Festive spirit.

Having a bit of fun in the studio getting pieces out to my various galleries in time for Christmas...

Touch, Pause, Engage.

I had a piece in a recent group show in Auckland, NZ titled Touch, Pause, Engage. This exhibition showcased works from a selection of New Zealand and Australian contemporary jewellers at Object Space Gallery, Auckland. For more info check out: Touch, Pause, Engage.

The piece i offered was a timber neckpiece titled 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

New E.g.etal work delivered.

Here's a taste from the new batch of work i delivered late last week. More to come in time for Christmas.

Excuse the lousy pics. I've temporarily lost the knack of photo taking. The earrings above are actually quite fluorescent. The two pics bellow are a front and back to a large pendant.

Some new works...#3

With Open Studios snapping at my heals recently, i found myself in a flurry of new work production. With no brief or boundaries restricting what i made, the output became quite random and diverse, which was quite nice and confusing at the same time. Here's an attempt (in a 3 post series), to organise some of the work, though by no means did these pieces necessarily come about in this order, but they did all occur roughly within a two month time frame. Phew! Now it's full steam ahead getting the last of my pieces ready for the upcoming exhibition... stay tuned!

Some new works...#2

Upcoming Craft Vic show and new E.g.etal pieces.

The first two images are to give a heads up and little update on my work slowly coming together for a very exciting show happening in September at Craft Victoria. Karla and i will be presenting a body of work in the main gallery exploring themes of talismanic and lucky charms titled Bad Beasts Do Not Harm Me. Each of us are approaching the topic individually, tapping into our own research into myth, ceremony, superstition and ritual, exploring the potent and transformative capabilities of materials and belief.

The last image is of some new work being developed for e.g.etal. This blue set titled Lagoon has been dropped off already, with more colours on the way.

Pieces of Eight - new work.

Photography: Andrew Barcham

Images Courtesy of Pieces of Eight gallery.

First batch of work getting ready for the new Pieces of Eight gallery opening up very soon in Russell pl, Melbourne CBD.

Garlic Medallion

With a few big projects out of the way, things have kicked into higher gear in preparation for our (Karla and myself) joint show coming up in September at Craft Victoria.

Here is a piece i recently finished title Garlic Medallion. There's a reason why i've gone and made a massive piece of garlic... but i'll fill you in another time... don't want to give it all away right away.

Stay tuned for more tid bits as they come.

My new favourite piece...

Steadily working on my collection for the new Pieces of Eight gallery, and this is my latest piece. I'm so glad i trusted my magpie eye and bought these fluorescent orange beads. I wasn't sure why i liked them, but now i know.

Quickie update...

Busy times as usual in the studio with simultaneous projects on the go. At the moment i'm focusing on getting my work completed for the annual Winter Brooches show at Stdio 20/17 in Sydney, i had a lovely pendant commission utilising a very sentimental if not rather large crystal. i've been building up my new colection for the new city Pieces of Eight, Melbourne, and have place my thinking cap on firm and fast for the body of work i'll be producing for my upcoming joint show in September with studio buddy Karla Way at Craft Victoria. Oh and i had a bit of a chat recently with e.g.etal about starting to consider a few 'precious' elements to add to the collection there. So, late last week i dropped off a special little ring to be cast in 18ct yellow gold... boy and i excited! stay tuned!

The list of images from top to bottom are as follows:

• A bit of press (utilising my image!) in the Tuesday Age for March 23rd, for the now wrapped up FIGMENT show at e.g.etal. I'm not quite sure about the other artist works, but mine have stayed with the gallery and are available for sale.

• A lovely commissioned pendant project using a very sentimental and large crystal.

• 'When Salt Clogs the Shaker'. The latest and i think final addition to my Weather Lore collection for the Winter Brooches show.

• A few pieces ready for my Pieces of Eight collection.

FIGMENT around the corner...

Stay tuned for the invite...

Sneak Peek 2... FIGMENT work in progress

Figment. Opening to the public at eg.etal 16th March, official opening night 18th March.

And let me tell you... we just had a meeting with the curators, and, holy moly, this show is going to be AMAZING! the eg.etal gallery is going to be transformed like you've never seen it before!

Sneak Peek...

FIGMENT - an upcoming group show at Eg.Etal that i am a part of is fast approaching. Here is a sneak peek at one of the pieces i've been working on. For more details on the show, click here...

Ex Post Facto.

Christmas has been and gone, but i was so busy leading up to it that i forgot to post images of work that i was producing at the time. Here are a few pieces that i sent to Eg.Etal, which i think have all sold, but, i might make more in the same vein.

The ring was a private commission, the stone is an orange sapphire that i'm absolutely in love with, it's such a rich golden treacle/amber, colour, so hypnotising.

2010 so far...

Well i've hit the ground running in 2010 with new stock going out to GAFFA in Sydney this week, fresh drop offs in the works for my Melbourne stockists and plenty of exciting projects in the pipe line.

Figment is an upcoming show at Eg.Etal running in conjunction with L'Oreal Fashion week in March. A small group of hand picked emerging and established jewellers has been asked to respond to a brief exploring mythology, imagined stories. More info to come, stay tuned, it promises to be a very exciting project.

Karla and I have been offered a spot in the Craft Victoria exhibition calendar later this year, as well as having been invited to produce exclusive work for the new upcoming Pieces of Eight gallery opening in the CBD.

I was also lucky to be awarded an Australian Arts Council ArtStart Grant late last year. Aimed at recent creative arts graduates, this new grant initiative assists successful applicants in developing their arts practice into a professional practice.

I will also be participating again this year in Penthouse Mouse, also in conjunction with Fashion week. More news to come.

So, busy busy busy!

Working, working, working...

Working, working, working.

Busily making new work for my stockists, as well as for the

No Vacancy Christmas artist market that

myself and Karla will be a part of.

For more info on that visit:

http://www.no-vacancy.com.au/christmas_market.html

More details to come soon.

Work in progress...

Damn! I was so rushed to get some new work ready and off to eg.etal that i forgot to photograph the finished pieces. The pieces had to be in last Monday to be sent for professional photography for their newsletter, so hopefully i'll get some lovely images of them a little later. So here's a couple of pieces in progress. To see the final products, head into eg.etal.