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March 2026
- 22 Mar 2026 Contemporary Jewellery Showcase 2026 Eep! We’re already half-way into this one-week superfast-superfun show at Shopfront Gallery at 149 Beaufort…
- 03 Mar 2026 Jewellery Techniques Series Midland Junction Arts Centre – Workshop Over two days learn specific tools and techniques to turn scrap…
February 2026
January 2026
December 2025
October 2025
- 28 Oct 2025 IOTA Craft Co-lab Symposium Team! The IOTA Curatorium has been assembled, and they are CURRENTLY IN BOORLOO (Perth) checking out the…
- 10 Oct 2025 Midland Workshop Series Do your job well enough and they might give you more time to have more fun! Head over to Insta to see the…
- 08 Oct 2025 I ♥ ADC ADC has just staged THE Helen Britton retrospective, endowing her with the Master Maker – Living Treasure of…
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025
May 2025
- 30 May 2025 Circularity Collaboration I’m heading out to the Makerspace at Curtin Heritage soon for the first of three sessions (the first of two…
- 19 May 2025 The Poetics of Place II From the Atta Gallery website: Poetics of Place ll by Australian Artists, Curated by Melinda Young May 15,…
- 13 May 2025 Workshop – this Saturday! Want to learn the basic skills for turning recycled copper into wearable art? Come to the workshop this…
- 12 May 2025 PINS & POSTERS – Against the normalization of rightwing ideology This show opened at the FRONT ROOM gallery of Julia Walter in Amsterdam this Saturday just passed – May 03…
April 2025
March 2025
February 2025
November 2024
- 25 Nov 2024 Make it Chain! To my lovely locavore jewellery aficionados, You are invited to my annual open studio event. This year I’m…
- 22 Nov 2024 MC and HO meet BKK at AG In between appearing at conferences – IOTA 24 in September and JMGA in October – (more on those soonish!) I…
- 13 Nov 2024 Bilk adjacent friends! For those of y’all close to the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people, near Yanununbeyan National Park,…
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
May 2024
- 23 May 2024 JMGA Conference 2024 – registrations are open! book online now! Announcing the 19th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Conference Saturday…
- 13 May 2024 … is this thing on? If you’re in touch with the complaints department, please tell them this year is going too fast, and explain…
April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
August 2023
- 27 Aug 2023 Island Welcome – Canberra ISLAND WELCOME 8 September – 21 October 2023 Curator | Belinda Newick Artists | Jane Bowden | Melissa…
- 25 Aug 2023 Contemporary Wearables ’23 You and your guests are invited Contemporary Wearables ’23 Awards and Acquisitions Announcement 5.30pm for…
- 25 Aug 2023 Join the Detanglers Club THE DETANGLERS CLUB is students, staff, and community members of the greater Fremantle/Bathers Beach area.…
- 18 Aug 2023 Something for the ear Thanks as always to the generous Bilk team for another sterling opportunity: Something for the ear 19 August…
June 2023
April 2023
February 2023
- 20 Feb 2023 Public Artwork If it’s on the internet, it must be true, right? Hesperia is pleased to announce Melissa Cameron; Rohin…
- 08 Feb 2023 19th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia national biennial conference – call for papers + workshops Have you heard?? The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia invite expressions of interest for the…
November 2022
- 29 Nov 2022 Annual Studio Sale Yes, it’s that time again. If your feasting and shopping are going well, maybe you have a moment to stop in?…
- 25 Nov 2022 Remade-Reloved, preview This is not a work; this was a photo I took as a study for a work. In the end I lost the knot…
- 24 Nov 2022 Remade-Reloved ‘Remade-Reloved’ is a group exhibition curated by Bridget Kennedy that opens next week at her studio/gallery…
- 23 Nov 2022 LOBES at Danaca in Seattle LOBES – it has meaning Dana at Danaca Design announced her intention to have a holiday earring show with…
- 17 Nov 2022 NYCJW – Makeover: Radical Jewelry Makeover Artist Project! This one is going to be a doozy; so many of my friends and highly respected colleagues are in this…
- 16 Nov 2022 NYCJW – Sarah Elson + Melissa Cameron The talk I recently recorded for New York City Jewelry Week goes live on their YouTube Channel this week.…
October 2022
September 2022
- 27 Sept 2022 Regenerate – Perth The Jewellers and Metalsmith’s Group of Australia WA branch are having a show! There’s twenty-nine WA…
- 08 Sept 2022 IOTA:24 The Indian Ocean Triennial Australia – otherwise known as the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial owing to its…
- 06 Sept 2022 My article in Autor 2022 I forgot to mention, I wrote an article! I kinda did it by accident (longtime readers may remember the…
August 2022
- 19 Aug 2022 Blue Tin Set You might have already seen it on Instagram, but this work from the archive recently sold, and so was made…
- 17 Aug 2022 Visual Arts Voice Hiya to all my Aussie artists. I’m a little late to this party, but since there’s still a few days for us…
- 08 Aug 2022 US exhibit, AUS opportunity So for all of you on the big southern biscuit, the National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2022 is calling.…
July 2022
- 26 July 2022 We Are SNAG With the slightly slower pace of this year I’ve found time to get with this year’s SNAG online exhibition,…
- 07 July 2022 Edith Cowan commemorative pin featured in WA Parliament Welcome dear friends, to a picture of me posing with several WA Politicians, in the WA Parliament foyer.…
May 2022
- 25 May 2022 North Sydney Art Prize – Artist Talks this Saturday This Saturday the 28th of May I’ll be part of a series of artist talks at the Coal Loader Centre for…
- 12 May 2022 North Sydney Art Prize I’m heading to Sydney tomorrow to attend the opening and awards ceremony of the North Sydney Art Prize…
April 2022
March 2022
- 11 Mar 2022 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…
- 02 Mar 2022 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.…
- 01 Mar 2022 Declaration of Sentiments at PLATINA! WELCOME TO THE EXHIBITIONS DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY CO+LAB AND FEMMES SOLES – THE…
February 2022
January 2022
- 18 Jan 2022 Invasion Day 2022 I’d like to recommend a podcast for this season from the great broadcaster Boe Spearim, a Gamilaraay & Kooma…
- 14 Jan 2022 Garland Magazine I had a piece published last month in Garland Magazine’s 25th issue Craft Currencies – Value is in our own…
- 13 Jan 2022 Welcome 2022 In the hot sandwich press filled with bread, beans and leaking cheese at all sides (which is slowly…
December 2021
November 2021
- 29 Nov 2021 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…
- 25 Nov 2021 farewell studio (for now) sale Dear Friends, For those not in the know, the current configuration of my studio is soon to be disassembled…
- 19 Nov 2021 Solstice exhibition Solstice – celebration marking the beginning of summer and the new year coming. Opened last Saturday, 13…
October 2021
September 2021
- 30 Sept 2021 Media whore Two interviews doesn’t really live up to the title, but I _had_ to! As of 9:05 am today, I’m doing two media…
- 30 Sept 2021 Connexions tonight! Connexions exhibition opening is tonight!Thursday September 30th5:30 – 7:30 pmGallery Central: 12 Aberdeen…
- 16 Sept 2021 Connexions in Perth! The Connexions artist team are proud to invite you to their exhibition, to be opened by Katherine Kalaf on…
- 15 Sept 2021 Article in Art Guide Art Guide Australia has an article about the IOTA21 festival online now, and Juukan Tears gets a named…
- 15 Sept 2021 Juukan Tears is up! Juukan Tears has been launched for nearly a week now, so here’s a few images of the work for those far away…
- 09 Sept 2021 Opening and artist’s talk Suddenly free at 6pm tonight? Opening in a few hours is IOTA21: Curiosity and Rituals of the Everyday at the…
- 07 Sept 2021 Juukan Tears Offcuts Juukan Tears – Offcuts After using a jewellers saw that is 0.25mm wide to hand saw around 200m of steel, I…
August 2021
- 25 Aug 2021 IOTA21 artist/curator talks Once again from the JCG invitation email; Saturday 12 September 2:00pm – 3:30pm Artists’ Talk Join IOTA21…
- 24 Aug 2021 IOTA21 at John Curtin Gallery From the JCG invitation email: Mr Chris Malcolm, Director JCG, invites you to the opening of: The Indian…
- 16 Aug 2021 Talkfest 2021 Here we go… The Value Chains JMGA online conference begins tomorrow evening (AEST) with Simon Cottrell, the…
- 02 Aug 2021 Live feed coming… Tech woes 😉 We have our best and brightest on the case, it should be running shortly. x m
July 2021
June 2021
- 28 June 2021 IOTA21 The Indian Ocean Triennial Australia 2021 is coming! I must’ve mentioned it a bit, in passing at least, as…
- 26 June 2021 New work at JCG – Bentley After being back home in WA for well over two years, I am proud to finally have a local Perth stockist! Find…
- 25 June 2021 Bilk: The Perfect Brooch Opening weekend on the Saturday 3-4 July 2021 11.00 am to 5.00 pm. Aurélie Guillaume, Bin Dixon-Ward, Brenda…
- 23 June 2021 the saga of the two tire/tyre rings If you’d like the opportunity to choose the outcome of the tale of the rings (in typing that I just realised…
- 07 June 2021 The Neck – Craft ACT Hiya team. Apologies for that last cryptic post – with bonus secret password window – on the main blog…
May 2021
- 24 May 2021 Juukan Caves Anniversary / Virtual Indigenous Film Fest 2021 Yesterday marks 1 year since the destruction of the Juukan Shelters, a traditional site of the Puutu Kunti…
- 20 May 2021 The Neck / / Craft ACT I’m in The Neck, a group show in Canberra, thanks to Bridget Kennedy of the eponymous Project Space in…
- 17 May 2021 thank you for watching – Juukan Tears update sigh It has been bittersweet, winding down this project over the last week. I finished making and tearing…
- 11 May 2021 Makers’ Film Festival I have two short films about recent work in this festival. I know, what am I like?!? Lets hope they get…
- 09 May 2021 Minnawarra Art Awards With all the lockdown and limited-capacity art openings I totally forgot to mention (because I couldn’t go…
- 03 May 2021 Today’s Q + A For your delectation and delight, I present the live stream feed from today, conveniently queued up to the…
- 03 May 2021 Live stream q + a soon! Today! 3 May 10:30 am Perth time or in your zone at:Auckland – 2:30 pmNew York – 10:30 pm*Sydney -12:30…
April 2021
- 27 Apr 2021 getting close… Have you been checking in to the livestream? I know I have a dedicated fan or two (thank you for watching,…
- 12 Apr 2021 .. and we’re back for a couple of days at least..! Susannah and I will be streaming live from the studio today and tomorrow…
- 05 Apr 2021 Livestream vacation It’s another public holiday today in Perth, and after the uber long weekend I’ll still be on holiday (read:…
March 2021
- 29 Mar 2021 Submission deadline extended! Friends and Supporters of the Uluru Dialogue The government last week announced they have extended public…
- 22 Mar 2021 The Uluru Statement needs you! For those of you following along, here in Australia we’re getting close to the submission deadline for…
- 08 Mar 2021 Livestream up! Hey hey viewers. Apologies for the stream being down this morning; there were some technology changes over…
February 2021
- 20 Feb 2021 humble apologies to anyone who got sent to Twitch instead of YouTube by clicking on my link yesterday, I’m really sorry. I…
- 19 Feb 2021 Live now! We’re taking to ourselves in the studio: https://youtu.be/Zzsu3Q2_bks
- 18 Feb 2021 tomorrow! Come chat with me on YouTube for an hour! Live now: https://youtu.be/Zzsu3Q2_bks Details: go to my YouTube…
- 10 Feb 2021 Juukan Tears In May of 2020 mining company Rio Tinto destroyed the Juukan Shelters, containing sacred caves that had been…
- 09 Feb 2021 live-stream q+a 11am on Friday the 19th of February, Perth time (see below for your timezone) we’re having a live q+a on my…
- 01 Feb 2021 sawing continues solo I’m still live-streaming from the studio Monday – Friday, 9am-ish till 5pmish, minus lunch time. This was to…
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
- 20 Nov 2020 Bilk. Tomorrow (or today if you’re sneaky!) 10 days ago I wrote about the upcoming Full Circle show at the *New Bilk* just outside Canberra. I mentioned…
- 14 Nov 2020 NAIDOC Film Fest I’m a bit late in the run to be sharing this, but after doing the Reconciliation Film Festival earlier this…
- 13 Nov 2020 CRACK! Crack by India de Beaufort is my new jam. While it’s not ovah-over (heeeey Georgia), and the crazy spinning…
- 10 Nov 2020 Full Circle – Bilk Gallery Bilk Gallery has completed a Full Circle. The gallery space is once again connected to a workshop in a…
- 03 Nov 2020 3 things on November 3 Need some distraction for this 3rd of November? Yup, me too. 1/ It’s Melbourne Cup Day! OK, so for those of…
October 2020
- 26 Oct 2020 Talk tomorrow night! Team Connexions will be at the JMGA-WA meeting in Perth tomorrow night as the feature speakers for the…
- 20 Oct 2020 Lend me your… never mind ;) Danaca Design are having an Instagram, online and in-gallery exhibition of jewellery that I’m in, and, in…
- 14 Oct 2020 Connexions officially open! After a hiccup and a delayed start, we opened our window display in Paris overnight on October the 13th. So…
- 06 Oct 2020 Connexions live online! Today we’re celebrating the launch of the Connexions exhibition website! While you’re there be sure to check…
- 03 Oct 2020 Seattle symposium 2020 is an anywhere symposium! This year’s annual Seattle Metals Guild Symposium is happening and will be presented online for your…
September 2020
- 29 Sept 2020 Danaca Design – STATEmeant jewellery A call-for-entry for the jewellers of the world with something to say. For all y’all who saw the Ring…
- 24 Sept 2020 A/US extended in Sydney Bridget Kennedy Project Space, like all galleries around the country, is slowly getting back into the swing…
- 23 Sept 2020 Connexions is coming Connexions showcases new contemporary jewellery works by Australian artists Emily Beckley, Fatemeh…
- 16 Sept 2020 Serious Bling – online incarnation Radical Jewelry Makeover supremos Susie Ganch and Kathleen Kennedy presented Serious Bling at the Fuller…
- 15 Sept 2020 Richard Bell “So, basically, right-wing governments, just one the first things they do is just slash the arts budget.…
- 09 Sept 2020 Zoom artist talk for A/US Too far/locked down to make a visit to Bridget Kennedy Project Space? Me too… It’s ok, put the Zoom artist…
- 07 Sept 2020 Now open – Declaration of Sentiments! Meant to open in Munich in March, the show Declaration of Sentiments has finally opened overnight in Ghent,…
- 04 Sept 2020 Everthing Must Go, 2020 This was a really fun one to make. The rack was an artifact of the capitalist system, made obsolete. I…
- 03 Sept 2020 A/US opens today! Time to schedule a visit to Bridget Kennedy Project Space – or put my Zoom artist talk in the calendar. If…
- 02 Sept 2020 going, going, go… Progress images of the apple green rack being eaten/improved.
