Exhibitions 2009

girls against gold sparkle in Ash Street

Why have these girls declared their aversion to gold?

Ten female graduates of the Jewellery and Object Design, Advanced Diploma course from the
Design Centre Enmore have united for a second year running to exhibit on a theme, this
year being girls against gold.

They question the preciousness of traditional materials commonly used in jewellery -
mainly gold. Inspired by our idea of material value as well as inflated gold prices these
artists explore materials and ideas not conventionally applied to jewellery.

Ten female artists create quirky, unique, handmade jewellery and objects aimed to
inspire, provoke, and make you ask ‘what makes something precious’.

Title of works and prices follow:

ginkgo brooches (x69) by A mi Kim, 925 silver,$35ea

Wallpaper by Bernadette Trainor

Wallpaper One Brooch,925 silver, American walnut, stainless steel, 60x100x20mm $230

Wallpaper Two Pin,925 silver, 60x60x10mm $90

Wallpaper Three Brooch,925 silver, Western red cedar, stainless steel, 120x60x10mm $320

Woodblock One Pin,925 silver, American cherry, 60x55x10mm NFS

Woodblock Two Pin,925 silver, 35x40x10mm $75

Woodblock Three Pin,925 silver, 35x40x10mm $75

Woodblock Four Pin,925 silver, 35x30x10mm $75

Wallpaper Four Brooch,925 silver, Stainless Steel 100x15x10mm NFS

Wallpaper Five Brooch,925 silver, Wenge, Stainless steel, 95x15x15mm $130

moon flowers by Jasmine Matus

brooches - 925 silver, whipped cream bulb canister, (x3) 70x20x20mm $120ea

brooch – 925 silver, retro fondue sticks, base metal, 90x30x10mm, black /white $120ea

taxidermy of an urban road kill by Jasmine Matus

rings (x7) 925 silver, found objects, industrial scrap metals, 30x30x15mm $188ea

brooches (x2), 925 silver, found objects, industrial scrap metals, $92ea

love is more precious than gold by Jenny Daskalakis

love ring 1, SIZE M1/2, 925 silver, 20mm x 25mm $120

love ring 3, SIZE M1/2, 925 Silver , 22mm x 25mm $120

large love pendant, 925 silver, black cord (removable & length is versatile) 42mmx40mm $195

heart ring 1, SIZE M1/2, 925 silver, 22mmx25mm $120

heart ring 2, SIZE M1/2, 925 Silver, 220mmx25mm $120

heart ring 3, SIZE M1/2 925 Silver 20mmx30mm $120

quadriple heart pendant 1 , 925 Silver, black silk cord, 30mmx30mm $120

quadriple heart pendant 2, 925 Silver, black silk cord, 30mm x 30mm $120

double heart pendant , 925 Silver, black silk cord, 34mm x20mm $160

long double heart pendant, 925 Silver, black silk cord, 55mmx35mm $180

long heart pendant, 925 Silver, black silk cord, 50mmx20mm $160

heavy heart pendant, 925 silver, hand knotted black agate beads, 32mmx37mm $240

triple heart pendant, 925 Silver, hand knotted red coral beads, 38mmx28mm $280

little suckers by Majella Beck

1 brooches (can be attached to ring) 925 silver, silicone, remanium, stainless steel$ 290ea

2 double ring SIZE O, 925 silver $ 190

3 stockgauge square ring SIZE J1/2, 925 silver, copper $120

4 round bar ring (x3) SIZES O1/2 & Q & K, 925 silver, copper $77ea

rings are interchangeable to wear with any of the little sucker brooches

5 garden of succulents brooch, 925 silver, silicone, remanium, stainless steel $330

6 orange r/o1b/k ring, SIZE K, 925 silver, suction cups, stainless steel $240

7 pink r/p1m, SIZE M, 925 silver, suction cups, stainless steel $240

8 r/pbr1m4s/m.5 ring, SIZE M1/2, 925 silver, silicone, stainless steel $240

9 r/ow1b2s/j ring, SIZE J, 925 silver, suction cups, stainless steel $240

10 r/w-p2s/d ring SIZE D, 925 silver, silicone, stainless steel $220

11 r/w1s/r ring SIZE R 925 silver, silicone, stainless steel $230

by Natasha Marcus-Taylor

noela pendant/brooch, 1920’s italian carved shell cameo, 925 silver, stainless steel, 35mm $220

hattie, scrimshawed girls on bone, 925 silver, stainless steel pin, 43mm x 38mm $350

hepzibah brooch, carved bone, 925 silver, stainless steel pin, 35mm x 25mm $100

gold digger series by Nikki Majajas

entrapment- bangle, gold plated brass, 60mm x 60mm x 4mm $195

big game hunter ringSIZE M, gold plated brass, Swarovski crystals, 40x25x4mm $240

gold mining I earrings, gold plated brass, 25mm x 6mm x 4mm $70

gold mining II earrings, gold plated brass, 16mm x 6mm x 4mm $70

chokehold neckpiece, gold plated brass, rubber, 160mm x 190mm x 4mm $370

a gram in the hand- spoon, 925 silver, 55mm x 5.5mm x 4.5mm $140

madonna by Lisa Furno
madonna neckpiece, 925 silver, 30mm x 340mm x 3.5mm $595
madonna brooch, 925 silver, 30mm x 30mm x 4mm $90

Smoking Girl and Other Tales by Sassy Park until 2 May 2009

This exhibition is a departure from Park’s earlier colourful pieces depicting everyday images and characters from her surroundings.

Inspired by fables and morality tales, illustrations from childhood stories and love songs these new pieces evoke a playful nostalgia for a romantic past. Charms of love and loss, forgotten relatives and favourite pets decorate Park’s fine porcelain pendants.

These diminutive objects of familiar faces and neighbourhood animals are delicately painted in silhouette. Each unique piece resonates with its own story and humorous suggestion. Maiden aunts of dubious morals and young girls with unbecoming behaviour allude to secrets and scandalous gossip from family histories.

Sassy Park has a Bachelor of Arts and Post-graduate Diploma from the Sydney College of the Arts and was awarded the Desiderius Orban Travelling Scholarship for painting. Park has exhibited in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane, and only recently turned her hand to painting on porcelain.

Melancholic Nites / Arcadian Daze by Stephen Gallagher until 14 March 2009

Melancholic Nites / Arcadian Daze by Melbourne based artisan Stephen Gallagher is a dazzling part of the 2009 Sydney Mardi Gras Cultural Festival and signals a dynamic development of the artist’s respected practice.

The exhibition of exquisite accoutrements reflects upon the spirit of the Elizabethan Era, its poetry, its people, and the ornaments of the court.

The work is the outcome of new research undertaken at the British Museum and the Museum of London during the artist’s recent Australia Council London studio residency.Gallagher has a unique and engaging practice as it combines the precious and non-precious in a truly modern way. His intriguing one-off brooches include coral, gems, gold, silver and embroidered thread, and form quasi-Elizabethan jewels. This tantalising elaborate new series of jewellery expresses both the visions of Arcadia – paradise lost — and the afflicted ennui of the Elizabethan cult of Melancholia.

Rocks by Anna Davern

Prints of bling adhered to steel using a technique called sublimation. brooches are easily attached with magnets (supplied) and earrings have stud findings.