May 2011
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And here it is the interview you have all been...
The Box Project @ Masterworks Gallery, Auckland,...
Masterworks. What can I say apart from you guys ABSOLUTELY rock. Lynsay, Eloise, Christine, Cath, Raewyn (and anyone else who I may not have mentioned). Thank you all so very much for welcoming me and The Box Project with open arms. I had the most amazing time here in Auckland. Being at the gallery was very relaxing and inspiring.
A huge success, couldn’t have done it with-out you (and all...
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95bfm Auckland Radio interview with The Box...
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed on radio 95bfm whilst in Auckland for The Box Project tour on Thursday May 5, 2011.
Conducted by the lovely Zac and Ethan, who made the interview completely smooth flowing and interesting.
I am currently trying to obtain a copy of the interview so that I can attach it to the blog for your listening pleasure
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The Box Project @ The See Here, Wellington, NZ,...
The Box Project exhibition Wellington leg of the NZ tour in April this year was a huge success. I owe the delightful people at The See Here gallery a huge thanks to making everything run as smoothly as it did, especially Sunni Gibson!.
The See Here is a window gallery jewellery space located in Wellington’s vibrant and colourful suburb Newtown. Founded by Sunni Gibson The See Here is a...
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Reflections on The Box Project by Zoe Brand
The Box Project – Reflections
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How one should trust in their materials and earn their respect.
I fondly recall my first meeting with Jasmine about this particular project. It happened on a rainy afternoon, whilst swigging a cider on the rooftop pub across the road from gaffa gallery. A casual affair that very quickly, to my delight, turned into a polished presentation about the origins of her...
January 2011
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FEATURE ARTIST - Peter Kruger, Adelaide, Australia
Lost and Found Bracelet, acrylic, sterling silver, 2009
Blending from different styles and periods, including deco, sci-fi, Futurism, and the relics of hunter-gatherer societies, Kruger’s work appears as the artefacts of a tribe somehow lost in time. Peta Kruger completed first a Bachelor of Visual Communication at the University of South Australia in 2003 followed by a Bachelor of Visual Arts in...
November 2010
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Write up...
Jessica Barnes from Daily Gloss online visited The Box Project exhibition this week and left so highly impressed and excited that she wrote an article about it.
Thanks for the write up!
www.dailygloss.com/2010/11/out-of-the-box-the-box-project
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Opening Night Success!
Wow!
I am truly and absolutely blown away by last night, what a great show! I could not be any happier. There was a constant stream of punters through the gallery all night long, each so curious to see the becomings of the box materials. The work was spectacular, so creative, innovative and different. It and the makers received great praise and appreciation from the public. Many a sale were made...
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Installation...
Thank you to my wonderful sister Dominique for taking the day off and helping with the install on Wednesday! Thank you also to Jessica Page for coming along after work and helping for the second half of the afternoon and into the night, I couldn’t have done it with out you! Thanks also to Poppy and Josie for dropping by and helping out.
Thank you’s also to Zoe, Kelly and Penny the...
Two more days to go!
Thursday 18th November 6 - 8pm at Gaffa’s
Keeper Gallery. Open daily until Tuesday 30th of November.
Come enjoy the unique works made by eighteen contemporary jewellers from Australia and New Zealand using unexpected materials they received in a mysterious brown box. An unusual ear plug neckpiece, shuttlecock earrings and brooches sprouting living grass adorn Gaffa Gallery’s walls amongst...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Zoe Brand, Sydney, Australia.
Zoe Brand and her famous blackboard brooches.
Zoe Brand currently holds the position of manager of Keeper Gallery and retail space at Gaffa Gallery an Artist Run Initiative in Sydney. She is also a maker of contemporary jewellery and objects and a freelance arts curator. Zoe studied the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design at the Design Centre, Enmore and graduated in 2008.
”I’d...
October 2010
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Invitation
Opening
The Box Project opens at gaffa in little under three weeks time, put this date in your diary!
Exhibition opening Thursday 18th November, 2010
6-8pm Keeper Gallery, Gaffa
281 Clarence St, Sydney CBD
www.gaffa.com.au
Lets get PROMOTED!!!
I have been working my butt off trying to get as many free listings as possible to advertise The Box Project, here are the first three that have gone live!
http://www.visualarts.net.au/noticeboard/boxproject
http://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/8924-the-box-project
http://kitandcaboodle.ning.com/events/the-box-project
Stay tuned for more. Be sure to have a look and share the love!
Sneak peak of The Box Project catalogue, a work in...
September 2010
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‘When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box’
- Italian proverb
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FEATURE ARTIST - Diane Appleby, Sydney, Australia.
Vessel and stopper, anodised aluminium.
Hallmarks of Diane Appleby’s handmade jewellery are design, colour and craftsmanship. Rubies, diamonds, black pearls, tourmalines and iolites set in burnished silver and planished gold find unique form in Diane’s designs. Cabochon rings of topaz and citrine and bejewelled perfume bottle with silken tassels are some of the individually crafted objects...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Sharon Fitness, Auckland, New...
15 gold blobs on 2 bits of black line
For many people, the word jewellery conjures up images of gold, diamonds and mass-produced bling. This adorned baggage has led Fitness to explore alternative visual and contextual communication surrounding wearable objects that do not fit the traditional jewellery mould. Fitness creates silicone jewels that encourage play and interaction between the wearer...
Welcome...
