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PIECES OF EIGHT: WORKSHOP GROUP This touring exhibition features the work of six Melbourne jewellers, workshop residents from Pieces of Eight Gallery: Melanie Katsalidis, Rachel Gorman, Suzi Zutic, Lucy Folk, Krista McRae & Nina Ellis. The individual methodolgy of each artist reveals the diversity of their approaches. For Ellis, it is related to the hardy weeds of the Australian landscape; manifested in blackened steel, silver and sprays of colour. Folk immerses herself in the colour and pleasures that food inspires, creating a range of delights in joyful ways. Both Gorman and Katsalidis utilise materials in unconventional ways. Gorman employs ceramic, metal and paint to re-create versions of costume jewellery; playful and colourful. While Katsalidis turns to the beautiful nature of organic pearls, particularly black pearls to assert a contemporary vision of modern day glamour. In the work of McRae and Zutic, a certain romance exists. McRae draws on the sublimeness of shapes; oxidised silver, set with tiny dark blue sapphires that sparkle like stars. Zutic's ring series (modelled in wax and set with petite gems) have a timeless quality, like they could have been exposed in the uncovering of an ancient roman dig. |
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