- 01 Sept 2020 What would you do with an apple green sales rack that had clearly seen better days? Well here’s what I’d do. I’d take a photo of it as if it was a museum-destined object, measure and record…
August 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
- 23 Mar 2020 In lockdown? I’ve made a playlist: I found my Halloween playlist works quite well, with a couple o’tweaks ;P
- 20 Mar 2020 y’all ok? I’m ok. Spent a bit of time in semi-lockdown after Bruce’s colleague was tested, just before his company…
- 04 Mar 2020 Postponed – Declaration of Sentiments Throughout the history, the existence of women in social life has been tried to be made invisible. The…
- 03 Mar 2020 Radical Jewelry Makeover 2020 – Serious Bling Serious Bling: Radical Jewelry Makeover – The Artist Project February 15, 2020 – April 5, 2020 Radical…
February 2020
January 2020
- 24 Jan 2020 Garland Magazine I wrote a piece Katie Miller – Seattle Lightscapes for Garland’s current issue Turtle Island – North…
- 22 Jan 2020 2019 – 2 shows that were I’m clearing out he inbox during the quiet season and I’ve found a few images of my works on display that I…
- 15 Jan 2020 Climate fires As the only Australian in the room at a few international gatherings, especially while I lived in the USA,…
December 2019
- 24 Dec 2019 Merry feast-festivals My best wishes to you and yours for these days of solstice celebrations. Wishing us all peace and love that…
- 20 Dec 2019 Year wrap up + farewells Bye bye Bilk : ( If you’re an industry person in Australia you’ve probably already heard that Bilk Gallery…
- 17 Dec 2019 Apology and correction Along with images of my Moodjar (nuytsia floribunda) small series of works on November 19 I published a…
November 2019
- 20 Nov 2019 The Big Dry We’re in it, here in Perth, though today I’m ready to rename it ‘the big hayfever’. The UV index says…
- 19 Nov 2019 moodjar pin A preview of a seasonal collection made for @bilkgallery And a reminder to WA folx that the JMGA-WA party is…
- 13 Nov 2019 ? the festive is almost upon us
October 2019
September 2019
- 28 Sept 2019 ArtSound FM Interview Melissa’s appearance on Arts Café on ArtSound FM
- 20 Sept 2019 Upcoming talk Talking about recent works at the JMGA monthly meeting in WA
- 12 Sept 2019 Marfa, TX Opening tomorrow night!
- 09 Sept 2019 Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables … and we celebrated with?
- 06 Sept 2019 Invitation to Marfa, TX My new solo exhibition at Bilk Gallery in Canberra
- 03 Sept 2019 Master Makers and Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables open SOON! East Coast of Australia exhibitions is where it’s at this week, and next.
August 2019
- 30 Aug 2019 Exhibition – Marfa, TX I’ll post the invitation to the opening as soon as I have it, but in the mean time, there’s a few preview…
- 07 Aug 2019 Marfa, TX mapping the places I picked up bits of discarded steel in Texas
- 06 Aug 2019 Melbourne and Perth and Sydney – events to get y’all out of the studio Short films and a performance; crafting experience as well as the object
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
- 27 Mar 2019 Interview on Klimt02 Thanks to those who alerted me to the fact that I made it to the Klimt02 email this week! It’s publicity for…
- 23 Mar 2019 Adorn is open! We had a great time at the official opening last night where Bethamy Linton received a whopping great pearl…
- 22 Mar 2019 Fundraiser for Islamic Relief Australia These resist series neckpieces and earrings are being sold to raise money for Islamic Relief Australia…
- 20 Mar 2019 Christchurch Last Friday’s murder of 50 Muslim people at prayer in New Zealand has shocked and saddened the world, and…
- 12 Mar 2019 Studio progress The workshop is almost at full power, captain.
February 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
- 29 Oct 2018 Oh Pittsburgh My Pittsburgh friends, my heart goes out to you. And to everyone in the USA who is continually subjected to…
- 24 Oct 2018 Attention Enamellists! you know what time it is…
- 24 Oct 2018 Exhibition – IMAGINE on tour Continuing the tour of this important anti-gun-violence exhibition
September 2018
- 26 Sept 2018 Exhibitions and events! This week: With Other Eyes, next: Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium, the following: Uneasy Beauty
- 22 Sept 2018 STUDIO SALE CONTINUES the sale continues, online and at Fancy, check the previous post for the online deets!
- 20 Sept 2018 STUDIO SALE send me an email with the number of your pick, receive confirmation, make PayPal payment!
- 18 Sept 2018 Announcing.. I’m super-proud to tell you that on Friday my work 1.1.2017 was announced the winner of 2017 Elizabeth R.…
- 14 Sept 2018 Electrical Sale Closing down US studio sale – all electrical equipment must go!
- 08 Sept 2018 Mood: today is my last day in my US studio. it’s actually going ok
- 03 Sept 2018 Studio Sale! Melissa is leaving Seattle after 6.5 years at the start of October
August 2018
July 2018
- 27 July 2018 Global Enamel News Seeking enamel stories. Does not need to be an exhibition notice, but definitely can be!
- 24 July 2018 Monday – Gun day Even I thought we were done with gun-days…
- 06 July 2018 Photo Shoot this Saturday! I suspect it’s too late to apologise for sounding like a broken record…
- 03 July 2018 Monday – Gun Day Jewellery is meant to be worn. Please come wear these pieces for a few hours
June 2018
- 27 June 2018 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Seattle – come help me out on 7/7/18 for a few hours. It will be fun, promise 😉
- 21 June 2018 I Want YOU! To come help me photograph my new artwork that charts one day of gun violence in the USA.
- 09 June 2018 Jewellers who puppet Sound and Shadow – online premiere!
- 07 June 2018 Upcoming enamel class There’s still a few open slots in my upcoming enamel class
May 2018
- 31 May 2018 Can You Help – Update Still seeking containers from specific places in the USA – we’re getting there!
- 22 May 2018 SNAG 2018 So much to see and do at the SNAG conference this week, but try these for starters!
- 22 May 2018 Monday – Gun Day Concluding my research into guns that killed in the USA on January 1st, 2017
- 19 May 2018 Can you help? Searching for containers from specific places in the USA – to be made into art!
- 11 May 2018 Brooch Brunch Check out the beauties at Brooch Brunch in the U District of Seattle on Saturday
April 2018
- 28 Apr 2018 TES Newsletter The Enamelist Society wants your new news, stat. Published in 2 months
- 24 Apr 2018 Monday – Gun Day Incidents 52 + 53 – from the Gun Violence Archive, Jan 1, 2017
- 24 Apr 2018 Pocket Puppets Sound and Shadow – second performance
- 17 Apr 2018 Monday – Gun Day More events from the 1st of Jan, 2017, from the Gun Violence Archive
- 14 Apr 2018 to put into your eyes Shows and books with jewels, oh my!
- 12 Apr 2018 Seattle – Enamel Classs THIS WEEKEND! And one in June…
- 10 Apr 2018 Monday – Gun Day Yeah, it’s simply depressing. Gun violence, from every angle, is horrifying.
- 05 Apr 2018 Puppet Show! Puppet aficionados and jewellery fans unite in this one-night-only shadowy storytelling extravaganza!
- 04 Apr 2018 The Enamelist Society Newsletter I warned you, (did I not warn you?) that I was going to take over the world?
- 03 Apr 2018 Monday – Gun Day The half-way point of incidents of Jan 1st, 2017 is only visible in the rear view mirror. Small mercies.
March 2018
- 31 Mar 2018 Exhibitions – Seattle and Taipei See some of my works at a couple of new shows opening in the next few weeks!
- 30 Mar 2018 DANGERR A Design Competition with Designs Aiming for a New #GunSense Emphasis on Regulations & Reform
- 29 Mar 2018 IMAGINE Peace Now – exhibition tour continues This exhibition, begun in 2016, seems to pick up more relevance as it goes. If you’d like to see it in your…
- 27 Mar 2018 Monday – Gun Day The Gun Day following the 2018 March For Our Lives in the USA
- 21 Mar 2018 Monday/Tuesday Gun-Day A day late, but better late than… a double serving of gun deaths next Monday.
- 13 Mar 2018 Monday – Gun Day There’s a non-hilarious anecdote to open the proceedings, before we get back to the horror at hand.
- 07 Mar 2018 Plate Glass – Closing party! Missed our initial afternoon tea? Well you’re in luck, it’s Tea II – Electric Boogaloo
- 06 Mar 2018 Monday – Gun Day Investigating the guns that killed on January 1st, 2017
- 05 Mar 2018 MJW/Schmuck week 2018 I’m not going, but about 18 of my closest steel and titanium and enamel and silver and gold friends _are_!
- 02 Mar 2018 Pratt Fine Arts Center – Class! Enamel on steel – the basics, as I know them, and advanced techniques like firing peskily-sized pieces
February 2018
- 27 Feb 2018 Monday – Gun Day Starting today at gun #21 in my quest to find out all the guns that killed on Jan 1, 2017
- 24 Feb 2018 Munich Jewellery Week – In Touch Going to Munich Jewellery Week? Schmuck? Well go see In Touch!
- 20 Feb 2018 Explaining Monday – Gun Day Why am I still ranting about guns? Explanation finally comes 16 episodes in.
- 20 Feb 2018 Monday – Gun Day Monday – Gun Day. The weaponse alternate between the default pistols identified earlier in the series.
- 15 Feb 2018 Smitten Forum The one in which I talk about going to the Smitten Forum in Jan of this year. It was ace. Reminiscing…
- 13 Feb 2018 Monday – Gun Day Monday is the day Melissa searches for the guns that killed the first 60 people in the United States in 2017.
- 12 Feb 2018 One month residency opportunity Residency opportunity: iAir 2018: Montana State University International Artist in residence
- 10 Feb 2018 Plate Glass – Seattle opening! Afternoon tea at Fancy? Don’t mind if I do! Come for the plates, stay for the tea!
