Auditory Membrane

Jana Roman, Auditory Membrane, 2011

Earrings

925 silver, polypropylene

This was my donation to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2011.

Radial series, 2015

Fields of corn suddenly give way to finely mown grass and in the sunlight bright airsocks flutter over what becomes apparent is a private airstrip.  Nearby in a seemingly endless series of huge interconnected sheds are hundreds of airplanes, their parts and memorabilia.  From fading photographs smile the enthusiasts who designed, hand-built and piloted all these machines before donating them to the Airpower Museum.  Complete planes are wheeled up to one another with wings and tails interleaved, drones and gliders hang from the rafters, and racks of propellers stand opposite glass cabinets filled with unique scale models.  Wing frames are hooked to the walls and an experimental amphibious plane sits adjacent to a circa World War II flight simulator.  Bolted to heavy, solid stands are various configurations of radial engine waiting to once again spin into action.

Jana Roman, Radial 3C303, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H77 x W73 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 5C304, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H76 x W72 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 5C305, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H77 x W72 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 5C306, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H76 x W72 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 3C307, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H77 x W73 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 3C308, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H76 x W72 x D19mm

Jana Roman, Radial 5C309, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H77 x W73 x D19mm

Radial

Jana Roman, Radial 5C305, 2015

Pendant

Mild steel, copper, PVC

H77 x W72 x D19mm

From a new series of works to be premiered as part of the exhibition

RENDER 2015

A group design expo

Brunswick Street Gallery

30 October to 12 November 2015

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.

RE:MAKE is coming to First Site Gallery

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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.