Tea & Dumplings

Pamela Chan & Jana Roman, Tea & Dumplings, 2019, dimensions variable, ceramic, copper, reclaimed Eucalyptus. 

Photo: Jana Roman

At this one-day popup exhibition the artists invite you to join their ten-year conversation about making by sitting at their table to handle an all-new series of functional vessels and utensils. Highlighting texture and form using metal, timber and ceramics, these handmade individual and collaborative works centre on the functional aspects of consuming Tea and Dumplings. The works are made to fit right in the user’s hand.

Jana Roman and Pamela Chan employ repetitive and meditative methodologies in their making; tools become extensions of their hands through repetitive processes in the forming of objects. The ritual of a shared meal is a reflection of the repetition of making simple functional vessels. Inspired by the natural environment, materials show the passage of time with surfaces marked by the process of making. Beautiful surface imperfections and the feeling of impermanence are expressed by subtle changes of colour and texture.

7 September 2019, 11am-9pm
Testing Grounds1 City Road, Southbank 3006

View the Tea & Dumplings blog here

Architectural Fragment Earrings

2013.105, 2013, Earrings

PUK welded mild steel, sterling silver

each 38 x 21 x 12mm
(limited edition)
[Donated to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2018]

For meritorious conduct

Jana Roman, For meritorious conduct, 2017

Sash

Reclaimed denim, reclaimed computer components, cotton

L 3850 x W 170 x D 35mm

Jana Roman, For meritorious conduct, 2017

Sash (detail)

Francis Ormond was the Bill Gates of his time. 

Even in his early days as a sheep station manager Ormond funded evening classes to better the education of his station hands. As Ormond’s pastoral wealth grew so did his philanthropic endeavours, contributing generously to the education, health and spiritual betterment of 19th century Melbourne and the city's future development by funding hospitals, churches, Ormond College at the University of Melbourne and driving the foundation of the Working Men's College that would become RMIT. 

The presentation of an order of merit sash in working persons' blue denim honours Francis Ormond's service to science, art, literature and the promotion of culture and social justice.

Made to dress the Francis Ormond statue, RMIT

for URBAN A-WEAR-NESS

a Radiant Pavilion exhibition presented 2 September 2017

Air-Cooled

Jana Roman, Air-Cooled, 2015

Brooch

PUK welded mild steel, stainless steel, copper

32 x 64 x 16mm

This was my donation to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2016.

1:4

Jana Roman, 1:4, 2015

Brooch

PUK welded mild steel, magnet

This was my donation to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2015.

Hyperbolic Paraboloid

Jana Roman, Hyperbolic Paraboloid, 2012

Pendant

Cast 925 silver, silk

This was my donation to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2012.

Auditory Membrane

Jana Roman, Auditory Membrane, 2011

Earrings

925 silver, polypropylene

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