- 06 Feb 2018 Monday – Gun Day Mondays is when I look up the guns that killed the first 60 people in 2017. All these people died on Jan…
- 06 Feb 2018 Hammer time My work for the Artist Trust Auction, coming up later in February.
- 02 Feb 2018 Plate Glass – in Seattle Plate Glass on tour – a show I curated of enamelists who each worked on a plate at my request. See it in…
January 2018
- 24 Jan 2018 Enamel me Seeking enamel news – please!
- 23 Jan 2018 Monday – gun day Another Monday with more guns, more people dead. Researching a new work, online.
- 19 Jan 2018 This week’s openings More exhibitions open around the USA this weekend.
- 12 Jan 2018 Going to Greenville Going to Greenville, NC. Flight got delayed, so I’ve got a little more time on my hands than originally…
- 09 Jan 2018 Monday – Gun Day Guns for 3 more shooting victims of Jan 1, 2017.
December 2017
- 25 Dec 2017 Mary Berry Y’all Enjoy your solstice festival!
- 20 Dec 2017 Deconstruct/Reconstruct East Carolina University Material Topics Symposium – entitled Deconstruct/Reconstruct – is going to be a…
- 19 Dec 2017 Monday – Gun Day Death #5 for 2017 was 21 year old Mark Giurguis, killed by a police bullet. Dallas PD use the Sig Sauer P226.
- 13 Dec 2017 ████████████████ The post where I earnestly protest the current US government and ask you to help (since my personal protest…
- 12 Dec 2017 Monday – Gun Day A Ruger SR1911 – the answer tothe Colt M1911 from a couple of weeks back, and a Smith and Wesson curve ball.
- 04 Dec 2017 US Exhibitions: North & South Shows at Bellevue Arts Museum and at form & concept. Jewellery is just bouncing around this great big country.
November 2017
- 28 Nov 2017 Monday – gun day There are no guns to report today, which is to say, I have no leads on either of the weapons used against…
- 25 Nov 2017 A plethora Exhibits, exhibitions, shows and prizes!
- 22 Nov 2017 The resistance is growing The resistance is handmade – here’s where to get your hands on it.
- 21 Nov 2017 Monday – gun day Monday – Gun Day | The Glock 17 issue.
- 18 Nov 2017 Tasting Tales from the Toolbox Melissa got a book that she is in, and it’s a good book, with so many beautiful friends inside. One to…
- 14 Nov 2017 Monday – gun day A picture of a Colt M1911, and some text as to why that drawing ended up on a jewellery blog.
- 07 Nov 2017 Monday – Gun Day It’s gun day, and we’re talking about pistols. And the amounts of handguns…
- 07 Nov 2017 Nancy’s Sewing Basket is closing The store with my favourite room in all of Seattle is as old as me, and it’s closing…
October 2017
- 31 Oct 2017 Monday – gun day Trying to find out details of the gun that killed Quonterio Davis, a Jefferson, Missouri resident, in Jan…
- 27 Oct 2017 Ring Master Melissa does not claim to be a master of the ring form, she admits in this post to only having made about a…
- 24 Oct 2017 Monday – gun day Documenting guns in the USA.
- 19 Oct 2017 Ring Master – opening next Friday, Oct 27th Ring Master – I’ve just sent more rings to Bilk for this upcoming show!
- 17 Oct 2017 Monday – Gun day Monday – gun day, 2. Click through to see what 33,636 guns looks like.
- 10 Oct 2017 Monday – gun day Melissa’s work from 2013/14 called The Gun has sold to the Museum of Art at the University of Iowa
September 2017
- 25 Sept 2017 Speaking Out Exhibition – opens Wednesday Speaking Out: Art & Politics in Words – September 27, 2017 – November 10, 2017. Home meet the artists at the…
- 23 Sept 2017 Beijing calling… A quick question – did you enter the Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition?
- 16 Sept 2017 1 book and 3 deadlines Melissa is in Narrative Jewelry: tales from the toolbox, edited by Mark Fenn. Are you in it too?
- 01 Sept 2017 Enamel workshop and talk – next week Melissa will be enameling and talking about enameling for all comers in Oakland next week. Come along!
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
- 24 May 2017 drawing a line between Facere in Seattle to the SNAG conference in New Orleans… Melissa’s work stays in Seattle while she’s debuting new Resist pieces at SNAG in NOLA!
- 23 May 2017 this week in NOLA Come see my Escalation series works Sword and Gun at Making America Great at SNAG in Nola, May 25 + 26, 2017.
- 12 May 2017 Forces now on in Sydney! Forces, an exhibition in North Sydney at the wonderful Studio 20/17 Project Space, run by Bridget Kennedy
- 03 May 2017 shared concerns – more details Glad to get this off my chest… Shared Concerns, opening at Bilk, 6pm – 5th May, 2017.
- 01 May 2017 Drawing the Line @ Facèré in Seattle Melissa is exhibiting at a group show at Facèré Jewelry Art in Seattle. Lecture and opening: Wednesday, May…
April 2017
- 28 Apr 2017 SMG and the Wawona Launched in 1897, the Wawona was the largest three-masted sailing schooner ever built in North America. The…
- 26 Apr 2017 Shared Concerns in Canberra The concerned citizens are having a show, about the concerns that used to concern them. Perhaps these are…
- 14 Apr 2017 Vote for more IMAGINE Peace Now Boris Bally must not sleep, so please vote for the IMAGINE show to keep touring so he can get some rest! Me,…
- 12 Apr 2017 social unit Melissa is showing a collection of new works in the Drawing the Line exhibiiton at Facèré in Seattle,…
March 2017
February 2017
- 14 Feb 2017 Imagine Peace Now – RSVP, books and Metalsmith article A post about guns, and where you can see them. With a snow-friend chaser.
- 11 Feb 2017 More upcoming I’m getting about, gadding about, even. If you want to see me in the flesh, try checking these places:
- 09 Feb 2017 Radical Jewelry Makeover Radical Jewelry Makeover. It’s like a perpetual motion machine, which if you think about it really fits…
- 08 Feb 2017 IMAGINE Peace Now The Imagine show featuring decommissioned weapons is on soon in Boston.
January 2017
- 31 Jan 2017 Ben Lignel called me young..! The one in which Ben Lignel did not call me young, but I bang on about it as if he did 😉
- 28 Jan 2017 BAM Biennial – last days Last days to see my work at Bellevue Arts Museum as a part of Metalmorphosis
- 14 Jan 2017 in the spirit of repair… Repair and Renewal: Making Things Whole Again – the 2017 Curated “Exhibition in Print” for Metalsmith wants…
- 07 Jan 2017 Happy New Year! It’s been a while but it was inevitable. I’m back after a month off, and with a lot to tell you!
December 2016
November 2016
- 30 Nov 2016 Resist – in a store near you! Orange is the new black, or is it? Blue is the new colour, the colour of the resistance.
- 20 Nov 2016 Unexpected – Exhibition opening – Vancouver Unexpected – I’m going to be in Canada for the opening of this show!
- 19 Nov 2016 IMAGINE – already open! I.M.A.G.I.N.E. PEACE NOW Opens in Greenville, North Carolina. Yep, the upper Carolina, not the bottom one…
- 16 Nov 2016 Seattle Trunk Show – Thursday! This trunk show at Danaca Design is where I’ll debut my blues. Come along!
- 11 Nov 2016 Resist Body/Politic is getting some enamelled sistren, and I’m having a trunk show!
- 10 Nov 2016 For anyone experiencing grief Something for people who are grieving today.
- 04 Nov 2016 From the ephemeral to the very corporeal Dancing and driving. Some thoughts about writing and how to help Combat Paper get a new van.
October 2016
- 26 Oct 2016 Bits and Bobs: a collaborative jewelry show curated by Tegan Wallace I’ve taken one of Tegan Wallace’s unfinished works and turned it into jewellery. It goes on exhibit this…
- 07 Oct 2016 Tanya Lippe’s Lunch Box Tanya Lippe’s Lunch Box – as it was before
- 07 Oct 2016 My House – Tanya Lippe’s Lunch Box Images of my latest work, as installed at the Bellevue Arts Museum.
- 04 Oct 2016 Forget Them Forget Them – but can we? A show about charms, amulets and talismans at Brooklyn Metal Works. Check it out!
- 01 Oct 2016 In today’s Seattle Times An image of Melissa’s wok is in the newspaper, along with a insightful commentary about Micki Lippe’s piece…
September 2016
- 23 Sept 2016 Being in the world Auction for Aid – contemporary jewellery to help the current refugee crisis, and Alliages, with their new…
- 20 Sept 2016 And like Bilk just announced… Melissa’s been acquired. It’s ok, she didn’t go cheap…
- 17 Sept 2016 Conference Papers Geeet your used conference papers here!
August 2016
- 31 Aug 2016 Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial – Metalmorphosis The Bam Biennial starts next week – see you at the opening!
- 30 Aug 2016 A hint of enamel There’s a hint of enamel going on…
- 19 Aug 2016 Mari Funaki Award 2016 Gallery Funaki in Melbourne is once again hosting the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery. Head out…
- 17 Aug 2016 Laser Cutting Laser cutters. I know you want them, well here they are. Be kind to them, they are pretty great.
- 09 Aug 2016 Imagine Melissa is in an upcoming show about guns – this one not of her own making. The irrepressible Boris Bally is…
July 2016
June 2016
- 27 June 2016 New Class at Danaca Design I’m teaching at Danaca Design in the U District of Seattle very soon. Get amongst it!
- 06 June 2016 Heat Exchange II in Germany – II Heat Exchange 2 is at its second venue in Germany. Check it out here
- 01 June 2016 Blogging on blogging, and making on making Some interesting writin’/readin’ are set out for your review/avoidance.
May 2016
April 2016
- 25 Apr 2016 Spoke too soon… The 2016 exhibiotn of Body Politic closes at Bilk Gallery in Canberra on the 30th of April. Get along quick!
- 22 Apr 2016 Nadia Myre and Sheryl Oring Nadia Myre and Sheryl Oring – images used without permission, please contact me should you want them taken…
- 21 Apr 2016 Body Politic – last days It’s to late not to sound like a broken record, so here goes (*in pleading voice*) go see my shooow!
- 02 Apr 2016 Body Politic in the Canberra Times If you’re in Canberra you can pick up a newspaper with me in it today 😉
March 2016
- 29 Mar 2016 Body Politic: the interview The post in which I tell you about another article on the interwebs.
- 18 Mar 2016 Friends, politicians, Canberrans, lend me your bodies… My solo exhibition Body Politic is open in Canberra; come down from 6pm tonight for the opening celebration!
- 09 Mar 2016 Body Politic Find me at Bilk Gallery in Canberra next week for the opening of my first solo show in that city!
February 2016
- 17 Feb 2016 Some flight reading Reading about drones and gold. What a match!
- 10 Feb 2016 Intimate Immensities Garland. A new magazine, and I have a hard copy, and I’m in the online exhibition
- 08 Feb 2016 I heart Asheville / Melissa does SNAGnext 2016 I’m speaking at SNAGnext, and I’ll be involved in a show at Penland, and I’ll be in the trunk show..!
- 08 Feb 2016 Heat Exchange: Symposium at St. Andrews Museum Heat Exchange Symposium in Scotland! Go see the immense superpower Elizabeth Turrell talk about enamel.…
- 02 Feb 2016 #Deadline When is a Deadline not a Deadline? Well, this is not a post full of them, but it is still a post about a…
January 2016
- 29 Jan 2016 Me-namel! Enamelling is a great way to protect jewellery made from mild steel and is easy to master. Come join me in a…
- 22 Jan 2016 slow… slow.. slow. FAST! Been makin. Yup, that’s why it’s been quiet. Been travellin too – check that out on Instagram 😉
- 02 Jan 2016 Meanwhile, on the AJF website… More writing, by me, and by others, available elsewhere…
- 01 Jan 2016 Deadlines December 2015 Da daa daaaa…. Deadlines!
December 2015
- 16 Dec 2015 Stand down! BAM’s Metalmorphosis application deadline has been moved to the end of the month. Chill!
- 15 Dec 2015 Synchronicity Synchronised exhibits and articles – the planets align for one sweet week in the world of enamel on jewels!
- 15 Dec 2015 Heat Exchange II in Scotland! Heat Exchange is on the move – see it at St Andrews Museum until the end of Feb 2016.
- 01 Dec 2015 Material Concerns – Part II Susan and The Ribbon Room at NAncy’s Sewing Basket.
November 2015
- 20 Nov 2015 Material Concerns: Georgetown Material Concerns – some writing I’ve been doing, with materiality as a loose theme.
