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Garland x Ring Smackdown!
Added to my series of Instagram posts recently made for Garland Magazine was a post so big it also became an article! The Battle of the Rings (or Ring Smackdown as it’s otherwise known) is a competition run by Danaca Design jewellery studio in Seattle. This now annual competition was started in 2020 as a…
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Island Welcome in Perth/ North Sydney Art Prize
I’m pleased and proud to say that Juukan Tears has been named as a finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize. The opening and prize ceremony will be on the 14th of May at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney, and at the same time and in the same ‘hood I’ll be…
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Declaration of Sentiments at PLATINA!
WELCOME TO THE EXHIBITIONS DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY CO+LAB AND FEMMES SOLES – THE WEIGHT OF JUSTICE21 GRAM WINDOW EXHIBITION OPENING SATURDAY 5th OF MARCH 12.00-16.00RUNS UNTIL 26th OF MARCH 2022PLATINA STOCKHOLM The exhibition Declaration of Sentiments is curated by Co + Lab from Turkey. It was first shown in Gent Belgium at Gallery Pont…
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Nothing Goes to Waste
Nothing Goes to WasteFebruary 5 – May 7, 2022This exhibition showcases a survey of artists who find exciting ways to reuse and repurpose materials, scraps, and castoffs through ingenuity. Highlighting works created from discarded materials like ceramic shards, cut paper, and marble remnants, the exhibition explores how salvaged material can inspire creativity and provoke curiosity about the…
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Invasion Day 2022
I’d like to recommend a podcast for this season from the great broadcaster Boe Spearim, a Gamilaraay & Kooma radio host and podcaster located in Meanjin. Monday to Thursday he hosts a radio show, Lets Talk, (hosted on Fridays by Karina Hogan) on 98.9 FM in Brisbane, the radio station owned and run by Brisbane…
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Garland Magazine
I had a piece published last month in Garland Magazine’s 25th issue Craft Currencies – Value is in our own hands. Editor Dr Kevin Murray saw the work and asked me to write about the series Juukan Tears Offcuts that I made last year, through the lens of high/low, rich/poor, gallery/gift shop craft. It is…
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Welcome 2022
In the hot sandwich press filled with bread, beans and leaking cheese at all sides (which is slowly gathering in puddles on the bench below) that was the last weeks of 2021, I missed adding my usual solsticefest post to the chimes of the season. So now I belatedly say thank you for reading, and…
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Arthan Gallery in Istanbul
From Co+Lab, Declaration of Sentiments finally opens in Istanbul! We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition of Declaration of Sentiments. Curated by CoplusLab, Snem Yildirim, Burcu Sülek, Nevin Arig and supervised by Can Akgumus the exhibition will take place at Arthan Gallery in Istanbul between16 – 31 December!Opening Thursday 16 December, 2 –…
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Edith Cowan 100 Years Anniversary Pin
Celebrating 100 Years of women in WA Parliament Christine Tonkin MLA, the Member for Churchlands, got in touch about 6 weeks ago to ask if I wanted to make a brooch to commemorate the making of another brooch 100 years ago. Could it get more meta? Of course I said yes! When I was first…
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Bilk Solstice open hours + a Brooch for Tom
Solstice celebrationsFriday 3 December and Saturday 4 December 4.00pm – 7.00pm. Please join us at dusk for a celebration and viewing of our fabulous Solstice exhibition together with light refreshments. With a little luck the late afternoon celebrations will bring a sunset reflecting in the dams. For those unable to visit us at Bilk Gallery,…