Sadly, The Box Project had lost a few of it’s artists to heavy work loads, exhibitions commissions and residencies (good luck to you guys!). However… we have on board two equally talented and creative new members to the Box Project team.
Sonya Scott from Sydney Australia and Sondi from Sondi’s Studio in Wentworth-Falls in the Blue Mountains.
Welcome to the Project, it’s...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Sunggee Min, Melbourne,...
Sunday Afternoon,925 Silver, Corian, Hobby moss, Silk Thread
Min’s work relates to his earlier studies in Philosophy and Literature as well as to the
different religions that he has tried to understand and question.
His creative motivation began with an exploration of relationships in everyday life.
Min likes to see the contrast, harmony and emotions through these relationships and the way...
August 2010
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FEATURE ARTIST - Bridie Lander, Sydney, Australia...
Pollen Pendant Models
Lander’s work broadly encompasses an interest in science and technology and how this informs cultural paradigms. In past work the form of her jewellery pieces have been heavily derived from scientific instrumentation. A common thematic is the plump, a metaphor for balance, a possible physic balance, acquired by the wearer through the use of the talismanic qualities...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Natalia Milosz-Piekarska,...
Royal Parade neckpiece, timber, turquoise, acrylic and glass beads, paint, 2010.
With an initial degree in Design/Visual Communication, Natalia Milosz-Piekarska went on to complete a BA (Honours) in Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT. Natalia now works from her Melbourne based studio as a contemporary jeweller and artist, making and participating in a diverse range of projects. Natalia’s primary...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Melissa Cameron, Melbourne,...
Tunnel Pendant, 2010
Melissa Cameron is an artist jeweller who lives and works in Melbourne. She holds a masters degree in jewellery and metalsmithing from Monash University and bachelors degree in interior architecture. She maintains a studio practice focused on exploring geometric patterns through spatial forms.
Locally her works recently featured in Return, shown during the 2010 Jewellers and...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Nadine Smith, Wellington, New...
Rover, object/sculpture, sterling and fine silver, computer, camera and electronic components, model car wheels, powder coated doll, 2010.
Nadine’s recent work playfully manipulates the idea of machines as extensions of our bodies, hinting at the lengths we will go to to preserve our physical being. But it’s a short step from artificial enhancement for practicality to enhancement...
July 2010
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FEATURE ARTIST - Lauren Simeoni, Adelaide,...
Woodland neckpiece, artificial plants, plastic beads, brass, 2010
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 toys with mass-production processes and she frequently reconfigures mass produced objects to create...
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FEATURE ARTIST - JESSICA PAGE
Suspended Existence earring installation, recycled VCR components, 925 silver, 2008.
Jessica completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Jewellery and Object Design at Sydney College of the Arts in 2006. Since graduating she has been involved in various exhibitions both around Australia and Overseas.
Through her art Jessica explores the idea of transformation and reuse by deconstructing and...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Zara Collins, Sydney, Australia
Old News Cuffs
The flotsam and jetsam of Asian flea markets, op shops and grocery aisles is what inspires Collins. She sees potential in the everyday and ephemeral – colours, textures, patterns and patina which provide the basis for works both lasting & unique.
Everyday treasures scoured from the Asian marketplace continually suggest new forms and functions. These ‘finds’ motivate her to...
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FEATURE ARTIST - Alice Potter, Adelaide, Australia
“Jam Brooch Group [‘There Are Fake Flowers On The Wall’, ‘Birds In Tress’, ‘HEY!’] ” 2010, mixed media.
Alice Potter is an Adelaide based Jeweller, completing her Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design in 2006. She currently works out of the established South Australian studio Gray Street Workshop, creating pieces with any material she can...
June 2010
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FEATURE ARTIST - Melinda Young - Sydney, Australia
Over the next few weeks, the Box Project will be featuring all of its involved artists including an image of their past work in no particular order starting with Melinda Young from Sydney.
Gold Sprouts brooch 2009, 24 ct. gold, jade, glass beads, marine ply, 925 silver, acrylic paint.
Melinda Young has a Master of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney and has...
The Box Project on tour
The Box Project is planning tour dates for early to mid next year. We hope to visit Melbourne, Adelaide and the ACT in Australia and Auckland and now possibly Wellington in New Zealand. Gallery proposals are currently under construction, stay tuned for more announcements and updates on the progress of the proposals.
May 2010
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WHATS IN THE BOX you ask...
Now that all of the Box Project artists are confirmed and finalised the boxes have been sent out. You must be wondering whats in the boxes?
All of the boxes are different, some however will have the same components or very similar.
It will be very interesting to see how different minds interpret the same thing.
Mad about BOXES!
It seems there is another like minded creator of beautiful things in existence obsessed with boxes,making them and filling them… The work of Peter Nencini (London) is truly stunning and well worth a look. Thanks Adnan for sharing this.
Peter Nencini’s Boxes and their contents.
BOXES...
The boxes are packed, wrapped and ready to send, just waiting on a few more confirmations. My, I have never had to carry so much to the post before!
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Presenting ... THE BOX PROJECT
The Box Project invites jewellers to create work specifically for an exhibition that will be held at Keeper Gallery, gaffa in November from the 18th - 30th, 2010.
Each artist will receive a box in the mail containing some materials, with the contents of the boxes, the artists are asked to make between 1 and 3 works which will be returned complete for the exhibition in November.
All the boxes...