- 16 Nov 2015 Deadlines November 2015 Deadlines. Srsly.
- 14 Nov 2015 Bright! Bright! Get some bright jewels among your bling – go on, you know you want to!
- 10 Nov 2015 For your eyes and ears For your reading/viewing pleasure – a few links I’m getting all ‘up in the grill’ of.
October 2015
September 2015
- 29 Sept 2015 20th Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium! 20 years of symposium shenanigans in Seattle. It’s a minor miracle (trust me, I’d know..!)
- 22 Sept 2015 a kinda Deadlines addendum… some not-so-deadliney-yet-still-related action
- 21 Sept 2015 Deadlines September 2015 DdEeAaDdLlIiNnEeSs.
- 10 Sept 2015 Melbourne Jeweller Thanks to Karen T of Melbourne Jeweller.
- 09 Sept 2015 rose turk—o A new gallery is opening up in Richmond, VA, USA, and I’m in the first show, Angles, curated by The Dame!…
- 04 Sept 2015 Heat Exchange 2 – Craft in the Bay Heat Exchange 2 opens soon! Then the world of HE enamel goes on tour.
August 2015
- 30 Aug 2015 Art Jewelry: Strong Voices Art Jewelry: Strong Voices – Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Maine
- 29 Aug 2015 Deadlines Extra!! Schmuck/Talente!! Aw geez, I left off the big one, sorry folks. But hey, now it gets it own post!
- 28 Aug 2015 Deadlines August 2015 it’s back! And I’ve inserted a gratuitous Black Books reference to celebrate – now you just gotta find it.
- 27 Aug 2015 Vessel – Permeable Subject It’s been a long time coming – and no, I’m not just talking about this blog post!
July 2015
June 2015
- 25 June 2015 Deadlines June 2015 da da da daaaa, heeey-eyyy Dead-lines…
- 24 June 2015 More Mixed Messages yup, I’m practically Sir-Mix-a-Lot
- 20 June 2015 Mixed messages Mixed messages
- 04 June 2015 Mapping jewellery schools – part II Melissa gets schools of jewellery schools. Or schooled on schools. Either way, schools ahoy!
- 02 June 2015 Mapping jewellery schools Melissa mapped a few jewellery schools that she knows of. Can you add some?
May 2015
- 29 May 2015 JMGA Sydney 2015 Back from #SnagBoston, now shilling for the Sydney JMGA conference.
- 20 May 2015 #SnagBoston #SnagBoston #2015 #Jewellery #fun @thejewellist
- 19 May 2015 Deadlines May 2015 Fully deadlined.
- 03 May 2015 Enamel on Steel – a weekend workshop Enamel on Steel – weekend workshop at Pratt in Seattle, with ME!
April 2015
- 30 Apr 2015 Tomorrow night! Part B, Sin Título, Mexico. Melissa, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Washington. Lots of stuff going on…
- 26 Apr 2015 Blog Shenanigans Shenanigans are afoot. You’ve been warned.
- 24 Apr 2015 Insta-nonsense Melissa joined Instagram. See pictures of stuff she hasn’t gotten around to popping up here just yet…
- 23 Apr 2015 One Design – the video Melissa’s One Design exhibition video from last year is now on YouTube for SNAG. Check it out!
- 22 Apr 2015 On Show There’s a few places to see my work these next few weeks – especially in you’re in Seattle!
- 18 Apr 2015 Deadlines April 2015 Deadlines.
- 15 Apr 2015 Upcoming lecture: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Melissa was New York, Seattle, Perth and Melbourne via LA and Brisbane in the last month. Now she’s back in…
- 08 Apr 2015 Opening Friday in Melbourne Melissa is having her first solo show of her intricate hand-sawn objects at Bini Gallery in Collingwood.…
- 04 Apr 2015 Opening Monday in New York, amongst a slew of events… the Radical Jewelry Makeover project from 2013 is back on the move – see it in NY now!
- 01 Apr 2015 Melissa @ BIMA Melissa will be speaking at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art on the 30th of April 2015. If you’re in…
March 2015
- 25 Mar 2015 Object Evolution Object Evolution: Jewellery from Objects by Melissa Cameron. April 10 – 30 at Bini Gallery Contemporary…
- 21 Mar 2015 Deadlines March 2015 d.e.a.d.l.i.n.e.s.
- 15 Mar 2015 Start spreading the news… Off to NY to enamel the town red, but I’m going to be enamelling in other places too…
- 05 Mar 2015 Comments – Opening Tonight The Comments exhibition, curated by Michelle Genders, opens at Gaffa Gallery in Sydney tonight
February 2015
- 28 Feb 2015 Enamel time! It’s enamel time!
- 27 Feb 2015 The coda to Pheeew-weee! The coda to Pheeew-weee! from yesterday. Swings and roundabouts, folks, swings and roundabouts.
- 26 Feb 2015 Pheeew-weee! I’s been tight in the studio – Melissa hasn’t been able to move for deadlines!
- 20 Feb 2015 Deadlines February 2015 There’s a long list of Deadlines this month. Grab a cup of tea and get into them!
- 04 Feb 2015 Deadline Extension Deadline EXTENSION! Get into it!
- 03 Feb 2015 Unlimited Substance Melissa is a part of Michelle Genders’ ‘Unlimited Substance’ series of exhibitions at Gaffa
January 2015
- 26 Jan 2015 Metalsmith Magazine Melissa is on the Metalsmith Editorial Advisory Committee. Look out!
- 15 Jan 2015 Thanks to The Carrotbox! Melissa’s pieces, as posted on the blog *here* have lepts onto the pages of The Carrotbox, a long running…
- 14 Jan 2015 Deadlines January 2015 The Deadlines. January 2015
- 10 Jan 2015 New in Enamel on Steel – Some Insights this one is for you enamel enthusiasts
- 08 Jan 2015 Estonia! Get amongst the jewels! The Words & Works from a World Away (Sõnad ja tööd sealt kaugelt) Austraalia ja Eesti ehted ja objektid…
December 2014
- 25 Dec 2014 Happy over-eating It’s time for all y’all to take a day off, enjoy some sun, snow or rain, and thinking about the impending…
- 20 Dec 2014 Deadlines December 2014 December Deadlines, cold or hot, depending on how you take this month’s feasting…
- 19 Dec 2014 Co:operation Garnish – sample works The Co:operation Garnish experiment between Melissa + Sean Macmillan has already netted 2 neckpieces!
- 13 Dec 2014 Co:operation Garnish Cooperation, collaboration, unification. By makers who are about 6 or 7 hours flying time from one another.
- 04 Dec 2014 Click to help Studio 20/17 in Sydney! That’s what it says. Clicks will help this little gallery get a big website makeover!
- 03 Dec 2014 The One Design Workshop in Perth gets Baubled! One Design in the hands of a team of makers becomes a few more designs with a few more designers. Confused?…
November 2014
- 21 Nov 2014 Deadlines November 2014 Deadlines – now with added tenure track teaching positions..!
- 12 Nov 2014 OD at CM Melissa has self-toured her One Design show, it’s currently hanging about at Contemporary Metal in Osbourne…
- 10 Nov 2014 Liquid Enamel for Steel and Copper Enamel, enamel, enamel, enamel, enamel, enamel, enamel – come hear me say enamel a bunch more times..!
- 04 Nov 2014 Interview on Klimt02 Klimt02 came over to my house/studio for a chat in August. It was lovely talking to Sanna and the…
October 2014
- 31 Oct 2014 One Design Workshop – Perth Edition! One Design is on it’s last few paces around the country – it’s leaping its way to Perth next weekend. Come…
- 31 Oct 2014 One Design at NorthCity4 One Design has been traveling – it had a great time in Melbourne, as did I!
- 23 Oct 2014 One Design in Perth! Melissa’s One Design exhibition is going to Perth as a part of it’s Australian adventure.
- 22 Oct 2014 Melbourne Countdown! Northcity4 Vs Jewellist at Large. It’s ON!
- 20 Oct 2014 Symposium 2014 The Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium 2014 was a great event. Were you there? Then share!
- 18 Oct 2014 Deadlines October 2014 Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Deadlines!
- 14 Oct 2014 Melbourne Exhibition! the One Design exhibition is travelling. See you soon!
- 09 Oct 2014 Northcity4 needs YOU! Hello my fellow Victorians. Today we must all vote, for more green!
- 02 Oct 2014 Schmuck + Talente 2015 time-shifted If you’ve already applied – enjoy the smugness, if now, the Schmuck and Talente deadlines have been shifted.
September 2014
- 28 Sept 2014 Thoughts and works The internet, a place where you might have a lot going on… Or not?
- 23 Sept 2014 Grids Bin Dixon-Ward! With thanks to Craft in Melbourne.
- 22 Sept 2014 Deadlines September 2014 Coming up from behind – more deadlines!
- 17 Sept 2014 Lock ’em in A couple of dates for your diaries, not to mention for me and mine…
- 09 Sept 2014 One Design in Melbourne – can you help it tour? One Design really wants to tour the country, but to get a space in Melbourne I NEED YOUR HELP!!
- 08 Sept 2014 One Design, 10 Artisans The participants of the One Design workshop at Studio 20/17 seem to have had a whale of a time. Huzzah!
- 05 Sept 2014 And for more writing about jewellery… Weddings, rings and mini meat pies. This post has it all!
August 2014
- 28 Aug 2014 Writing about jewellery Writing about jewellery is like… Communicating about communication.
- 23 Aug 2014 Group Exhibitions Want to see my work? Well, if you’re in Italy or San Diego in late August of 2014, then you’re ship has just…
- 22 Aug 2014 Deadlines August 2014 Deadlines. More than you can poke a stick – or even a soldering pick – at!
- 21 Aug 2014 19th Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium Announcing the 19th Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium – I’m going to be there, so get amongst it!
- 20 Aug 2014 Only a couple of places left!! One Design – the workshop. Taking place Saturday the 23rd of August at Studio 20/17 in Sydney.
- 08 Aug 2014 Heat Exchange 2 Hanging out in Erfurt, Germany. Doing a bunch of enamelling at the Künstlerwerkstätten, and generally…
July 2014
- 31 July 2014 Opening This Week! I’ve got stuff on. I know, I know, we’re all doing stuff… 😉
- 29 July 2014 Continuing the blog tour… A blog about blogging.
- 27 July 2014 Joyaviva: Bolivia and Chile Joyaviva: a jewellery exhibition or a marathon? It’s got to be the longest running charm show ev-ah 😉
- 24 July 2014 Deadlines July 2014 Collected deadlines for jewellery artists for exhibitions, competitions, awards, print opportunities and so…
- 17 July 2014 Tonight in Melbourne! EMM – Ethical makers talking about making ethically.
- 15 July 2014 It’s done! The One Design exhibiiton of Melissa’s works opens in Sydney on the 1st of August, 2014.
- 12 July 2014 Something something, trumpet something Thanks to fellow jewellist and twitterer Sam Mitchell @Sugarsamnolia I can share this image of my work, as…
June 2014
- 27 June 2014 In the current Metalsmith a couple of smiths are in Metalsmith. This surprises who? Melissa is surprisingly pleased.
- 18 June 2014 Deadlines June 2014 Deadlines. For things. Jewellery related.
- 18 June 2014 A meditation on place Fran Alison from NZ has made this beautiful meditation: Conversations About Contemporary Jewellery: Locating…
- 05 June 2014 Lasers and welders and sanders, oh my! A couple of things. I’m working hard on pieces for the One Design exhibition – I’m just about done with the…
May 2014
- 31 May 2014 Out & about – jewels & jewellers August, Erfurt and Artist Trust. Heat Exchange 2. All the haps, chaps 😉
- 23 May 2014 One Design: Exhibition and Workshop If you follow the Klimt02 newsletter (and why wouldn’t you?) you might have seen a few hints about what I’m…
- 19 May 2014 Deadlines May 2014 So.Many.Deadlines…
- 17 May 2014 The sky is falling? Don’t Believe the Hype.
- 02 May 2014 Earthly Delights: Metalsmiths Inspired by Nature Blue Tin Set, a classic Melissa Cameron Brooch/Pin/Container combo from recycled materials, visits Chicago.
- 01 May 2014 Deadlines April 2014 Hmm, does anybody have the time? Whoa, well, better late than never, right?? If you’re keen on more recent…
April 2014
- 30 Apr 2014 Mexico City – Sin Título meets Part B (or at least one straggling representative…) Sin Título, meet Part B. Part B: Sin Título. There now, isn’t that much better??
