: 18ct yellow gold, trilliant cut parti coloured sapphire

Tessa Blazey Ring: Lady Godiva 18ct yellow gold, 1.58ct rough octahedral diamond (right)

 

Pieces of Eight Gallery
28 Russell Place
VIC 3000 – Melbourne
Australia
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EXPO ‘Regine Schwarzer : Mineral Manifestations’ – Gallery Artisan, Fortitude Valley (Australia) – 20 Juin-3 Aout 2013

Regine Schwarzer : Mineral Manifestations

The work of Regine Schwarzer is influenced by the crystalline structure of rocks and minerals. Schwarzer cuts her own stones and uses the geometry of gems as a design element, but more recently she has begun experimenting with fusing crushed and ground minerals onto metal surfaces with base enamel. This exhibition is a collection of new sculptural forms that adorn both body and space, that showcase Schwarzers mastery of the mineral kingdon.

Regine Schwarzer

Regine Schwarzer

Regine Schwarzer – Lodestone  2011 -  chabazite in basalt, uncut aquamarine, sterling silver

Regine Schwarzer – GEOMORPHING COLLECTION -     Fractal construct series  2011    oxidised sterling silver, fluorite crystals

Regine Schwarzer – GEOMORPHING COLLECTION – fractal constructs 2010 - sterling silver, fluorite crystal

Regine Schwarzer – GEOMORPHING COLLECTION – Royal Jewels  2010    chabazite in basalt, uncut rubies, sterling silver

Regine Schwarzer  Brooches: Facet forms 2011  Patinated sterling silver, prehnite  largest: 4 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm

 

Gallery artisan
381 Brunswick St
QLD 4006 – Fortitude Valley
Australia
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EXPO ‘The Nature of Memory’ – Bilk Gallery, Canberra (AU) – 31 Mai-5 Juill. 2013

The Nature of Memory : an exhibition of jewellery, objects and photographs relating to the fragility of memory by Jess Dare – Friday 31 May until 5 July 2013 – Bilk Gallery -

Jess Dare – Xylem Neckpiece - powder coated brass, 2013 – from the Nature of Memory exhibition

Jess Dare  Brooches  Xylem Series 2013  White powder coated brass and sterling silver, stainless steel  photograph by Grant Hancock

Jess Dare  Brooches : Drawn Epicormic Series 2013  White powder coated brass and copper, stainless steel, sterling silver, lamp work glass  photograph by Grant Hancock

 

 

Bilk Gallery
12 Palmerston Lane
Manuka ACT 2603
Canberra 2603 (AU)
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EXPO ‘The Lunatic Swing’ – FUNAKI Gallery, Melbourne (AU) – 4-29 Juin 2013

The Lunatic Swing

After Schmuck fair 2013, The group of artists from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich come back again and display the exhibition at Funaki Gallery

Looking past the confines of the given space these six emerging contemporary jewellers will exhibit their work on a transformed landscape. Stretching fabric tight over these traditional forms the play of light swings a delirious dance. The artists involved are all alumni of Munich’s Academy of Fine Art having studied under Prof. Otto Künzli.

Participants:  Attai Chen, Israel — Sungho Cho, South Korea — Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary, Germany — Laura Deakin, Australia — Melanie Isverding, Germany — Emma Price, Australia

 Melanie Isverding – « Cavea » · Necklace · 2012 · Steel, enamel, pulverized hematite, crushed pearls, lacquer, silver, cotton string

Sungho Cho – brooch « Abstract Portrait 02″ 2012 Keum boo (24k), silver, wood, paint

Carina Chitsaz-Shoshtary  GREY WITH STAINS · Necklace · 2012 · Graffiti, silver

 

 

Gallery Funaki
4 Crossley Street
3000 – Melbourne
Australia
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EXPO ‘CHAINED’ – Bilk Gallery, Manuka (AU) – 12 Avril-18 Mai 2013

Bilk gallery – Chained – Thirteen Australian artists interpretation of “The Chain”

he artists have explored the theme in gold, titanium, silver, aluminium, glass, wood, recycled signs, all with an over riding link of movement as they beautifully fit the body.

