Festive spirit.

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

Two new pairs of earrings for E.g.etal.

Carnival Collection delivered to E.g.etal today!

Some new pieces dropped off at E.g.etal today.
Colourful playful silver and paint jewels inspired by recent doodles of mine.
I've called them the Carnival Collection as they remind me a bit of festive bunting and party decorations from times gone by.
A bit of joy as the Melbourne winter grey sets in.

New Deliveries to E.g.etal...

Some brand new pieces making their way to E.g.etal Gallery right now!!

New earrings available at E.g.etal.

...and more rings.

I'm running out of ring pun titles for all the rings posts i've been putting up lately, but none the less, here's two more rings i made recently.

The first is Chilli Seed Ring and is a wee addition to my Bad Beasts Do Not Harm Me body of work which is travelling up to Sydney next week to be shown at Metalab Gallery in Surry Hills. I thought that as the exhibition is touring to a new home, a new little addition, just for Metalab, would be a nice way to carry the show forward.

Second is a ring i've nicknamed Eyes For You. It was meant to be a ring to go out as stock, but during the final stages of finishing it i realised, i never keep anything for myself. So, this one stayed with me and currently lives very happily on my middle finger.

I've had requests for similar designs since i started wearing it, so clearly wearing your own work is a good business move, pity i don't wear a lot of my own jewellery. People often ask why i don't wear more of my own work, or much jewellery at all for that matter. Part of the reason is simply because i find that when i work, i don't like having things getting in the way just in case i either a) damage the jewellery or b) get the jewellery caught in something that spins very fast or catches on fire, in turn, damaging myself.

Now 'Ear This!

Two pairs of new earring designs dropped off at E.g.etal late last week.

Mami and Luna...

Beastly Buddies

A private commission and an exhibition piece evolved together over the last few weeks. They really do look like great friends.

Some of the materials used are timber, resin, glass beads, coral and paint.

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.

Little Beastie Charm

A great little commission from a fellow Realise Your Dream winner.

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... group #1

Frond Pendants.

A little something something i'm working on. These should be out and about in the next few weeks. + Keep a look out for info to come on this year's annual Nicholas Building Studio Open Days. This range of pendants and their friends may well be making an appearance. Save the dates 19 + 20th of August, i'm pretty sure thats when we'll be opening our doors... i'll keep you posted.

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.

New rings...

New rings for E.g.etal and Craft Victoria.

I have started introducing precious gems into my E.g.etal collection. Using fancy sapphires and rubies, i set my own stones, creating one-off, curious and enchanted treasures.

Craft Victoria is also having a one-off ring range introduced to their existing collection of my work. Lots of fun and mystery being born from our little studio.

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.

New rings on the burner...

I'm in the process of getting new work ready for e.g.etal, including a new range of rings. There will be stones involved and some gold as well which i'm very excited about. Here's the first two that have started the ball rolling.