- 23 Apr 2014 SNAG Conference 2014 Melissa is off to Minneapolis. Jealous?!
- 19 Apr 2014 The need to rename Craft – a gender issue? Craft. The other C word. It’s a bit of a crunt, if I’m honest…
- 17 Apr 2014 Mexico City – The forum Melissa is still in Coyoacán, Mexico. This is the 2nd of 3 posts on the subject, so if you’re already…
- 16 Apr 2014 Mexico City – Joyaviva Opening Melissa travels to Mexico City for the opening of Joyaviva – Jewellery form Across the Pacific
- 08 Apr 2014 Radical Jewelry Makeover is Open! More shenanigans in Richmond. Of the Virginian variety.
- 03 Apr 2014 Deadlines Update As is my wont, I’ve just updated the March deadlines with a couple of juicy call-outs. You can check it out…
- 03 Apr 2014 Call for papers Call for papers for c+de#7 2015 is now open. (c+de#7 = craft and design enquiry, issue 7)
March 2014
- 30 Mar 2014 Joyaviva Mexico Joya Viva Mexico. Get amongst it!
- 24 Mar 2014 Deadlines March 2014 Deadlines. The deadliest.
- 19 Mar 2014 Put a pod on it Quatrefoils. That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout.
- 14 Mar 2014 I went to: Richmond! Richmond, VA, not Richmond, VIC. I like ’em both, but I still prefer VIC. Don’t tell anyone, we can keep…
- 08 Mar 2014 I went to: Asheville and Penland! Melissa goes to: Asheville and Penland. This is her report.
- 05 Mar 2014 I went to: Kent State! Oh hi, I went to Ohio 😉
February 2014
- 25 Feb 2014 New website! Talking about my new site and a rare ode to my fave website developer, Bruce II.
- 24 Feb 2014 Enamel Workshop Melissa is teaching liquid enamel on copper and steel at Pratt in Seattle. Come along, the 2 day course is a…
- 17 Feb 2014 Deadlines February 2014 The 15th of March is shaping up to be a big day for getting your entries in – check it out below. I haven’t…
- 12 Feb 2014 Heading east-side Like a buzzard, like a bird, I’m getting out an about in realbody 😉
- 05 Feb 2014 Any questions? The artist will now take questions. Please?!
- 02 Feb 2014 Refined VIII: Makers Choice Refined is on at SFASU in Texas. Check it out if you’re in the area!
January 2014
- 29 Jan 2014 Danaca Enamel Workshop 2 My enamel practice for 2014 started with teaching a Saturday mini-workshop at a local jewellery studio here…
- 17 Jan 2014 January Deadlines 2014 New year, new Deadlines. Deadlines January 2014.
- 16 Jan 2014 Opening tomorrow night! Aran Galligan is having a show in Seattle. Check it!
- 15 Jan 2014 Enroll now! Vitreous enamel, kiln fired enamel, liquid enamel, brushable enamel, glass fused to metal. Yup, I know all…
- 10 Jan 2014 The low down Get a round, round, round, I get around….
- 07 Jan 2014 Sup Brooch Some jewellery made specifically for men.. Or with men in mind… Well, for the Sup Brooch call out, let’s…
December 2013
- 25 Dec 2013 Merry Feasting We wish you a merry feasting and a Happy New Year!
- 18 Dec 2013 Deadlines December 2013 Deadlines for entries etc, December 2013 issue.
- 16 Dec 2013 Blacksmithing Blacksmithing. Yup, bitches, I’m almost as hard as you are!
- 10 Dec 2013 Hello Portugal! Melissa has work in the Europe, at Gallery Tereza Seabra in Portugal.
- 06 Dec 2013 Uniques Sale Snag’s Uniques Sale – now on!
November 2013
- 26 Nov 2013 Monash Visit 2013 Monash University – a tour of the new jewellery studios from July 2013.
- 23 Nov 2013 Bodywork: now in Port Macquarie Bodywork Australian Jewellery 1972-2012
- 20 Nov 2013 Deadlines November 2013 Dead. Lines.
- 16 Nov 2013 and speaking of enamel, as I was earlier this week… Experiments in enamel. On steel. With rust. Steel rust. So it’s steel on enamel on steel. A steel sandwich.
- 13 Nov 2013 Space Space. XYZ. Made for anti-tv.
- 06 Nov 2013 String theory Melissa takes a line for a walk.
October 2013
- 31 Oct 2013 A spot of housekeeping G’day groovers. In case you hadn’t spotted it I’ve added an email subscription button –> just on the right…
- 26 Oct 2013 Metalsmith Reviews Melissa is reviewed in Metalsmith. As is Once More With Love, another show from Australia in 2012.
- 24 Oct 2013 Whoops Melissa breaks a ring. She’s about to go fix it. You’ll see…
- 16 Oct 2013 Deadlines October 2013 Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Will they never cease?
- 13 Oct 2013 Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium – NEXT WEEKEND! Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium – NEXT WEEKEND in Seattle. See you there!
- 11 Oct 2013 Enamel Workshop Melissa teaches an enamelling course in Seattle. Here’s what went down!
- 07 Oct 2013 So, back to Melbourne in July… Melissa finally finishes up what she was talking about in August… In October! Yes, it’s the last of her 2013…
September 2013
- 28 Sept 2013 **Deadlines Special** Schmuck 2013 The deadlines for submitting works for the 2013 Talente and Schmuck jurying have been pushed back. Check it!
- 24 Sept 2013 two things: News from Portland Melissa goes to Portland. Shenanigans…
- 19 Sept 2013 Deadlines September 2013 Fresh deadlines. Get ’em here!
- 14 Sept 2013 More on enamel Ever wondered what the grip goat or ground coat was called on the notoriously-hard-to-fathom Thompson Enamel…
- 11 Sept 2013 Enamel on Steel – Workshop!! Melissa is teaching an enamel workshop in Seattle. Look here if you wanna come down!
- 02 Sept 2013 Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals Melissa’s works are all over the place. OK, so they’re just, in Australia, China and America, but hey,…
August 2013
- 27 Aug 2013 Recently, in Melbourne… Melissa moved on from BrisVegas to M-Town last month. Here’s what happened…
- 14 Aug 2013 Deadlines August 2013 Deadlines here, get your fresh deadlines here!!
- 10 Aug 2013 JMGA conference 2013 Unlike Vegas, what happens in Brisvegas does not stay in Brisvegas… JMGA conference 2013
- 03 Aug 2013 Laser-awesome How to laser cut – Adam Savage in an entertaining and instructional video. Oh, and The Seekers.
- 02 Aug 2013 Brisbane mania! My first ever trip to Brisbane for the JMGA 2013 conference, or, Brisbania!
July 2013
- 30 July 2013 Snag Conference 2013 Art Jewelry Forum publish lots of things; critique, commentary, reviews, and now a piece by me!
- 30 July 2013 in Melbourne… The Words and Works from a World Away exhibition runs form the 18th of July until the 15th of August 2013,…
- 27 July 2013 Monash in the news + New Work! The Seams Seems show was in the news earlier this month. And I sent some work off to Bilk in Canberra. Don’t…
- 25 July 2013 BrisVegas and M-town – prequel Melissa has been to Australia. But before she left she did some enamelling in Seattle.
- 18 July 2013 Deadlines July 2013 Deadlines for opportunities posted here monthly. Come get ’em while they’re hot!
- 16 July 2013 Hey Melbourne…! Melissa is in Melbourne, two names that were made for one another. Then there’s Words & Works from a World…
- 08 July 2013 Words & Works from a World Away Words & Works from a World Away opens in Melbourne on the 18th of July 2013.
June 2013
- 29 June 2013 Seams, Seems Seams Seems is an exhibition at Monash University featuring alumni from that institution and the Rhode…
- 28 June 2013 JMGA 2013 Participation and Exchange – Toowoomba Road Trip! Going to BrisVegas for the JMGA conference? Go see the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery’s collection of…
- 18 June 2013 Alloy at Touchstone Melissa alloys with the Alloy group.
- 17 June 2013 Jewellery in Korea The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea is currently playing host to a big jewellery show.…
- 15 June 2013 JMGA conference 2013 Melissa is presenting a paper entitled How to become an Artist jeweller: a community Case Study at the JMGA…
- 14 June 2013 Modding ‘Are you a Mod, or a Rocker?’… “I’m a mocker” – Ringo Starr, Hard Day’s Night, 1964.
- 07 June 2013 Deadlines June 2013 Deadlines for artist jewellers all over the place. Get amongst it!
- 02 June 2013 Reading a quote from Esther Knobel from her book ‘The mind in the Hand’, 2008.
- 01 June 2013 Up\Cycle! I’m in a book, I’m in a book, I’m in a book hey hey, hey hey!
May 2013
- 25 May 2013 NOISY! Melissa gets Noisy with Part B, and with Turbo. It’s all in the name of good, LOUD fun 😉
- 24 May 2013 Elizabeth Turrell @ RMIT My good friend Elizabeth Turrell is going to teach an enamelling course at RMIT University in July, entitled…
- 23 May 2013 Deadlines May 2013 Deadlines May 2013. Get ’em while they’re hot!
- 15 May 2013 Snag y’all I’m off to Snag in Toronto tonight. I booked a red eye – much against Cameron company policy (yes, that is…
- 10 May 2013 Part B is freakin loud Melissa joins Part B to get NOISY!
- 09 May 2013 Perth! Melissa went home to Perth, and then home to Melbourne, and now is back at home in Seattle. Confused? So is…
- 02 May 2013 Gilty – Claire McArdle strikes gold Melissa misses out on seeing Gilty in Melbourne. Lucky Claire McArdle has made a video to share the event.…
April 2013
- 30 Apr 2013 backtrack – more Pittsburgh OK, we’re getting meta for a second here. Melissa’s workshop inspires a teacher-in-training to create a…
- 29 Apr 2013 And the bride wore… wood! A wooden necklace for a cabinetmaker. Melissa’s sister is also known as the Lady Tradie.
- 28 Apr 2013 Last day in Pittsburgh Well, my final day in Pittsburgh last month was the day of the Out of Hand show at SCC. I got to have some…
- 17 Apr 2013 Deadlines April 2013 Deadlines for jewellery competitions, conferences, exhibitions and other opportunities.
- 13 Apr 2013 Still in Pittsburghia Melissa is still talking about her week in Pittsburgh. Will it ever end?
- 11 Apr 2013 Pittsburgh… Interrupted Installation images of Melissa’s show in Pittsburgh.
- 08 Apr 2013 SMG Biennial Exhibition The Seattle Metals Guild is having its biennial members exhibition, come check it out!
- 06 Apr 2013 Also in Pittsburgh I spent my third day with ceramicist Yoko Sekino Bové, and we were joined for the second part by her partner…
- 04 Apr 2013 Pittsburgh Melissa goes to Pittsburgh. Shenanigans ensue. And a workshop. This post is primarily about that. The…
- 03 Apr 2013 Denise J Reytan Denise J Reytan. A brilliant jewellery artists, and from the evidence of her workshops, an inspiring and…
March 2013
- 27 Mar 2013 Commission delivered! Melissa shares the fruits of a commission – a ring in stainless steel and a titanium bracelet.
- 19 Mar 2013 Deadlines March 2013 Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines!
- 15 Mar 2013 Lecture at Contemporary Metal I’m giving another lecture, this time it’s open to the public, so long as you can get to Perth in Western…
- 14 Mar 2013 Laser Sintering Melissa discussing laser sintering, as it has recently come to gold.
- 13 Mar 2013 Pretty Fancy Melissa’s works are now stocked in Fancy, a jewellery gallery in downtown Seattle.
- 12 Mar 2013 Ferrous is up! Ferrous – the exhibition of steel jewellery works – is up at Crafthaus. Check it!
- 01 Mar 2013 Going to Pittsburgh Melissa goes to Pittsburgh. Shenanigans ensue (hopefully!)
February 2013
- 26 Feb 2013 Ferrous Melissa has some stainless steel work on show at Velvet da Vinci gallery in San Francisco, along with Aussie…
- 21 Feb 2013 Contemporary Metal A new space in Perth called Contemporary Metal has opened up with Claire Townsend and Philip Noakes at the…
- 20 Feb 2013 BB W+V Badges and Buttons, Waistcoats and Vests gets some interview treatment on Art Jewelry Forum
- 13 Feb 2013 Deadlines February 2013 Upcoming opportunities to exhibit, learn, earn or perhaps even teach, from all over the place (but mostly in…
- 12 Feb 2013 Once More, With Love For the last time (probably) Once More, With Love….!
