NCJA 2010- Finalist

National contemporary jewellery award is a biennial exhibition open to all jewellers in Australia. Last time I sent a ring to the competition and it was my first piece to sell. So this time I was more excited to enter. This exhibition is opening on 9th september 2010 and runs till 3rd october,2010 at GRIFFITH REGIONAL ART GALLERY,NSW.

Medium- Sterling silver, copper, mild steel, 9ct yellow gold, 22ct yellow gold, patination.

My work is a kinetic neckpiece so its shape can be changed by pulling it down or sideways. I have used around 190 petals, each of which is riveted together. I have used sequins in between to prevent wear and tear of metal and add friction. Layers of copper, silver, gold and mild steel are fused together and patina is applied for final finish.


Finalists include; Brendan Adair-Smith, Marina Antoniou, Kristy-Lee
Agresta, Jane Bowden, Melissa Cameron, Simon Cottrell, Catherine Da Costa,
Anna Davern, Christopher Earl Mibourne, Susan Frisch, Emi Fukuda, Linda
Hughes, Tassia Joannides, Jin Ah Jo, Puneet Jodhka, Erin Keys, Ingrid
Lockley, Chris Massey, Leslie Matthews, Claire O'Halloran, George Plionis,
Nicole Polentas, Jessamy Pollock, Phoebe Porter, Brenda Ridgewell, Amy
Robson, Regine Schwarzer, Mitsue Slattery, Bernadette Trainor, Linda Van
Niekerk, Kathryn Wardill, Andrew Welch and Katherine Wheeler.

Web: www.griffithregionalartgallery.com

Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Weekends 10am – 3pm

GOTYA 2009 VIC

" Honorable Mention in Jewellery design category" in GOTYA VIC 2009

Graduate of the year awards 2009 -GOTYA from victoria is organised by Design Institute of Australia. We were asked to send two images of our work which we did during the course of the study.

As I said in my previous post, I made vessels which can also be worn as jewellery. So the first picture present my collection of wearable vessels. The second picture shows the designing process. The renderings are made by hand using water colours and steadler pencils. It is very important to present a visual of the design with different variations to gain initial confidence of the customer.

Judge's Feedback:

My view is that the manufactured work presented is a clever expansion of an age old concenpt. I appreciate the transformation and particularly enjoyed the transformation of the color.

What I would have like to have seen more of a detailed view of the work to enable me asses the quality of the workmanship.

For the pear shape design-rendering i found it challenging to have a clear view. Understanding that this may be conceptual and from what I can see the collar looks potentially stunning, I note that I would be mindfull that these renderings do not fully represent the practicalities of manufacture and would not in my view accurately present the final piece to the client.

Congratulations on your entry and I commend you on your efforts and am ceratin that you have a bright future ahead.

Regards,

Shaylee Mckenzie.

I am glad to receive the feedback and will work more on the details of presentation. There was so much work I wanted to put it which made me compromise with the details, but I will keep this in my mind. Thanks alot for appreciating my work!

I genuinely want to thank my teacher " Lorraine White" who asked me to participate in first place. I am glad that I chose Box Hill Institute of TAFE to study and have such wonderful teachers.

For futher details please visit - www.dia.org.au/content.cfm?id=320

WEARABLE VESSELS

Inspired from the gold boxes of renaissance period, I intended to make boxes which can also be worn as jewellery. This was theme for my graduate exhibition 2009. Goldsmiths of 18th centurn Europe made gold boxes using intricate patterns in high carat gold and it alloys and enamelling techniques. To depict rich color of gold I used 22ct gold plated copper and to show enamelling colors, I used colors of polypropylene plastic.

The above picture is a small box, inspired from vintage purses. It is silver plated copper and when upside down (picture below), it can be worn as a ring and has a hologram beneath

Below is a small vessel which is made by powder coated copper. It can also be worn as a two-finger ring.

This 22ct gold plated copper is a small box and a pendant. I have used green polypropylene plastic to depict green enamelling color. This piece was exhibited in GRADUATE METAL 12 in Perth during 14th Biennial JMGA conference.

This is again 22ct gold plated copper and I have used red polypropylene plastic to depict red enamelling color. This is also a small box and when upside down , it can be worn as a ring (as shown in the picture above). This piece was also exhibited in GRADUATE METAL 12, Perth.