Opened Friday 12 April until 18 May 2013

Movement, articulation and a nod to the historical reference to a reoccurring unit: the link. Or better than a string of pearls!
The results are as varied and imaginative as the makers, some are vibrant, others elegant and restrained with simple coloured lines.The artists have explored the theme in gold, titanium, silver, aluminium, glass, wood, recycled signs, all with an over riding link of movement as they beautifully fit the body.
A real chain of events now showing at Bilk Gallery –
Alice Potter — Blanche Tilden — Jill Hermans — Johannes Kuhnen — Mark Vaarwerk — Maureen Faye-Chauhan — Michelle Taylor — Nellie Peoples — Phoebe Porter — Sarah Murphy — Sophia Emmett — Sean O’Connell — Tracy Pateman

 

 

Bilk Gallery

12 Palmerston Lane, Manuka
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Tues – Fri 11.00am – 5.00pm
Sat 11.00am – 4.00pm
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EXPO ‘Jess Dare: The Nature of Memory’ – Studio 20/17, Waterloo (Australia) – 2-20 Avril 2013

Jess Dare: The Nature of Memory – Jewellery & Objects

 (Lampwork glass detail)

Jess Dare’s exhibition, ‘The Nature of Memory’ explores the fragility of memory through a series of delicate glass plant specimens. Her interest in our innate human desire to preserve the natural world is realized throughought this series of miniatures and wearable objects. “In this exhibition I aim to express the ephemeral nature of memory through the fragility of glass and nature itself.”
Dare’s work references the idea that life, like memory is fleeting and fragile. She laments that the beauty and detail is often compromised when trying to replicate the intricacies of natural forms, with the exception of the Blaschka’s hyper-realistic glass models in The Natural History Museum at Harvard University. These exceptional pieces of glasswork have strongly influenced Jess Dare’s practice to date and she feels a connection within this current series to the documentary detail of these botanical models.
The series itself is composed of objects and wearable items, miniature glass succulent forms that are silicon moulded and cast in silver; transforming the delicate, fragile glass with its lustrous colour into sturdy, cold and almost lifeless silver replicas. Jess Dare explores the botany of the mind, accentuating the transience of memory through her intricate and fantastical miniatures.

 Jess Dare Brooches: Drawn Epicormic Series 2013 White powder coated brass and copper, stainless steel, sterling silver, lamp work glass photo Grant Hancock

Jess Dare  Brooches: Xylem Series 2013  White powder coated brass and sterling silver, stainless steel  photograph by Grant Hancock

Jess Dare  Neckpiece: Xylem 2013  White powder coated brass, stainless steel  photograph by Grant Hancock

 

Studio 20/17
Unit 6B, 2 Danks St
NSW 2017 – Waterloo
Australia
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EXPO ‘Melinda Young: The World Is a Pearl’ – Studio 20/17, Waterloo (Australia) – 5-23 Mar 2013

Melinda Young: The World Is a Pearl  – Studio 20/17 (Waterloo, Australia)

the world is a pearl continues Melinda Young’s fascination with the quirks of her immediate surroundings; the things and people that inhabit them. For this exhibition she has sifted through collections of domestic items and the materials in her studio – old ideas are revived, new jewellery has been born from the detritus of old work and discarded objects. The results are an intimate collection of works that are a meditation on the rhythms, repetitions and colours of daily life in the midst of Sydney’s urban sprawl.

Melinda Young – Necklace: …and stories of your dreams 2013 – Labradorite, glass beads, found metal bells / on Morgan Street, 2013, Freshwater pearls, gum nuts, oxidized 925 silver

Melinda Young  Pendants: Across the Rooftops & Temple 2013  Freshwater pearls, coral, 24ct gold, amber, silk thread, found plastic game pieces, Freshwater pearls, coral, mother of pearl, 24ct gold, amber, silk thread, found plastic

 

Studio 20/17
Unit 6B, 2 Danks St
NSW 2017 – Waterloo
Australia
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EXPO ‘Prince Charming and The Palace of Happiness’ – Pieces of Eight, Melbourne (AU) – 12 Fevr.-24 mars 2013

Prince Charming and The Palace of Happiness

An exhibition by artists Tabea Reulecke, Maarja Niinemägi and Teresa Lane

 

« Love, loyalty, possession and desire have been expressed and signified in jewellery objects for thousands of years. What ARE our societal beliefs on romantic love here and now? What jewellery do we wear to signify our ‘romantic’” status – to promise ourselves to someone, to hold another in thought upon our body, to lure a mate or to outwardly express our inward, and often, private erotic desires? What jewellery do we imagine as women, as sensual beings, lovers with bodies, minds, hearts and desires, fears and acceptance? »

Jewellery artists Tabea Reulecke (DEU), Maarja Niinemägi (EST) and Teresa Lane (AUS) present Prince Charming and the Palace of Happiness, bringing together the subjective lenses of three women of different cultural backgrounds to convey reflections, representations and imaginings of romantic love in jewellery and objects. The exhibition draws upon historic and mythological archetypes, gently interrogating contemporary notions of Eros while teasing out the knots of foreplay and lustily engaging in femininity, fetish, sirens, sweat and sweet memories of those that have touched us.