- 08 Feb 2013 Jewellist, where are you? Melissa is MIA. Well, MOB – missing on blog, really.
January 2013
- 29 Jan 2013 Whoa Nervous System – my long time design/jewellery crush – are making more amazing works.
- 26 Jan 2013 Tinkercad Cad, this time Tinkercad. A new cad program to tinker with.
- 25 Jan 2013 I promised more On Once More, With Love. So here it comes, once more, with love! And in addition to that rather speccy…
- 24 Jan 2013 Can’t stop Recyclerama! Who needs new metal? I don’t!
- 16 Jan 2013 Ex iPod Melissa is making a new work out of a broken iPod. It’s a pretty thing. On the inside.
- 15 Jan 2013 Bags of loot Melissa is sorting between the good, the bad and the broken in her quest to recycled/upcycle some jewellery.
- 12 Jan 2013 Deadlines – January 2013 Deadlines deadlines deadlines deadlines deadlines…
- 08 Jan 2013 Builidng on Ornamenal History More links to do with The Bridge exhibition. This time for the catalogue essay, featured on the SCC blog.
- 01 Jan 2013 More on The Bridge Melissa finds an article about The Bridge exhibition in Pittsburgh.
December 2012
- 28 Dec 2012 and a Happy New Year! Happy Festival of over-eating and gift-giving!
- 21 Dec 2012 Workshop News Melissa is teaching a workshop at Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh in March.
- 20 Dec 2012 Call for Papers: Participation and Exchange – 2013 JMGA Conference The call for papers for the 2013 JMGA conference has just gone out. Will you apply?
- 15 Dec 2012 Jewellery in motion I made a video. Actually, I made two. They are not very interesting, but they have me playing with my work.
- 13 Dec 2012 Deadlines December 2012 Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Git into it!
- 12 Dec 2012 A weekend spent jewelerizing The Seattle Metals Guild takes over the weekend.
- 06 Dec 2012 Dropping in on the Bridge show The Bridge exhibition continues, and with it the Drop In activity I created for the SCC. Sarah Loch-Test, a…
- 05 Dec 2012 Website weevils Melissa has been weevling about on her website. Is weevling a verb? Probably not…
- 04 Dec 2012 Jewel Book 12 – 13 Jewel Book! [to be said in a booming tone, befitting of the weight of the tome and the imposing/pretentious…
November 2012
- 29 Nov 2012 Hotting up back home Shows, shows, shows! If you’re in Melbourne it’s time to go see some shows!
- 28 Nov 2012 New Deadline with Very Close due date The Modern Craft Project – a competition that hopefully you already know about, since the closing date is…
- 27 Nov 2012 Aaaand we’re back Despite contracting The Plague on the flight home, Melissa has decided to take Paperwork Tuesday to Monday…
- 24 Nov 2012 Bridge 12 Enough of the teasing, Melissa finally explains the Bridge 12 show in Pittsburgh.
- 18 Nov 2012 Cheese Bride brooch mk IV. Actually, this time it’s morphed into a hideous bling pendant…
- 08 Nov 2012 Deadlines November 2012 Jewellery competition, learning and exhibition deadlines, November 2012
- 06 Nov 2012 You’re invited! Get down to my new solo exhibition, opening this week in Pittsburgh!
- 02 Nov 2012 PARTICIPATION + EXCHANGE PARTICIPATION + EXCHANGE. JMGA 2013 Conference details announced.
- 01 Nov 2012 Deadline Extension The October Deadlines post has been updated. “What with?” I hear you ask. “Well, it’s this:” Melissa…
October 2012
- 30 Oct 2012 Bilk on Tour – still touring! Bilk on Tour has moved. Catch it if you can, I hear it’s an amazing show.
- 27 Oct 2012 Photo of a photo Melissa shares the invitation to a new show of her work in Pittsburgh and invites you to come along!
- 26 Oct 2012 Classes at the Society for Contemporary Craft Melissa is going to teach a class. If anyone is interested…?
- 19 Oct 2012 Once more with love – in Canberra! Once More With Love – Once more!
- 17 Oct 2012 Deadlines October 2012 Deadlines, get your deadlines… October 2012
- 10 Oct 2012 On the bench Melissa is doing paperwork, but downstairs the bench is awaiting her return…
- 01 Oct 2012 re: Deadlines Schmuck + Talente 2013 entries. Shenanigans afoot. Jewellers beware!
September 2012
- 27 Sept 2012 Earrings! Melissa has some earrings on show, 5 pairs, in fact, at Bilk Gallery in October.
- 26 Sept 2012 Yep Melissa is a jeweller and metalsmith. Sometimes this surprises even her.
- 21 Sept 2012 Arrgh! I’m running late on ye olde blog post this week, sorry y’all. I don’t like when people use the b*** word,…
- 12 Sept 2012 Reflected Perceptions My mate Lousje Skala is having a show. I reckon you should totally get along!
- 07 Sept 2012 Deadlines: September 2012 Deadlines for calls for entry and exhibitions, September 2012 edition
- 06 Sept 2012 Bilk On Tour Melissa’s work is going on tour to Melbourne at the Incinerator gallery
- 01 Sept 2012 Coming up from the south or Rumble in the jungle? Furious debate has broken out! Lookout Australia!
August 2012
- 31 Aug 2012 Emerging Melissa has curated a show of emerging Australian jewellery artists over at Crafthaus.
- 28 Aug 2012 Enamel on Steel: Recently Added Melissa is adding to her blog site all the time. This time it’s onto the Enamel on Steel section once again.
- 21 Aug 2012 A spot of afternoon tea Afternoon tea in late August to celebrate the end of summer, and to see Melissa’s new work before it all…
- 15 Aug 2012 Jewellery – back from Japan Melissa had a show at Gallery CAJ in Kyoto earlier this year. Here’s some of the pieces that went away.
- 09 Aug 2012 Deadlines: August 2012 Deadlines deadlines, deadlines. Get amongst it!
- 08 Aug 2012 Make my day Melissa is spending lots of time underground. Today she’s up for air.
- 01 Aug 2012 Bunker news: the last of The Sieve Melissa now works from her basement in Seattle. She’s finishing off the Sieve series, if that means anything…
July 2012
- 26 July 2012 Joyaviva continues its journey Joyaviva- A show featuring new collaborative works between Melissa and Jill Hermans amongst many others, has…
- 25 July 2012 Once More, With Love Once more, with love, opening very soon.
- 23 July 2012 Enamel on Steel – some insights Enamel on steel. Give it a whirl!
- 21 July 2012 Part B goes to Sydney! Part B goes to Sydney with Oh Opal!
- 18 July 2012 Badges & Buttons, Waistcoasts & Vests Melissa heads to San Francisco for an opening that includes her works at Velvet da Vinci gallery
- 12 July 2012 Wow Alchimia gets accredited. Wonder if it’s retroactive?
- 10 July 2012 Deadlines July 2012 Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Get into it!
- 07 July 2012 A new space is born New blogs, shenanigans afoot on Melissa’s website, and more!
- 04 July 2012 Badges Buttons Waistcoats + Vests Melissa made a few badges for a show in San Francisco. It’s party time in California!
- 03 July 2012 Blast from the past Melissa has a studio. Again. All of it, well, except for the Sparex…
June 2012
- 27 June 2012 Vexing Issues So close, and yet so far. Will the compressor ever get filled?
- 23 June 2012 On Jewellery Melissa is after some schooling in contemporary jewellery writers. Help her out by offering up a name or two.
- 21 June 2012 Melb/Syd cool on the internetz If Melissa doesn’t miss home by now, her reader feed isn’t doing it’s job right…
- 19 June 2012 Way down in the hole Everything’s heavy underground…
- 16 June 2012 Deadlines June 2012 Damn! Melissa forgot to post her May deadlines post. At least some of them are still current this month…
- 15 June 2012 SNAG 2012 pt II Melissa does SNAG in 2012. Part II. In this stream of conscious-like rant she continues the saga. There will…
- 14 June 2012 The Year Was 2006 Shows in Sydney – Melissa’s in one!
- 13 June 2012 SNAG Conference 2012 Melissa at the Society of North American Goldsmith’s conference in 2012.
- 12 June 2012 Care Together-ness
- 08 June 2012 disconnect Melissa should be posting about SNAG shenanigans, but she instead puts up more photos…
- 07 June 2012 there’s so many things I want to say After a break Melissa finally posts, about her studio, the thing taking up all her time.
May 2012
- 26 May 2012 For your ears Melissa on the radio. On the internetz. Fo realz
- 15 May 2012 Borax 08001 Awesome action of takin-it-to-the-streets jewellers-style. Well done Borax 08001. Thanks to Jessica Dare…
- 12 May 2012 The New MCA The extension to the MCA in Sydney has finally been finished and the architect has been out spruiking the…
- 11 May 2012 space Space, the final frontier. Melissa is still exploring it and will no doubt continue til she’s well old.
- 10 May 2012 let me take you on a journey Melissa finally has a space to call STUDIO in Seattle. Let’s all dive in!
- 08 May 2012 All over the shop Melissa gets around. As does her jewellery.
April 2012
- 28 Apr 2012 Deadlines – April 2012 Deadlines – April 2012
- 27 Apr 2012 Free Cad Cad cad cad cad cad cad cad. AutoCad. DraftSight Cad. Cad cad cad cad cad.
- 24 Apr 2012 Oh Opal! Opals, in jewellery? What next!
- 19 Apr 2012 Goings on Heat Exchange. It’s a happening thing.
- 17 Apr 2012 AutoCad LT 2013 – I have it! Melissa + Cad. Don’t get her started…
- 13 Apr 2012 Upcoming exhibition Melissa has her first solo show in Japan, and you’re invited!
- 12 Apr 2012 following on… Melissa is making work, without a studio. Meh, can’t be that hard, can it?
- 11 Apr 2012 something completely different – jewellery! it’s been a while between posts about making, so here’s one to redress the imbalance
- 06 Apr 2012 statusless stateless This is not my beautiful house? This is not my beautiful wife? How did I get here?
- 04 Apr 2012 Making in a space Thinking about thinking about making.
March 2012
- 31 Mar 2012 joy in the little things What is this thing, and why did we fly it 10,000 miles to ask it this question?
- 30 Mar 2012 Deadline!! Sunshine Coast Art Prize – closes tomorrow!
- 28 Mar 2012 Studio News Melissa is in Seattle! Now what happens?
- 27 Mar 2012 Upcoming Deadlines A smattering of upcoming deadlines
- 23 Mar 2012 Jewellery Unleashed! Jewellery Unleashed! The Symposium.
- 22 Mar 2012 Seattle Suppliers Melissa’s review of Seattle Findings. A jewellery supply store. What else?
- 21 Mar 2012 Seattle Melissa just moved to Seattle. Watch the blog become a travel diary…
- 13 Mar 2012 Last look Melissa’s latest solo exhibition closes this coming weekend in Sydney. Check it!
- 12 Mar 2012 goodbye cool wall Melissa is packing. It’s a long work-in-progress.
- 10 Mar 2012 Amazing jewellery app Nervous System. Melissa still has a jewellery crush on what these people can do with jewellery design and…
- 07 Mar 2012 Update – For Sale Melissa’s stuff was for sale. Most of it is now gone…
- 06 Mar 2012 For Sale II More stuff for sale. Tell your friends!
- 06 Mar 2012 For Sale Melissa is selling off her studio, well, the electrically powered parts, anyway.
February 2012
- 28 Feb 2012 In Geometry I Trust – Pt II Melissa has a solo show running in Sydney. She shares some more details of what’s on the walls.
- 24 Feb 2012 In Geometry I Trust Melissa’s solo exhibition ‘In Geometry I Trust’ opens at Studio 20/17 in Sydney in a few days time…
- 20 Feb 2012 Part B Melissa says goodby to Part B by attending her last meet. Sigh…
- 17 Feb 2012 Northside News The Northcity4 is where it’s at. Go to their opening on the 2nd of March and feel the love!
- 17 Feb 2012 Excuse us… There was an outage.. Melissa apologises
- 14 Feb 2012 Meanwhile, at the NGV International Jewellery in the NGV – where it’s at!
- 11 Feb 2012 Now up at Studio 20/17 The new exhibition is coming along nicely, thanks for asking 😉
- 07 Feb 2012 Very Melbourne Art that crosses borders? Harder than it looks…
- 04 Feb 2012 Come to our show! The C3 project finally gets into the gallery, courtesy of the Joyaviva exhibition in Melbourne.
January 2012
- 30 Jan 2012 Finally, something to look at… What’s Melissa up to? Giving us some images, finally!
