ADC has just staged THE Helen Britton retrospective, endowing her with the Master Maker – Living Treasure of Australian Craft title, the latest in the series. That show, I’m reliably informed, will travel around the country, so I’m not as sad as I could be that I’m heading over just DAYS after it has been put away. It has come down to display three other shows, two of which I’m in, starting this Friday.
Thus you can find me Friday night and for the artist talks on Saturday haunting the ADC space for the prestigious MAKE Award, as well as Remade/Reloved 2025, once again orchestrated by my pal Bridget Kennedy. Suffice to say, between the two, a LOT of jewellers will be Sydney-side, and I’m taking the opportunity to catch up with them all and to congratulate the award recipient as-it-happens!
I can’t share my work in that as yet, so above is my piece in Remade/Reloved, made from recycled jewellery sent to me by the wonderful BK. Yes, it was formerly plated steel chain, that I have sandblasted and to which I’ve added the usual binary message. rapidlyclosingwindow… #9, the same message I exhibited through a different piece at R/R in 2023, and that I have been making and exhibiting around the world all this year.
I will be trotting along to as many of the Sydney Craft Week events that I can – Kirsten Junor at Reverse Garbage be warned, I’m headed your way seeking buttons – so I’m down for a coffee and a chat should you see me.
