Filed under: Exhibitions, Misc. | Tags: anu, eleventimestwenty, exhibition, gold and silversmithing, necklaces, raffle, silver ball chain, university open day, workshop
For those who aren’t aware, tomorrow is the University Open day for the ANU. I will be in the Gold and Silversmithing workshop all day. Everyone is more then welcome to come by and have a look around. The Eleventimestwenty Exhibition is still on display and all pieces are for sale. So if you missed the opening night last night, you can swing by tomorrow.
There will also be other jewellery pieces for sale exclusively on Open Day in our workshop.
We will also be selling raffle tickets for the Annual Gold and Silversmithing Workshop silver ball chains. Each student in the workshop makes two balls each and they are strung together and make really beautiful necklaces.
Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00
Come and show your support and for a sticky beak.
Filed under: Gold + Silver | Tags: aluminium, anu, brooches, cast, form z, gemstones, gold and silver, lathe, necklaces, powdercoating, rings, servers, silver, stainless steel
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As promised – here are some images from last year.
1st image – these are moveable brooches made from powdercoated aluminium. I was lucky enough to be able to do the powercoating myself, thanks to family connections. These were designed in response to a brief about colour in my 1st semester of my 2nd year in the gold and silver workshop here at the ANU. (So start of 2008) There is one brooch missing which is a light blue and purple. There is also a necklace collection in the same series. Each of those have 4 colours on the wheel. I will try and get some images of these and put them up.
2nd image – these are sterling silver with citrine gemstones rings. They were all cast and then machine worked on a lathe to get that nice smooth edge and clean angles. This was my first attempt at setting stones. I really love this collection. I had intended to use red gemstones, as it is my favourite colour but could only get the citrine. So it was a happy accident that I used that particular colour. Now I wouldn’t change the stone colour at all. They can be worn all together, but they are quite heavy on the finger, but it is a nice weight. These were created late 2008.
3rd image – Stainless steel servers. Last year I had a product design class in which we used a program called Form Z. I designed these on the program as we had a brief in our workshop to create objects that serve. It was a very long process and my teacher in that class was extremely helpful. I had the casting of these objects outsourced. They have 4 serving options – each is a server/handle depending on which end you wish to use. There was alot of work in the cleaning up of these objects, which involved makeshift tools and a few war wounds. I love these servers and they are used for special occasions in my house. These are the larger size, there is also a smaller size that I have not had cast yet.
