Transforming Trees

These images are from Pakistan and were taken after the recent wide-spread flooding (but not by me). What your looking at are trees which millions spiders climbed into in their bid for survival. Because the flood waters have taken so long to recede the spiders have cocooned the trees in their webs.

Public Displays of Attention

An exhibition of contemporary jewellery by Claire McArdle

10-21 May, Opening 10th May 5.30-7.30pm
First Site Gallery, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Shoe no longer walking

The power of abandoned objects.

This image immediately had me asking questions. Who owned the shoe? Why would they leave just one shoe behind? What is such a dainty slipper doing in a grungy part of town?

After speaking with the artist - a good friend of mine - it turns out that this shoe has had a bit of a Cinderella experience. The photo was taken on new years day, in Milan. Evidently some time during the previous nights celebrations it was lost to the Italian streets.

This information raises new questions even as it offers up possible answers.

Photo by Inari Kiuru

http://www.inarikiuru.blogspot.com/

Baby Elephant Hike

Pendant - Sterling Silver, neoprene; oxidised.

Brooch - Sterling silver, stainless steel; engraved, oxidised.

Casting Caverns

Check out a stage by stage review of the making of this piece at: powertoolplaytime.blogspot.com

sterling silver, leather, cast, fabricated, painted, varnished oxidised.

Before its put together a piece always looks so wonderful. Neat, accurate, delicate and ephemeral.

The components which make up a jewel are often more interesting than the finished piece. the relationship of each part to the next and to the idea of the whole, finished piece as it will be in the future are intriguing. The components - all neatly laid out - make visible the intentionality in the thought process which will define the end product.

More thoughts on this latter perhaps.

Lend Me your Ears! Official Announcement

You are welcome to view a new two part exhibition at MAILBOX 141

lend me your ears is curated by Dianne Beevers

& features new work by 38 contemporary jewellers

opening Thursday 3 March 5.30pm

open for viewing from Tuesday 1 March

MAILBOX 141

Entrance, 141 - 143 Flinders Lane Melbourne

between Russell Street and Oliver Lane

Mon/Fri 8am-6pm Sat 10-5pm

contact
martinacopley@bigpond.com 0408 110 109
shanleymcburney@hotmail.com 0408 345 491
MAIL 362 Richardson Street Middle Park 3206

blogspot www.mailbox-141.artabase.net

Lend Me your Ears!

Above: detail of earring by Stephen Robb

Lend Me Your Ears is an exhibition of earrings at Mail Box 141 on Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD, by the Melbourne based research jewellery group Part-B. The show is in conjunction with the L'oréal Fashion Week.

Look for more details in the L'oréal Fashion week's program and on the Part-B website:

http://part-b.crimsoncactus.net/part%20b.html

Carving Wax like you've never seen before

Check this out for some amazing wax carving action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=k7OjRYQAm64

Friendship Tree

I have just found out about this studio store and I think its great. Its so good to see that there are still people out there making soft toys for kids by hand.

The Friendship Tree studio store is in Northcote, Victoria.

Just copy the URL below to your browser and head to their website for more information on where to find them and to check out pictures of the great range of children's toys, dolls houses and felt art and more.

http://www.thefriendshiptree.com.au/pages/catalogue/wee-folk-amp-dolls.php

Hanging out with you

Earrings, sterling silver.

February Lovers

Earrings, sterling silver.

Buda Silver Exhibition

Some exciting news! The pieces below have been selected to be shown at the 11th Annual Silver Exhibition at Buda Historic House & Garden, Castlemaine. So to see the pieces in real-space, take a day trip on the train and enjoy the show.

For more information head to:

http://www.budacastlemaine.org/welcome.html

Part-B Burgled!

Find out the full story at: http://part-b.crimsoncactus.net/blog/

A Romance with Freidrich

This dyad of rings are A Romance with Friedrich. Developed from three paintings by the romantic artist Casper David Friedrich, abstracted and interpreted as hand objects. They eco the dusky tones and melancholic wonder of this past artist's moody portrayal of the wilderness.

The shadows cast by these rings are as much a part of the rings as the materials used to create them, as light is an important part of the subject matter in Friedrich's paintings.

Dove & Elm Under Moonlight

Acrylic, Nickel Silver, Sterling Silver, Moonstone

Alter Under Moonlight

Cubic Zirconia, Gilding Metal, Nickel Silver, Sterling Silver.

Eame's Vessel On Display

The Finished Eame's Vessel as Displayed at First Site Gallery 2010.

Also In this Image: two rings by Ally McNaughton.

RMIT 2010 Fisrt & Second Year ExhibitionArtists

These Photos Show that entirety of the RMIT 2010 Fisrt & Second Year Exhibition, Held at Melbourne's First Site Gallery.

Jewellery of Place

This series of tree rings relates specifically to a lookout in the township of Olinda.

This ring describes the route the traveler can take to get to the lookout. The brass wires represent the Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd and Ridge Rd, the main road up the mountain from Montrose and Lilydale, on one side and Chalet Rd which leads from the Town ship to the lookout itself.

Brass, sterling silver.

This ring depicts the view of Lilydale and the Donnabuang ranges as seen from the lookout.

Copper, sterling silver.

The brass wire on the inside of this wring describes the course of one of the many walking tracks which winds its way through the Rj Hamer Arboretum.

Brass, copper, sterling silver.

Eame's Vessel

Plywood chairs by Charles and Ray Eames.

This vessel was inspired by a stack of plywood school chairs designed by Charles and Ray Eames.

Above you can see the vessel's components before assembly.

Brass, Gilding Metal.

Beatle Wings