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Nighttime Cats in windows as people lie low in shadows while the moon looks on. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic r

Wesley Anne, Northcote Sitting with friends while banter breaks through the constant droning sounds from stage. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pu

High St, Northcote Stepping out it is cold, dusk: another day gone, time is lost. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the creation of authentic

Chris Kraus @westspace, Melbourne Gallery hushed while she talks about art or counter art practice IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project that runs 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2015. The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN will pursue the crea

IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN is a year long time-based digital & art jewellery project. The project is a contemporary multi-disciplinary enquiry that explores the significance of handmade objects at a time when people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. In the West we live in a highly mediated society where the online world can be argued as replacing a more authentic, tactile one. We constantly upload photos and amass ubiquitous objects to val

Jewellery should be documented on the body, it is wearable after all and yet I rarely do it. Now that I have, I am really quite pleased with how it has turned out - despite the iron gaze of my model. Placing it on the body has also given a good impression of the scale and gives viewers the opportunity to see the piece as it's meant to be worn. #forboys #forgirls #art #littlethings #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #contemporaryjewellers #craft #jewellery #love #photos #

Portraiture in Western culture dates back to antiquity. Portraits tell stories about individuals and provide insights into their history, identity and culture. Artists past and present, emerging and famous are continuously drawn to depicting people through portraiture, providing a myriad of interpretations of sitters through the artist's eye. “A portrait is not simply a representation of a person – it says something about who that individual is. While providing and insight in

It's hard to finish a major exhibition; the work that goes in to it, the reflections while making. I find it to be such a tough emotional journey; it's like everything and nothing, all at the same time. This was really how I felt about These Moments Existed. It was supposed to be about so much, and yet was also about all the little things...and the things in between. The photographs are about nothing, and yet all these nothings add up to something. The jewellery doesn't relat

It's been a fast five years since completing my Masters in Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Indiana University in America.I'm not lying when I say that not a day goes by that I don't think about this dynamic University town. Returning is like coming home. I keep describing the experience as surreal. On the one hand things seem pretty much the same - the University, the town and the myriad of students walking the streets, running or playing catch. On the other hand the University

I have just launched my first Pozible Campaign to help with my current project for my upcoming exhibition in the USA These Moments Existed.I have been working the past year on a piece-a-day project titled 'These Moments Existed'; a project exploring everyday moments with an air of ambivalence and melancholy. My goal was to create a new body of work by making something each day for a year, to exhibit at Gruwald Gallery at Indiana University in October 2013 as part of an upcomi

By my estimation, I need to get all my work done for the USA by the end of the month. I am in denial of course. Nevertheless, I continue to plough on like a mad woman having taken over my lounge room as well as my massive studio space. Come to think of it, I have also worked my way into my studio mate Nicole's space too. Such is the case when a crazy deadline looms.There is more information on the project and collection on my blog'These Moments Existed'.I guess I had better g

Like most people I love a good event, however I think I just about love throwing them more than simply attending them - especially when the event strikes a cord with the guests.In addition to creating contemporary jewellery, I run the gallery at Arts Project Australia. This role includes managing and curating exhibitions, as well as running Arts Project's leasing and gallery volunteer programs. I am also fortunate enough to manage and coordinate special events for Arts Projec

I was invited by Dr Nicole Jacquard to participate in the exhibition she's curating in the USA, "I Do. ... Do I?". It's an exhibition about relationships. Dr Jacquard says of the exhibition that, "As relationships start, evolve and in some cases end, the individuals change along with them. Using the premise of the wedding band, the traditional symbol of commitment, participating artists are asked to create a ring describe their feelings on relationships...From the beginning t

I set my sights on a new post for the New Year and share my admiration of the work of Daniel Kruger (pictured) and Julie Blyfield.There are contemporary jewellers who constantly push the envelope and who create work that constantly impresses me. Several of these artists and designers are referred to here; Julie Blyfield, Daniel Kruger, and Lucy Folk.Others are revealed by googling galleries such as Galerie Ra, Gallery Funaki and Alice Euphemia, and I encourage you to explore

It's almost February, so I've decided to up the ante with tips for five exhibitions, five galleries and five books to get your creative juices flowing and get you started for the year. After a long rejuvenating Chrissy and New Year's break, the first thing I do is set my goals for the year and plan what to do, look out for and read. I may not get around to doing all of these, but I sure like to 'plan' to do them. It's the first step towards staying on top of things for the ye

Upcoming Exhibition in October 2013. The past few months I have started to develop a new body of work that I'm creating for a solo exhibition at Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University in America. I'm toying with the title "These Moments Existed" and am tempted to add "(for what they're worth)", as I'm currently thinking about the relevance of an individual's everyday experience and why we, as a current Western 'social media addicted society', choose to document these mom

I have been aware of Adelaide-based contemporary jewellerCatherine Truman for over 15 years and have followed and admired her art practice since I first became aware of her work all those years ago. There are over 100 pieces in this thoughtful solo exhibition of Truman's Some Uncertain Facts, comprising found and meticulously handcrafted objects. Some pieces you come across as you wind your way through the exhibition are functional and others are purely sculptural. Combined t

As we emerge from what seems like the longest winter ever, it's hard to know which opening to go see - there is so much happening about town this time of year. It's great to have so much choice, although too much choice can sometimes seem as frustrating as no choice at all. Hopefully, these insights will help you cut through what's on offer and give you a few things worth visiting this Spring. >> VIEW the October eNews online. >> SUBSCRIBE to receive semi-regular jewellery eN

I have three pieces that will be represented in the upcoming exhibition unnatural acts curated by Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young at Craft this October. The collection Somewhere there exists... was first exhibited in Unnatural Acts at Velvet da Vinci in San Francisco, USA, and will feature in the second instalment at Craft (formerly Craft Victoria), opening on 18 October from 6-8pm. Other Australian artists featured in the exhibition include Anna Davern, Caz Guiney, Kath Ing

>> OPENING Thu 18 Oct from 6pm >> EXHIBITION: 19 Oct — 1 Dec 2012 Following on from a successful group exhibition in San Francisco,unnatural acts will be showcased at Craft (formerly Craft Victoria) in October 2012. Curated by Lauren Simeoni & Melinda Young, the exhibition features jewellery work that has evolved from Simeoni and Young's 'unnatural, Naturally' exhibition concept and features the work of eight Australian jewellers: Anna Davern, Caz Guiney, Kath Inglis, Bridget