Good Medicine: Christine Imlay-McLean

I guess it is kind of telling that I have posted all my A-F’s on the same day – right at the project’s end…

Great to have it done and dusted though. 

Double brooch connected by cords can be inverted and worn as a necklace.

Materials: Plastic, 925 silver, fabric, copper, paint, capsule, cotton thread, mesh

GOOD MEDICINE

Is it the end or just the beginning?

(front) Pearl Plan Brooch-Sunni final piece

So times up, once again I’m about to head off to meet Kelly down at the same coffee shop for the hand over, this time of the finished piece. It seems like only moments ago we were in the same spot in Newtown (Wellington) handing over pearls and text and now exchanging them back in an entirely new form. The exchange project has been an absolute joy to work on.

My response to the actual material (the unwavering desire to crush it into a powder) was amusing to observe, the initialidea to scatter the powdered pearl onto the surface of the enamel was given up for what felt like a far more appropriate relevant site on the reverse of the brooch, in a small hollow sweetly representative the ‘scientific’ miracle that is the growth of a pearl. The illustration in pencil on the front is a pattern for a spherical paper pearl (one side of, when folded according to lines and tabs etc) and is reflective of the material, the text and the packaging both items arrived in. Thank you Sydney, enjoy..

Pearl Plan Brooch

Yes it is a Bib

Students bib

This double sided necklace  is made of the given stone and bezeled in blue leather. Elaborately finished with yellow tassels. The  yellow fresh water pearls tie in a bow on the back of the neck, held on by 9 ct gold hoops.

This lovely celebration will lighten up your cloudy day. But wait there is more…… turn this gem over and you can spring to life with your one sided nipple flower made of pearls and fimo, lightly glued on to the leather to hide the shape of that awful stone.

I am sure you will Empathise with me that this must be worn to lighten any learning experience and applaud my Apathetic advice THAT YOU MUST NOT CARE IF PEOPLE STAIR.

Final Pieces – Remade: Toru and Wha

Materials: sterling silver, gold leaf, rooster feathers

Jewellery has become secularized

Material: Plastic, fabric, thread, nickel silver, 925 silver, steel, spray paint

fly my pretties – final piece, sarah read

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Fly my pretties (phase 1: habitat trials)
Sarah Read, 2010. Silk, steel, adhesive, card, paint, helium balloons (gallery installation view to follow)

Dear SCA jewellers,
These broochlets are far from home; to thrive they need loving shelter and the unique spiritual sustenance that is generated by active jewellery practice. Please help with this habitat trial and take one into your home when the exhibition ends. With luck and tlc it will adapt to the Sydney climate, and flourish alongside your own work.
Enjoy,
Sarah x

Sophie Laurs Final Pieces…

Materials : Resin, CZ, Leather, Brass, Blackboard Paint, Sterling Silver, Fine Silver, Steel.

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Materials : Resin, CZ, Brass, Bottle Cap, Wax, Blackboard Paint, Sterling Silver, Steel.

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Morpheus

finally

Heoi ano… Kangaroo and Tui so different from each other yet so familiar.  My final piece has ended up being made up of two 1963 pennies with cut out images of a Tui and Kangaroo. They are shown on the flip side with the queens head of each coin.  A respectful display of our shared colonialism and persistent iritation of Mother England.  Poised in the centre of the coins is a thick, broad piece of Pounamu (jade) a treasure to Maori and a reminder of the indigenous cultures caught between national identity, colonialism and international identity.  The world has gotten smaller through speed of travel and especially through media such as the internet. What we know of each other is very much built on stereotypes and snippets of information shared.  So many Kiwis live in Aussie and vis versa so their are those that  can say they have an intimate understanding of both countries.  It is the old adage of ‘it is not until you have lived in a place’…So therefore i can say that there is much to gain from each other and doing things like this exchange is a useful tool towards a greater understanding.

Take a look at ‘The flipside’

Ahakoa he iti he Pounamu

naku noa

na Neke Moa

Helen Mok- Final Piece

The land of the long white cloud

Final Pieces – Angela Porritt

Final Piece: Forever- Rachel Gaynor

Final Piece…Vanessa Arthur

Talk To Strangers Necklace - Found objects, rubber, copper.

Final piece – Yunghuei Chao

Brooch

Original material received: a spring
Original text receieved: A pious bird of good omen
Material: Nickel silver, brass, stainless steel

details…from Jude’s necklace

Jude Carswell… Whitireia

Final piece and statement – Noxious?

My gem sits off centre with the chain hanging beside it, in the manner some pocket watches were attached to a fob chain.

