Beginning my jewellery studies at NMIT in Collingwood in 2001, I was drawn to the longevity of metal and jewellery as a vessel for a memory, a philosophy, an identity; as something treasured that is carried next to the body and kept close.
Enrolling at RMIT in the Bachelor of Arts, Gold and Silversmithing program in which I explored ideas around evolutions and entropy; and experimented with various material’s potential of transformation and ambiguity.
After graduating with honours in 2008, I established my own studio practice and focussed on refining my concepts and forms to create wearable, precious pieces to carry and hold.
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‘remembering through things is one of the most powerful forms of connection to materiality that we have as human beings’
G. Adamson - Fewer Better Things, the hidden wisdom of objects.
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In 2014 my long time interest in objects, materials and their significance my attention turned to objects held in a gallery and museum context and their custodianship. I enrolled in the Masters of Curatorship at the University of Melbourne in 2014, driven by an interest in the behind the scenes care such as collections management, registration and conservation.
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CV
Education
Short Courses
2014-2016
Master of Art Curatorship, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU
2005-2008
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) Honours - Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne, AU
2001
Diploma in Engineering (Gold and Silversmithing), NMIT, Melbourne, AU
2023
Engraving on Jewellery, Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence, IT
2019
Gem Setting, Fairfield- Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne, AU
Group Exhibitions
2020
Dear Diamond, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne
2019
A Fine Line, The Elizabeth Collective, NYC Jewelry Week, New York, USA
NINE, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne
2014
Supermarket, Craft, Melbourne
2013
Signature Style – Collaboration with Dylan Martorell, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
With a touring partnership with NETS Victoria
2011
Pieces of Fate, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne
2010
Figment, EG Etal, Melbourne
RE:Production, Gaffa Keeper Gallery, Sydney
2009
Jewellery Topos, Gallerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Hatched, PICA, Perth
Design Now!, Object Gallery, Sydney and Melbourne Museum
Precious Pendants, Object Gallery, Sydney
2008
W. E. McMillan Collection Exhibition, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne
Skin ‘n Bones, Collaboration with Nathan Gray, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
International Graduation Show, Gallerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Siemen’s RMIT Fine Art Scholarships Exhibition, Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne
2007
Wunderenamel, First Site Gallery, RMIT
Filippo Raphael Fresh! Award Exhibition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Evolutions, Pieces of Eight, Melbourne
2010
Bad Beasts Do Not Harm Me (with Natalia Milosz-Piekarska), Craft Victoria, Melbourne & Metalab, Sydney
Prizes & Awards
2008
Wolf Wennrich Award for Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne
2007
Wolf Wennrich Award for Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne
2006
Koodak Award for Top Second Year Student, RMIT, Melbourne
2005
Debbie Sheezel Award for Enamelling, Koodak Award for Top First Year Student, RMIT, Melbourne
Works in Collections
W. E. McMillan Collection, RMIT, Melbourne
Publications
2015
Ramona Barry and Rebecca Jobson, The Craft Companion, Thames and Hudson
2012
Sara Lewis, Extra Curricular Magazine, Issue 9, July, NZ
2011
Marthe Le Van, 21st Century Jewellery: The Best of the 500 Series, Sterling Publishing Co Inc
2009
500 Plastic Jewellery Designs, Lark Books
2009
Joan-Maree Hargreaves, ‘Design Now’, Object Magazine, May
2009
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Hatched National Graduate Show Catalogue, PICA, Perth
2008
Galerie Marzee, International Graduation Show Catalogue, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
Other
2012
Guest Lecturer, Gold and Silversmithing: Repousse, RMIT, Melbourne
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Karla Way