The above box is 22ct gold plated copper and sterling silver with peridot set in bezel. It is inspired from "snuff box" which goldsmiths made during 18th centruy in Europe.

The above piece is a solid sterling silver bangle and stands like a small flower pot.

WHIPPLETREE-2010 (Exhibition)

WHIPPLETREE- A contemporary Jewellery exhibition
at OAK HILL Gallery, Mornington
date-: 29th May to 24th June, 2010
Artists: Kate Marshall, Puneet Jodhka, Jodie Welch, Karyn Nankivell, Misako Sakai, Jane Walker, Stephen Robb and Alicia Hannah Naomi.


The above ring is inspired from the "H" pattern of the whippletree. It is used to harness horses together in formation ; for working a plough.
We created our own whippletree, harnessing together jwellery pieces of eight emerging designers from Victoria. So instead of placing jewellery on shelves or walls, we used the middle of the room and hanged all out pieces.





Sterling silver ring and 9ct gold




Pendant-stainless steel, sterling silver and acrylic





I really want to thank Kate Marshall for organizing everything. Its a great feeling to exhibit with classmates after finishing the course. It keeps us alive!

GRADUATE METAL 12

GRADUATE METAL 12 was survey exhibition of graduating students of Asia, Africa and Australia during 14th biennial conference of Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia , Perth.
(9-11th april, 2010)
I had my two pieces exhibiting (shown above). They are 22ct gold plated copper and polypropylene plastic.


LISA WALKER WORKSHOP - 6,7,8 APRIL 2010This workshop was about collecting any material and manipulating into different jewellery pieces. Everybody had loads of stuff with them to work upon, so first day was quite interesting.

This brooch is made with recycled upholestry.

Lisa walker, i loved her approach towards different materials. She made us work out of our comfort zone and try out something new.

What I learnt during her workshop was that there is load of stuff lying around you. Just pick it up and create a piece!

RE-INTERPRETING ENAMELLING ON SURFACE: ELIZABETH TURRELL

13,14,15 APRIL 2010.

There is a lot of colour in my work which made me to do workshop of enamelling. Elizabeth Turrel workshop was truly amazing. I was the only one who was trying enamelling for first time. On the first day we did Grafito, where we applied wet process enamel on grip coat and when it got dried we did some drawing and played with effects of opaque, translucent and transparent white enamel. Also by using only transparent enamel on copper we can have different colours by firing at different temperature and times. I loved this!

Then we stamped on the metal using normal ink and sift jewellery enamel on it and got these beautiful stamped images. We also mixed different materials in transparent jewellery enamel like beach sand, oxides, graphite, coper flakes and more.........!

The most interesting thing for me was transfer enamels. Printing digital images on transfer paper/decal and then firing onto metal opened my mind to unlimited possibilities of making a piece. Oh my god there is so much to do with enamelling. I will surely pursue it further.

International Awards in 2009

Thailand International jewellery awards 2009- Finalist in Executive category.






SWAROVSKI Enlighten Passion Topaz Jewellery design competition



In 2008, Swarovski conducted an online jewellery design competition where artists from all over the globe were invited to design jewellery around "Passion Topaz" Gemstones produced by Swarovski.

Design (above) was awarded second place in "Passion DeLuxe" Category. It is named "Entangled" as it was inspired from entangled wires of laptop charger,mobile charger, heater lying in my room. (Guess I am not that organised person but my point was that the mess around you inculcates a design of its own.) Hence, the mess of wires in my room gave me a pattern to design.

Passion topaz stones are set in bezel setting in 18ct gold triangles which are beaded in black nylon thread mesh enclosed by lobster clasps at back.

The two-finger design (above) was selected among Top 30 in Basic Passion category. It is named "Moving Colours" as the plates paved with different coloured gemstones rotate and can be worn in different styles.

For more info please click on the following link:

http://enlightened.swarovski.com/#/new-brochure-inspired-by-passion-topaz

AGR Matthey Next Generation Jewellery Design Awards 2008

Pictures from the awards night...

Cuff bangle (below) was awarded Second prize in Red carpet category.