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

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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.

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.