- 26 Jan 2012 ManJewellery Man + Jewellery = ManJewellery
- 24 Jan 2012 laser vs 3d printing Quick, get the laser! (Beatles movie reference… I’m sorry, I’m actually talking about laser-cutting, not…
- 17 Jan 2012 Post-reading What has postmodernism done for you lately? I heard it doesn’t give a flying duck…
- 13 Jan 2012 A deadline or two The regular Deadlines list. Get amongst it!
- 10 Jan 2012 Blasted! The never-ending saga that is owning a sandblaster…
- 03 Jan 2012 The countdown is on What’s going on at the jewellists bench? A lot, and more besides…
December 2011
- 23 Dec 2011 Happy holidays y’all Merry Crozzle to you and yours, and enjoy yourselves a happy NY too!
- 22 Dec 2011 New earrings, the last of The Sieve, have gone out into the world.
- 21 Dec 2011 guessing game Melissa lays down another architectural vid.
- 20 Dec 2011 I know I mentioned this already… Part B. It’s a club. Made up of jewellers. We rule. True dat.
- 19 Dec 2011 on the road again… Melissa has just been to the ‘States. And now she’s heading back, on a less temporary basis…
- 16 Dec 2011 Part B Part B has a part-y. Come on down!
- 15 Dec 2011 more blog lovin The jewellist mangles some lyrics, and talks up Amy Tavern’s blog
- 14 Dec 2011 and whilst in Perth Melissa visits Perth, and all you get is these pictures…
- 13 Dec 2011 Lurking on the ‘net A cool vid from Anne Spalter.
- 12 Dec 2011 competitions + opportunities upcoming calls for entry – get involved!
- 09 Dec 2011 what about this?! Melissa does advertorial, for a mate, at Square Peg Studios in Sydney.
- 08 Dec 2011 behind the scenes A jumbled collection of things that the jewellist has been up to, whist simultaneously avoiding blogging…
November 2011
- 28 Nov 2011 zee bride: mark III here comes… the Bride
- 24 Nov 2011 wedding bells Melissa makes another ‘bride’ brooch, but can’t yet share the images…
- 23 Nov 2011 fixed Melissa fixes something. Not a big deal, really…
- 22 Nov 2011 ManJewellery Melissa on ManJewellery
- 21 Nov 2011 it’s heating up… Melissa talks about the Heat Exchange project, which is slowly evolving on another corner of the web
- 17 Nov 2011 ManJewellery Part B sent me this invite…
- 16 Nov 2011 More Deadlines Some more deadlines for you conscientious jeweller to think about.
- 15 Nov 2011 Charmed, I’m sure To charm or not to charm, that is the question…
- 14 Nov 2011 more earrings More jewellery has left the bench… Where did it go?
- 11 Nov 2011 sharing is… Melissa reads some stuff, and tells everybody about it.
- 10 Nov 2011 quote Melissa quotes Descartes. Ooohhh, think she’s an intellectual, eh?!?
- 09 Nov 2011 engraving tools Burrs!
- 08 Nov 2011 engraving Melissa has a go at engraving her own name. She’s been writing it, almost legibly, for years. Engraving?…
- 07 Nov 2011 More from Midland Melissa shares more images form the Pattern Shop in the Midland Railway Yards.
- 04 Nov 2011 Midland Atelier Melissa visited a gallery in Perth, next to the Pattern Workshop in the old Midland Railway Yards.
- 03 Nov 2011 Books! Melissa has work in a new book, called Art Jewelry Today.
- 02 Nov 2011 more craft news Save Craft Australia
October 2011
- 31 Oct 2011 Part B Part B is off to Gallery Funaki. Come along!
- 28 Oct 2011 Not a jewellist Art. It’s beautiful. Chloe makes it. She’s beautiful too.
- 27 Oct 2011 Rate this? Melissa sometimes finds goodness on the intertubes, which she then shares. This might not be one of those…
- 26 Oct 2011 I’ve switched to DraftSight Melissa is testing her reserves of intestinal fortitude by switching to a new Cad program after 7 years…
- 25 Oct 2011 Currently on the bench What’s on Mel’s bench? Bits of this plate… In fact almost all of it, except the lemel, which is under it…
- 24 Oct 2011 recent works 3 Melissa shares a couple more works, this time with added enamel!
- 21 Oct 2011 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Melissa’s work Three From Three goes on display in Double Bay, in NSW. Ritzy, eh?
- 20 Oct 2011 recent works 2 Melissa brooches some more recent works…
- 19 Oct 2011 recent works 1 Melissa brooches some recent works…
- 18 Oct 2011 craft news Melissa + Craft = ?
- 17 Oct 2011 BKV works Melissa shows off the works that became finalists in the BKV Prize.
- 14 Oct 2011 Charms, competitions and catalogues Charms, competitions and catalogues, oh my!
- 13 Oct 2011 Crafthaus Contest he yeah, what ever happened to the… Crafthaus Project Grant
- 12 Oct 2011 Upcoming deadlines Upcoming deadlines for works to be submitted for competitions, mostly. OK, there’s a fellowship or two…
- 11 Oct 2011 Day 6 Melissa leaves Seoul, laden with books and souvenirs of a whirlwind trip.
- 10 Oct 2011 Day 5 – More exhibitions Melissa in Seoul. The journey continues…
- 07 Oct 2011 Day 4 – World Jewellery Museum Melissa is still talking about Korea – this time she’s waxing lyrical about the World Jewellery Museum
- 06 Oct 2011 Day 3 Cheongju-Suwon-Seoul-Suwon Today I did some travelling (during which I noticed a curious South Korean phenomenon, the Tree Phone…
- 05 Oct 2011 Day 2 – Cheongju Melissa at the Cheongju Craft Biennale
- 04 Oct 2011 Day 1, Korea Melissa in Korea – Day 1
- 03 Oct 2011 Korea! Melissa in Korea – the week that was, in real time! [see what’s being said here – ? It means ‘more tomorrow’…
- 02 Oct 2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor: part II Tinker tailor – the exhibition, not the rhyme.
September 2011
- 27 Sept 2011 I’m baaaack! Melissa is in the studio. Back soon!
- 23 Sept 2011 T-wit For those of y’all missing the daily dose of jewellism, may I be so bold as to suggest that you head to the…
- 18 Sept 2011 Creativity compacted Melissa shares the concept of congestion and creativity from the polis blog.
- 16 Sept 2011 That’s it, I’m off! Melissa is off to Cheongju. See y’all soon!
- 15 Sept 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor. Some very flowery prose in favour of. *SPOILER* Meli’s in it…
- 14 Sept 2011 how charming Melissa and Jill. Charmers two.
- 13 Sept 2011 Busy busy Melissa shares a link to a post she’s written FOR ANOTHER BLOG! (I don’t want to call her a traitor, but…)
- 12 Sept 2011 I love a bit of vid, me Melissa shares a video. Ain’t the first time, won’t be the last.
- 09 Sept 2011 BKV-Preis 2011 Melissa has work in this year’s BKV Prize in Munich. YAY!
- 08 Sept 2011 Measuring The Space Between There’s a new show in town. Well, it’s a show Melbourne might have seen already, but it’s in a new town…
- 07 Sept 2011 a rapid ring – part 4 Melissa finishes her Rhino + wax built ring, takes too many picture of it, and then wears it.
- 06 Sept 2011 Crafthaus Project Grant So, shamless self promotion eh? Yeah, I dig it…
- 05 Sept 2011 Participation – the day that was Melissa takes it to the streets. Seems the streets are not as mean as she first thought…
- 01 Sept 2011 Participation Your participation is required
- 01 Sept 2011 tomorrow around RMIT Melissa warns the local RMIT populace. Shenanigans afoot…
August 2011
- 31 Aug 2011 get a handle on yourself Melissa gets a handle on things
- 29 Aug 2011 newer news! Part B – where jewellers go to talk jewellery.
- 29 Aug 2011 new news new news! Melissa is doing a workshop this week with Benjamin Lignel.
- 29 Aug 2011 news Melissa has some news about her and Jill’s c3 project
- 26 Aug 2011 speaking of exhibitions Melissa gets into yet another competitive entry show. When will she stop?
- 25 Aug 2011 Exhibition Opportunities Melissa finds some more exhibition opportunities, with a little help from NAVA and twitter
- 24 Aug 2011 Have a beautiful day! Melissa posts a link to wish y’all a nice day.
- 23 Aug 2011 eternally yours… Eternity wins out again
- 22 Aug 2011 Next JMGA conference The JMGA next conference is in Brisvegas, in 2013.
- 19 Aug 2011 Online Exhibition Melissa has images in an online exhibition on Crafthaus. Everybody’s works are pretty groovy.
- 18 Aug 2011 Exhibitions Galore! More exhibitions this month than you can poke a stick at. Melissa tried. Several sticks required.…
- 17 Aug 2011 gold diggers What can be done about high metal prices? Melissa doesn’t really know, but it’s a catchy title, yeah?
- 16 Aug 2011 t t tax . . . Melissa finds doing her taxes a very pleasant experience… That’s because she’s been dutifully preparing all…
- 15 Aug 2011 Weaving – pt II Melissa goes to a park and finds serenity in weaving in the wild.
- 12 Aug 2011 2 surprises earlier this week Melissa meets Blanche. Blanche is awesome.
- 11 Aug 2011 Practically Christmas! Melissa will be hanging out at RMIT a lot this month…
- 10 Aug 2011 Superfertile Melissa finds jewellery based on wounds through Italian blog site. Coincidence?
- 09 Aug 2011 More on the Raphael Prize Melissa’s work is now going to Pittsburgh…
- 08 Aug 2011 Buda Silver @ The Arts Centre Melissa’s award winning Buda work goes on display in its new home; the Arts Centre in Melbourne.
- 05 Aug 2011 A couple of calls… There’s some deadlines coming up for artist grants. Get into it!
- 04 Aug 2011 Last word on Love Lace Melissa’s works; as installed in Love Lace at The Powerhouse, Sydney.
- 03 Aug 2011 Part B Part B this Sunday – you know the drill.
- 02 Aug 2011 more of interesting: this time online Melissa shares some more recycled material architectureal goodness.
- 01 Aug 2011 this looks interesting… Looking at an upcoming show with Maryann Talia Pau + Emma Greenwoodnat Craft Vic.
July 2011
- 26 July 2011 More Lace Love Lace? Melissa is in the show and heads to Sydney for the opening tomorrow.
- 25 July 2011 Weaving Workshop Melissa goes to weaving school.
- 22 July 2011 more art on the way to art Brooch backs. Never to be seen from this angle again. Pity about the poor image…
- 21 July 2011 Jocale II Jocale – according to the online Latin dictionary it means jewel, though according to Wikipedia, it traces…
- 20 July 2011 More friends Stuff Melissa’s friends do. Jewellery related. But of course!
- 19 July 2011 Making a case… Before: Melissa has a complete powder case.
- 18 July 2011 Cheongju 2011 Melissa’s entry to 2011’s Cheongju Craft Competition in Korea
- 15 July 2011 Jocale Some buddies are having a show at c3 in Abbotsford. Get along!
- 14 July 2011 more jewellery! New work. Earrings, earrings, earrings, earrings, earrings…. earrings.
- 13 July 2011 Particles Part B – a meeting point for jewellers.
- 12 July 2011 The Raven and The Fishes I have a blog post I just did on Crafthaus. More of the same as what you get here, but with some different…
- 11 July 2011 weaving Workshop fever – not mine, but going to do someone elses 😉
- 08 July 2011 gold fever Gold on tap. Well, not quite… But as easy to get as a can of… sweet bubbly beverage.
- 07 July 2011 go see Melissa talks up Taë, another Melbourne-based jewellist.
- 06 July 2011 sometimes Melissa makes owls on the way to making art
- 05 July 2011 competition The AJF announces this yea’rs emerging artist competition
- 04 July 2011 website Web shenanigans at Casa di Cameron.
- 01 July 2011 solar sintering Solar sintering video. Genius!
June 2011
- 30 June 2011 Love Lace Melissa’s works are up on the Love Lace site. So are lots of other peoples!
- 29 June 2011 brooches Melissa shows some rather Autumnal brooches. They *were* made last month…
- 28 June 2011 been shopping Melissa’s been shopping for materials. Special materials. Rusted old ones. Best kind.
- 27 June 2011 Silver at the Arts Centre Melissa finds out what other silverware the Arts Centre has in their Maxwell and Merle Carroll collection.
