SIM LÜTTIN

I was recently interviewd by Klimt02 about my practice and current exhibition "It's Always Darkest Just Before Dawn". You can read the full interview on Klimt02, but here is a little exerpt of the interview, authored by Sabela Correa: Your work is deliberated monochrome. We saw some of your early Works in which you included some color with plastic plants… far away than limiting you, this election it’s almost your sing of identity. Could you explain us how you came to this poi

I visited The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney over the weekend to see A Fine Possession – Jewellery & Identity; it was a spectacular and dramatic exhibition of jewellery from antiquity to present contemporary collections. It was thrilling to see a piece of mine placed amongst many contemporaries I admire, and it was equally profound to see it within a lineage of jewellery from a range of makers, cultures, and periods in time. Being a craftsperson in a contemporary art context can

EN ROUTE TO ART FAIR Early morning road as we hustle to install and live for five days. 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 aut

2013 Brooch Recycled Australian hardwood, oil pencil, silver, steel 85 x 115 x 15mm Edition 1 of 1 From the collection and exhibition 'These Moments Existed': A project exploring everyday moments with an air of ambivalence and melancholy. #brooch #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #exhibition #jewellery #melancholy #simluttin #wearable

2013 Brooch Recycled Australian hardwood, oil pencil, silver, steel 90 x 76 x 16mm Edition 1 of 1 From the collection and exhibition 'These Moments Existed': A project exploring everyday moments with an air of ambivalence and melancholy. #brooch #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #exhibition #jewellery #melancholy #simluttin

2013 Neckpiece Recycled Australian hardwood, oil pencil, nylon & steel thread D: 330 x H: 25mm Edition 1 of 1 From the collection and exhibition 'These Moments Existed': A project exploring everyday moments with an air of ambivalence and melancholy. #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #jewellery #melancholy #neckpiece #banner

2010 Brooch Sterling silver, hematite, steel, oxidised 72 x 90 x 15mm Edition 1 of 1 These things that never were is one of the later, more elegant works from Melancholy Series, which poetically explores notions of beauty, nostalgia and passing time. These jewellery pieces question how the creation of objects can guide or replace memory. As intimate objects, Melancholy Series alludes to forms found in nature, while deliberately abstracting them to de-familiarise the famil

2010 Brooch Sterling silver, onyx, steel, oxidised 35 x 60 x 13mm Edition 1 of 1 Departure is from Melancholy Series, which poetically explores notions of beauty, nostalgia and passing time. This piece is one of the smaller reflections. #brooch #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #jewellery #landscape #littlethings #melancholy #simluttin #wearable

2009 Brooch Sterling silver, hematite, steel, onyx, oxidised 70 x 84 x 25mm Edition 1 of 1 Lasting thought is one of the earliest pieces from Melancholy Series, which poetically explores notions of beauty, nostalgia and passing time. These jewellery pieces question how the creation of objects can guide or replace memory. As intimate objects, Melancholy Series alludes to forms found in nature, while deliberately abstracting them to de-familiarise the familiar. This collecti

2008 Neckpiece Sterling + fine silver, hematite, onyx, oxidised 152 x 152mm Edition 1 of 1 Three major pieces including Mourning: The Little Things accompanied the Piece-a-day collection, comprising a series of mourning jewellery that responded to the journey of the everyday experience recorded by the miniatures. Embodying the collective memories of the project, Mourning Series are creations that reflect on how the Piece-a-day was to be remembered; they provided closure t

2007 Brooch Silver, graphite, plastic plant 50 x 50 x 7mm SOLD This piece is quiet and reflective of the small moments in life. #brooch #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #jewellery #landscape #littlethings #melancholy #simluttin #wearable

2006 Neckpiece Silver, oxidised 500 x 500 x 2mm Edition 1 of 1 SOLD Small interpretations of the everyday in nature – quiet, understated, easily overlooked. #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #exhibition #jewellery #melancholy #neckpiece #silver #simluttin #wearable

2006 Neckpiece Silver, oxidised 220 x 220 x 5mm Edition 1 of 1 Small observations whilst wandering through a forest dwelling in Maine, US. It's almost as though the renderings are a record of fleeting thoughts, captured in a quiet moment. #contemporary #contemporaryartjewellery #craft #forgirls #jewellery #landscape #littlethings #love #neckpiece #melancholy #simluttin #wearable