Tea Caddies

Jana Roman, Four Tea Caddies, 2019, repoussé worked steel Altoids tins 

made for the exhibition Tea & Dumplings, presented for Radiant Pavilion 2019

Jana Roman, Camellia sinensis, 2019, tea caddy, repoussé worked steel Altoids tin, 97x62x30mm (shown open)

Jana Roman, Buddha's Tears, 2019, tea caddy, repoussé worked steel Altoids Smalls tin, 62x41x22mm (shown open)

Jana Roman, Jasminum sambac, 2019, tea caddy, repoussé worked steel Altoids tin, 97x62x31mm (shown open)

Jana Roman, Cherry Blossom Sencha, 2019, tea caddy, repoussé worked steel Altoids smalls tin, 62x41x23mm (shown open)

Sakura-cha

Jana Roman, Sakura-cha, 2013

Teapot

Fine silver, 925 silver, silver and gold plated copper, japanned brass, cherry stone

H165 x L135 x W85 mm

Selected for exhibition in the Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award 2013, Bendigo Art Gallery.

Meet Me...

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015

Pocket object

Repoussé, reclaimed steel container, plastic, 925 silver, paint

H62 x L67 x D27mm

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015 (showing inside)

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015 (showing outside)

The proposal for the exhibition re:make at First Site Gallery was for each exhibitor to randomly draw from a hat the name of another of the artists in the group.  I drew Sue Buchanan and then selected one of her existing works to re:make.

Sue Buchanan, Meet Me in Eagle Alley Assemblage, 2014

(detail of selected object)

Steel, vitreous enamel

Visit suebuchanan8 on Instagram.

I make memory devices using repoussé to record landscapes or events on reclaimed steel containers.  Last year Sue gave me an unusual heart-shaped steel tin her husband had received at a conference.  Handing it to me, Sue said 'I think you could do something interesting with this.'  For the re:make exhibition I used this tin given by Sue and accepted her invitation to meet her in Eagle Alley by making for her a 'site specific body object.'

The tin in its original condition.

Topologies series, 2014

Chautauqua, 2014

Repoussé, reclaimed steel container

H61 x L97 x D33mm

1000 steps with Lyrebird, 2014

Repoussé, reclaimed steel container

H61 x L97 x D26mm

Crop Circles, 2014

Repoussé, PUK welding, reclaimed steel container

H76 x W43 x D27mm

29000ft, 2014 (interior detail)

Repoussé, PUK welding, reclaimed steel container, salvaged steel, fused sterling silver

H56 x W56 x D22mm (closed)

29000ft, closed (left) and open (right)

Farmington, 2014, brooch (interior detail)

Repoussé, PUK welded, reclaimed steel container, mild and stainless steel

fused sterling silver and shibuichi

H41 x W61 x D23mm (closed)

 

Farmington, closed (left) and as worn on the body (right)

Farmington is part of the McMillan Collection, RMIT University, Melbourne

The Topologies series received the 2014 Wolf Wennrich Award for Craftsmanship.
Chautauqua, 1000 Steps with Lyrebird, Crop Circles and 29000ft were selected for the Marzee International Graduate Show 2015, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.