Author Archives: Moyra

Born: Melbourne, Australia 1969 In 1995 Caz Guiney completed a Bachelor of Art in Jewellery and Metalsmithing at Monash University under the tutelage of Mark Edgoose and Beatrice Schlabowsky.  Since 1997 Guiney has exhibited throughout Australia and in Japan, Korea, … Continue reading →

Natalia’s primary focus lays in realm of amuletic and talismanic adornment. With much of her research delving into various aspects of superstition, folklore and ritual, her work explores our human inclination towards charmed objects and the power of belief. Stemming … Continue reading →

The work for this exhibition is from Cameron’s recycled object series. In these works she uses old and antique objects, with their own patterns either in their painted surface or embossed or engraved into the metal. The cases and tins … Continue reading →

Last week Touch, Pause, Engage was re-presented as The Art of Engagement at Objectspace Gallery.  Opening alongside Best in Show 2011 the window installation is up until 26th February.  Here are a few shots of a hot and steamy Auckland … Continue reading →

Lately, Zoe Brand has been trying to construct a life from items she has found in variety stores, from things she picks up from the sidewalks, and from materials/objects/possessions that once had a different fate in life before she laid … Continue reading →

Katherine Wheeler is a Melbourne based artist, who completed a bachelor of Fine arts, Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT in 2007, and a Diploma of fine arts at RMIT in 2003. She has participated in a range of group exhibitions … Continue reading →

Lauren Simeoni is an Adelaide based artist whose work is an homage to the senses – a wearable passport to a whimsical ‘other’ reality. Simeoni finds the beautiful and seductive in what is otherwise thought of as mundane. Her work … Continue reading →

Yuko Fujita is a Japanese born Melbourne Jeweller. She studied gold and silversmithing at RMIT University in Melbourne and has been presenting her works at various selected exhibitions by invitation both nationally and internationally. The work shown in NZ is … Continue reading →

The long history of body adornment and metal-smithing gives me a wealth of tradition to mine. This historical framework provides, and the associated “rules” mean, there is always something to rub up against or kick over. The perceived functionality and … Continue reading →

Born: Melbourne, 1967. In 1993 Anna Davern completed her undergraduate degree in Jewellery and Object Design at Sydney College of the arts under the tutelage of Margaret West. Her post graduate studies and subsequent Masters degree (2003) were completed in … Continue reading →