Architectural Fragment #10

Architectural Fragment #10, 2014, brooch

PUK welded salvaged mild and stainless steel

H45 x L85 x D26mm

simple brooch back

This is my donation to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2014.

Architectural Fragments

Architectural Fragments, 2013, installation of eleven brooches

PUK welded salvaged material and surplus components: found steel container (Eclipse mint box), mild and stainless steel, acrylic, polycarbonate, aluminium, copper, sterling silver, vitreous enamel, magnet

dimensions variable

Installation includes the following items:

 2013.002 (Character), 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged steel, magnet

60 x 56 x 32mm

2013.101, 2013, brooch

PUK welded mild steel, vitreous enamel, stainless steel

68 x 54 x 34mm

2013.102, 2013, brooch

PUK welded, mild steel, vitreous enamel, stainless steel

44 x 44 x 15mm

2013.103, 2013, brooch

PUK welded, mild steel, stainless steel, sterling silver

27 x 31 x 27mm

 2013.003, 2013, brooch

PUK welded found steel container (Eclipse mint box), mild steel, stainless steel

95 x 130 x 42mm

2013.004, 2013, brooch

PUK welded mild steel, stainless steel, salvaged copper

65 x 40 x 24mm

2013.005, 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged mild steel, sterling silver, stainless steel

59 x 60 x 22mm

2013.006, 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged mild steel, stainless steel

120 x 43 x 15mm

2013.007, 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged aluminium, salvaged mild and stainless steel, salvaged acrylic and polycarbonate, 

74 x 92 x 40mm

2013.008, 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged mild and stainless steel, salvaged acrylic and polycarbonate

72 x 90 x 43mm

2013.009, 2013, brooch

PUK welded salvaged mild and stainless steel

140 x 52 x 60mm
[This brooch was selected for the National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2014 and exhibited at Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Courtesy of the Artist Sydney and Sturt Contemporary Craft and Design Mittagong]

Other items from the Architectural Fragments series:

2013.105, 2013, Earrings

PUK welded mild steel, sterling silver

each 38 x 21 x 12mm
[Donated to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2013]

2013.106 (Robin egg), 2013, brooch

PUK welded mild steel, stainless steel, vitreous enamel

38 x 40 x 22mm 
[Donated to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2013]

2013.104 (Red), 2013, brooch

PUK welded mild steel, stainless steel, vitreous enamel

34 x 30 x 8.5mm
[Donated to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2013]

2013.107 (Sky blue), 2013, brooch

PUK welded mild steel, stainless steel, vitreous enamel

47 x 44 x 28mm
[Donated to the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Jewellery Auction 2013]

Fused sterling silver vessels

Milk, 2013, fused sterling silver, 92 x diameter 50mm

Sugar, 2013, vessel with lid and spoon, fused sterling silver, 50 x diameter 61mm

Cookies, 2013, fused sterling silver, 18 x 108 x 99mm

Selected for the Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award 2015, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.

Image by Ahmad Sabra, Lahza Photography

Link #303, 2013, Fused Sterling silver

Link #302, 2013, PUK welded mild steel, vitreous enamel, fused Sterling silver and Shibuichi

Link #301, 2013, PUK welded mild steel