I enjoyed the freedom of my text. It was wide open to interpretation. Uncertainty causes me to lose valuable making time as I angst over the what, how and will it look good? questions. Once started, if I am unsure of the technique involved, I labour over each small step. Procrastination! Anyone else know what I mean??? The final piece is model two. Model one just didn’t ‘cut the mustard’ to use a yellow reference!

I have researched further into gorse. A link to our colonial European past. A noxious weed. I have a new respect for it. It is utilised in regeneration of areas, providing shelter to young native plants. Besides dye, I have discovered the flowers may be eaten and used to make wine, cordial and an essence to combat depression. A Wellington based artist Regan Gentry held an exhibition ‘Of Gorse Of Course’ in 2007. As the William Hodges artist in residence in Invercargill, he explored the artistic possibilities of gorse. Seemingly he produced gorse wine, perfume, toilet paper and a picket fence.

Fun! That yellow acrylic has inspired me after all!

it’s pointless

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it’s pointless (brooches)

Amelia Pascoe. 2010. Resin, Sterling Silver, Paint

C, D, E, F – Beginning to End – Michelle Batten

Sticky Trap

925 Silver and Embroidery Thread

Beginning Statement

I’ve been staring at these metal pieces on my desk all week and am, in all honesty, uninspired!

I think that they are parts from an assembly line, to be made into something else, something functional and beige. The shape of the metal pieces do evoke some imagery though. Nat G said that they look like bones and I have to agree. They resemble the shape of a bone and emote something old, cold, fragile and dead. Wether that be the remains of a body or the leftovers of an abandoned assembly line factory, I’m not sure. What I do know is that I am going to be looking at the text I received a lot more, to get some better ideas on what to make!

Mid-Point Statement

I still have bones on the mind.

However, the text is sparking more ideas.

“Promise me Nothing”

I google’d this phrase (as you do) and the first search result was a fan made video about Justin Beiber. Hmmph.

Then I began thinking about how those words link to a specific way of living, without promises and without ties. I believe that it’s about independence and living without any emotional debt to yourself and the people that surround you.

What is the value of a promise? It’s a powerful thing to say, that you will “promise” something. Even if the earth stops spinning, I promise you that I will do this thing. Or I will die trying. I’ve made promises to myself and others that I am proud of, the ones that have been successful. I’ve achieved life goals and made friends with promises. I’ve been disappointed and hurt when a promise isn’t carried out. They carry responsibility and emotional burden. Is this what the author of this quote is avoiding? Are promises more like traps than anything else? Traps that can’t physically harm you, but leave the ability to play on your emotions, perhaps.

I’m thinking about trap imagery now, and ways I can make something of it.  Mouse traps, cages, nests, boxes, wombs, webs, springs, caves…

End-Point Statement

The ring that I have made for this project is about the fragility of a promise, based on the text I received which stated “Promise me Nothing”.

I thought that this statement may have been written by someone hurt by a promise, who has reflected on this and decided to never be bound or trapped by them again, thus stating, promise me nothing.

My material was an assortment of thin metal parts which had a bone-like structure, and whilst I found it difficult to incorporate these into my final design, I wanted to capture the fine, fragile quality of the metal in my finished piece.

I ended up creating a ring, based on a spiders-web pattern, saw cut from silver. I chose a web because I wanted to choose a symbol that demonstrates the feeling of entrapment within something fragile – which is what a promise is. It can make you feel bound to something, though there is no strong physicality to this feeling of entrapment. I then bound the piece in embroidery thread, a laborious act, which I hope further emphasises this feeling of being stuck within something and wishing to break free one day.

Final Piece- Mieke de Court (Whitireia)

Louise Mankelow – Final Piece.

rained

Title, Rained.

material, Rope ( all the rope I have recieved) and latex.

fork-powered flower bracelet

the segments even out when actually worn on the wrist – become more regular….

stainless steel, stainless steel cable, co-cr spring. laser cut segments with lots of hand finishing.  fingers are sore!  poor jewellers’ fingers!!!

Final Pieces Natalie Gock

A Silent Ode

Guitar Strings, Plastic, Brass Wire, Poppy Seeds, Found Materials, Brass Rod

Jackie Bell – final piece

Here is the final result of my Exchange Project:

Title:

‘Life & Scythe’

       Front of ring

            Back of ring

Pieces

Series 1 – The undesirable consequences of desire

These works are held on using magnets

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Rose petals go mouldy when you try to preserve them in glass jars (pin)

Only one can light up the day (pin)

Pushing tiny bruises (earrings)

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Series 2 – Hope this one takes a while to unravel

6 rings, same design, various colours

Michelle Genders (SCA)

Final Piece- Kate Hutchinson (SCA)

'Circuit'

Final Pieces Georgia Graham

Materials: freshwater dyed pearls, silver, denture wax

Berri Eggert – Final Pieces