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I will be setting up my “Upper Glass” SALA exhibition at Local Images in Penola!

Very excited about the work I am doing, and I can’t wait to see it all hanging.

I remember travelling to New York many years ago, visiting one of the art museums there, and seeing a Kandinsky “Concentric Circles in Squares” painting.  I was transfixed by the colours and movement in the painting.  I wanted to buy the painting!  I settled for a postcard.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love dots and circles, so it’s probably no surprise that this painting became the inspiration behind a collection of jewellery that I started making.  My Kandinsky collection.  I’ve made assorted earrings, necklaces and bracelets for many years now.  Here are some pictures of bracelets that I’ve made in various colours (thanks to Urban Cow for the photo):

However this year I was challenged to do something a little bit different for the T’Arts SALA exhibition, so I started playing with the idea a bit more, and created these beads which I will make into pendants.  I’m excited about the colours in the beads, and the interactions with the background colours, and I can’t wait to see where these new pendants go in terms of experimenting with the design.

 

• I was madly getting ready for my “10,000 Red Glass Beads” SALA exhibition (I think I’ve made another 10,000 red beads since then)!
• I was very pregnant with my son, Finn (now 10 months old).
• We were getting ready to have a short holiday in Robe (didn’t know it until we left, but that holiday made us seriously think about moving to the South East where we now live)!
• My little girl was 3.5 and pretty amazing (now she’s 4.5 and an even more amazing kindy kid).
• Planning a wedding (now we’ve been happily married over 6 months).

Wow, what a year it has been since then.

Right now I am:

• madly getting ready for my “Upper Glass” SALA exhibition at Local Images Art Gallery in Penola
• kept pretty busy with my 2 kids
• living in Mount Gambier
• looking forward to having my husband home for the next couple of weeks so I can get some work done!

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I am very excited to announce that my necklace, pictured above, has been selected for the Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables 2013 exhibition.

I made the beads from a Coopers Ale bottle, and embellished the flat beads with 22K Gold Leaf.

The Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables Award and Exhibition is an important event on the calendar for Australian  jewellery makers.  First prize is $5,000.

Seriously, I am just honoured to be part of it.  This is my artist statement for the piece:

I imagine there are many uses for an empty beer bottle.  Put it in the recycling bin, use it as a vase, maybe even put a candle in it.  Or, if you are like me, smash it then melt it down again into beautiful glass beads embellished with gold leaf.  It’s all about the Upper Glass.

I have listed a few new pieces of jewellery in my Etsy store.

 

 

 

I am getting ready to list some new recycled glass jewellery online, and would like to offer 40% discount on my current range of recycled glass jewellery in my Ethikl Store.

Simply use the coupon code: ENDOFYEAR to secure your discount.  Free shipping too!

So, I decided to try something new!  And yes, that is a pretty big deal in my world.  Most of the time I am busy keeping up with production, but winter time is generally a quieter time for my jewellery, so this winter I was determined to try something new.

I have an exhibition opportunity as part of the Tarts 10th Birthday exhibitions.  There have been a series of exhibitions, held in various galleries in Adelaide, with this last one being held in Murray Bridge in August.

As you know, I’ve been doing a lot of up-cycling lately, and I really wanted to try something new for this exhibition.  So, I got busy with some old tins and old glass, and am in the process of making a series of 10 earrings for the exhibition.  Fully up-cycled!