Dreaming of love………  brooches by Tabea Reulecke -  These enamelled copper brooches with oxidised silver fittings titled ‘Lost in Translation’, ‘Three Horny Rabbits’ and ‘In the Middle of Nowhere’.

Tabea Reulecke  Brooch: Copulation Museum: Lost In Translation  Enamel, copper, oxidised sterling silver

      Tabea Reulecke  Neckpiece: Copulation Museum: Three Horny Rabbits  Enamel, copper, oxidised sterling silver Teresa Lane, ‘Me’ Neckpiece  Stone, silver, small German figurine Pink/red ‘Palaces of Happiness’, hand cut stone necklace by Melbournian Teresa Lane.

Maarja Niinemägi  Brooch: Läbi tulpide (In the Tulips)  Stone tile, sterling silver, 14ct yellow gold

 

Pieces of Eight Gallery
28 Russell Place,
Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA
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EXPO ‘Once More, With Love’ – Northcity4, Melbourne (AU) – 16 Fevr.-2 Mars 2013

Once More, With Love in Melbourne ! 

OMWL runs from 16 February – 2 March
The opening is Sat the 16^th Feb from 5pm
(cold drinks generously provided by Little Creatures Brewery and the OMWL team)

Once More, With Love has been shown previously at Studio 20/17 in Sydney and Gallery Bilk in Canberra. The exhibition concludes at Northcity4, so it will be your last chance to see it !

Once More, With Love (OMWL) is a not-for-profit  jewellery project exploring sustainability, recycling and ethical production. Over 30kg of jewellery items were donated by the Australian public to be reworked ‘with love’. OMWL presents these works in a travelling exhibition, with side events to help raise  awareness of sustainability and ethics in jewellery.
OMWL will be held at Northcity4, accompanied by a Conversation Forum and Weekend Workshop, as part of the 2013 Sustainable Living Festival.

The Conversation Forum “Sustainable Jewellery: Making It Happen.” is Sat 16 February Bookings essential.
The Weekend Workshop is on Sat 23 and Sun 24 February. Space limited – bookings essential.

artists involved :

Zoe Brand – Melissa Cameron –Sarah Carlson — Simon Cottrell — Anna Davern — Sian Edwards – Karin Findeis — Susan Frisch – Jill Hermans — Alison Jackson — Tassia Joannides — Julie Kiefel – Ali Limb — Vicki Mason –  Regina Middleton –  Sean O’Connell  – Ute Roseler –  Suse Scholem –  Vicky Shukuroglou — Mark Vaarwerk –  Melinda Young

Northcity4
61 Weston Street
Brunswick, 3056
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www.oncemorewithlove.com
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EXPO ‘Bloom and Blush’ – Bilk Gallery, Canberra (AU) – 16 Fevr.-23 mars 2013

a BANG! Showcasing : new work by Peta Kruger and Kath Inglis in their exhibition ‘Bloom and Blush‘ opening next Friday the 15th at Bilk Gallery

 

Bloom and Blush
Peta Kruger and Kath Inglis
16th February – 23rd March 2013This is a colourful new collection of works by Adelaide based jewellers Peta Kruger and Kath Inglis. The artists have worked through their respective materials of metal and plastic to create wearable blooms of pattern and colour.Peta Kruger
ʻThe flora that I feel most acquainted with is not from nature but from decorative patterns found at home – on textiles, illustrations, ceramics, glassware and other costume jewellery, which make reference to their original source but grow and change over time with different fashions and materials. These motifs form the basis of a botanical collection of my own.ʼ-

Kath Inglis
ʻIn recent times, the carving tools that fit ever so well in my hands are often replaced with domestic tools. The steam iron, sandwich press and oven are ʻnew toolsʼ that offer new processes of heat and fusion to my work. Multicoloured collages of cut and carved PVC form into patterns of growth – a two-speed economy ranging from the curious growth-like plodding pieces to dynamic explosions of boom and bust.

 

 

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Palmerston Lane, Manuka, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2603
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