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]