- 24 June 2011 paranoid android Today, a little off-topic, a music vid.
- 23 June 2011 tin can Melissa has found some of the cheapest material to work with. Tin cans.
- 22 June 2011 The kiln finally speaks Melissa is working on her kiln, but the kiln is working on her too…
- 21 June 2011 more about Bilk Melissa features on a Bilk blog post. Yay!
- 20 June 2011 earrings Melissa’s earrings are now in Canberra!
- 16 June 2011 The Paduans are Coming! A new show of Paduan jewellers opens at RMIT gallery tomorrow. Yipee!
- 15 June 2011 Supakitch + Koralie A video of some impressive art being ‘installed’
- 14 June 2011 Ted Talk An architect who thinks more like a jewellist…
- 13 June 2011 calligraphy Melissa drawls about scrawls.
- 09 June 2011 clear the stage What the world needs now is more jewellery blogs. Really, I mean it!
- 08 June 2011 All New! Confetti or sequins… You be the judge
- 07 June 2011 kiln! k-i-l-n !
- 06 June 2011 Buda 2011 Melissa went to Buda in Castlemaine, and came home with a prize!
- 03 June 2011 Devotion Auction The auctioned works have all found loving new homes. Awww.
- 02 June 2011 how many jewellers… Melissa is flapping her digits in the wind, to show she’s not surprised…
- 01 June 2011 sketchbook Melissa sketches
May 2011
- 31 May 2011 I made a boo boo Melissa saws. Into herself.
- 30 May 2011 Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America Are you a designer/artist/custom jeweller? Then this one is for you!
- 27 May 2011 Auction – tomorrow night! Auction for Japan – tomorrow night in Melbourne
- 26 May 2011 Part B Part B – if I don’t spruik it, who will?
- 25 May 2011 Raphael Founder’s Prize Call for artists for Raphael Founder’s Prize – more info has come to hand…
- 24 May 2011 bookish Another bookie wookie wook
- 23 May 2011 Buda 2011 Melissa’s work ‘The Fishes’ features on this year’s BUDA poster.
- 19 May 2011 NGV presents Amanda Triossi Melissa sees a lecture on ‘big J’ Jewellery at the NGV.
- 19 May 2011 special event Devotion – Japan earthquake appeal
- 18 May 2011 Winter Neckpieces Melissa’s Winter Neckpieces. Hopefully more cool than frosty….
- 17 May 2011 NGV Lecture Melissa is off to a jewellery lecture on Thurs night – if she can get tickets…
- 16 May 2011 Claire’s show Claire McArdle’s show. What do you mean, you haven’t been yet? Go, go!
- 13 May 2011 New Earrings Melissa makes earrings. A few pairs at a time. She’s a jewellist, y’see?
- 12 May 2011 Day 18 in Bristol The photo-journal of Melissa’s final day in Bristol.
- 11 May 2011 On my last walk… Melissa’s last day in Bristol. Part 1.
- 10 May 2011 midlife crisis? This is a public service announcement… with guitars!
- 09 May 2011 WA-WOL Melissa has been away to WA. Here’s what she saw.
April 2011
- 30 Apr 2011 Upcoming show Jeweller Claire McArdle is having a show. Hop to it!
- 28 Apr 2011 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize Fancy winning some cash/getting into an exhibition in Pittsburgh? Check this one out…
- 27 Apr 2011 Day 17 Day 17 in the Centre for Fine Print Research in Bristol. My second last day…
- 26 Apr 2011 Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables 2011 Toowoomba entries close soon!
- 25 Apr 2011 Day 16 Day 16 in Bristol, Melissa is up to more shenanigans with enamel and enamellists.
- 19 Apr 2011 Peter Skubic Peter Skibic. Melissa finally gets IT.
- 18 Apr 2011 while I was in Edinburgh… Flowers… In Bristol.
- 16 Apr 2011 Day 15 Still hanging in Enamelleing area of the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of…
- 14 Apr 2011 Edinburgh Melissa in Edinburgh. The red-head finally sees the home of her ancestors 😉
- 13 Apr 2011 B B B B B B B It’s time for the next Part B gallery gathering! When: this Saturday, April 16 at 2pm What: Rock Solid…
- 11 Apr 2011 BKV 2011 The BKV reminder. 2011 edition.
- 09 Apr 2011 Jewellery Auction! The Lucky Charm Fundraiser for the Red Cross
- 08 Apr 2011 Day 14 Melissa is still in Bristol, this time she shows off what Anamika has been up to. And a bit of her own stuff…
- 07 Apr 2011 Day 13 Melissa spends quality time with a fence…
- 05 Apr 2011 Day 12 Anamika is also at the CFPR enamelling department in Bristol, where she’s making amazing discoveries in…
- 04 Apr 2011 Home habits Melissa talks about Nervous System and Thingiverse.
March 2011
- 31 Mar 2011 show! A few of Melissa’s pieces are enjoying a spell in the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne.
- 31 Mar 2011 Day 11 Melissa walks to studio, observing much. Once in studio, more of same.
- 25 Mar 2011 Day 10 Melissa finds what she want to work on in Bristol.
- 23 Mar 2011 More München München München, it’s a wonderful town…
- 22 Mar 2011 500 club Melissa is in a 500 book! Check it out 😉
- 20 Mar 2011 Munich parties on… So, after the Peter Skubic opening myself, along with our little UK contingent, came back for warm soup and…
- 19 Mar 2011 Munich Schmuck 2011 Melissa gets around…
- 17 Mar 2011 UK OK Melissa schleps around London
- 16 Mar 2011 My weekend Melissa goes for a stroll around Clifton and takes aim at her own shadow.
- 15 Mar 2011 Day 9 – recycling Melissa goes to Birmingham, and back into the studio at UWE in Bristol, and reports back.
- 11 Mar 2011 Day 8 – result! Melissa shows a finished work, from Bristol. It’s fully demountable though…
- 10 Mar 2011 Day 7 – slow going Melissa is in Bristol, slowly amassing the layers for a new work. Emphasis on the ‘slowly’.
- 09 Mar 2011 Day 6 – layering Melissa twiddles her fingers; with steel.
- 08 Mar 2011 Day 5 – samples Melissa fires a few test rounds… In the kiln, of course.
- 07 Mar 2011 Day Four… Melissa fires an object work at enamelling school. The object fires back…
- 05 Mar 2011 Day Three – Result! Day three of working in Bristol with wet process enamel. Finally, some work to be proud of!
- 04 Mar 2011 Day two – Screened Melissa’s adventures in Bristol – day 2. Lesson one, mark making for screen printing.
- 03 Mar 2011 Day One – finally to work Melissa starts her residency at UEW in Bristol. Pictures ahoy!
- 03 Mar 2011 SEXY Competitions can be fun, y’know? It’s called SEXY, does that help inspire? Maybe the prizes will be more…
- 03 Mar 2011 I have a UK sim card Knock knock, housekeeping!
- 02 Mar 2011 New National Gallery Berlin Melissa fulfills a long-held ambition. To worship at the feet of a master, or at least at the steps of is…
- 01 Mar 2011 Oona + Schmuckfrage Galleries Melissa review two jewellery galleries in Berlin, Schmuckfrage + Oona.
February 2011
- 28 Feb 2011 Lend me your… Melissa is in a show in Melbourne. Well, her earrings are. She herself will be in Munich, or Bristol,…
- 24 Feb 2011 Castello Sforzesco Melissa talks up Castello Sforezco in Milano
- 23 Feb 2011 Upcoming shows Melissa shares a couple of upcoming shows
- 22 Feb 2011 jewellery/architecure Melissa sends a missive from Milan.
- 18 Feb 2011 Siamo in Venezia Melissa goes to Venice, risks Stendhal Syndrome…
- 11 Feb 2011 Arrivederci! Melissa is doing a residency in the UK in March. Check back to see what she gets up to!
- 09 Feb 2011 True Grit! Melissa is lost for words, but with this many images, who needs ’em anyway?
- 08 Feb 2011 getting to know the… Sandblaster! Melissa lets us in to the crazy world that is her sandblast cabinet…
- 07 Feb 2011 Emerging? Melissa is in a rush to enter an emerging artist award… No time to explain!
- 04 Feb 2011 patterns emerging Melissa shows off a work in progress. Well, more the back of a work in progress…
- 03 Feb 2011 more drawing software Melissa is drawing, and that means posts about software. Who draws by hand these days?
- 02 Feb 2011 Radical Jewellery Makeover! We came, we saw, we made. A few memories of the Radical Jewellery Makeover, Jan 2011.
- 01 Feb 2011 new website I’ve got a new website, got a new website, got a new website, hey, hey, hey, hey!
January 2011
- 31 Jan 2011 cool new tool! I got a new tool, I got a new tool, I got a new tool hey, hey, hey, hey!
- 28 Jan 2011 The Blue Tin Set Melissa has done the making, and the image-making too. See the final objects!
- 27 Jan 2011 artist at work Melissa has done a drawing. Look ma, no hands! (but a fair amount of mouse action…)
- 25 Jan 2011 Viva Love Lace! She’s done it! The _epic_ journey of this work comes to a close…
- 24 Jan 2011 Lace on! More on Melissa’a Love Lace entry. Ain’t she done yet?
- 21 Jan 2011 Opening soon! Melissa has work in the travelling NCJA show. Next stop, Sturt Gallery, NSW.
- 20 Jan 2011 Lacing it up Melissa continues her photo diary of the Blue Tin Set pieces for Love Lace at the Powerhouse in July.
- 19 Jan 2011 Lacing continues Melissa continues showing the process for her Love Lace entry.
- 18 Jan 2011 getting ethical Melissa introduces Suse and the Melbourne version of the Radical Jewellery Makeover.
- 17 Jan 2011 Part B Part B. ’nuff said.
- 14 Jan 2011 lacing Melissa share some images of a current work-in-progress. The first for the year.
- 13 Jan 2011 cooking – jewellery style Melissa tries to draw a link between cooking and jewellery. Possibly a bit much of a stretch.
- 12 Jan 2011 dot-to-dot Melissa finds there’s more to moiré.
- 11 Jan 2011 kickstart some art Melissa links to a Kickstarter?!? project – all is revealed within.
- 10 Jan 2011 Shshshshshshshshshsh Mid twentieth century comic book art and laser cut, sandblasted jewellery. Melissa muses on who has control…
- 07 Jan 2011 waaay back in 2010 Melissa is posting about past posts. If self-referential musings don’t grab you, management advises you to…
- 06 Jan 2011 ch ch ch ch changes ArtStart, the Australia Council and their Visual Arts Board… Melissa loves ’em all!
- 05 Jan 2011 New year, new entries Wanna show found object works in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania? Melissa has the show for you…
- 04 Jan 2011 got a hole in your Saturday? Melissa + Chloe are getting ready to bring down the house… Oh no, I mean, close the show.
- 03 Jan 2011 Game on! New year, new art. Melissa and Turbo get going!
December 2010
- 23 Dec 2010 Merry Christmas y’all! Melissa spreads some Christmas cheer.
- 22 Dec 2010 last drinks Melissa keeps herself accountable by counting down some stats for the year.
- 21 Dec 2010 Annus finis ‘particula b’ Tis the end of the year. Time to party part-b-ee!
- 20 Dec 2010 Seen on the verge Melissa is heavily influenced by the Fibonacci sequence. You know the one, found in nature – it’s greatest…
- 17 Dec 2010 outgoing and incoming Melissa has just finished a marathon week of making. Here’s one exhibit of the evidence.
- 16 Dec 2010 musical statues Melissa shows off a few speculative pieces. Will any be made???
- 15 Dec 2010 my precious… Melissa is hard at work on her Preziosa 2011 entries. 3 days to go!!
- 14 Dec 2010 about the show… Melissa is showing off some boxes that she didn’t make. Yeah, whaat??
- 13 Dec 2010 tweet tweet Melissa joins twitter. Does that make her a tweeter, a tweep, or a twerp?
- 12 Dec 2010 calendar check Melissa – the jewellist at large – has been sharing her stories online for one whole year now.
- 10 Dec 2010 what you working on? Melissa is finally working on her Preziosa Young entry. It’s due next week y’all!
- 09 Dec 2010 let’s hear it for the nannas Meet Melissa’s nan, Wenda. One of the finest there ever was. And Chloe’s, one of the best there is.
- 08 Dec 2010 what is she building – a preview Melissa has been building a while now… Now she’s finally going to do a reveal!
- 07 Dec 2010 wittle wabbit Melissa shows that she can actually solder! Not an uncommon event, but not necessarily her forté either…
- 06 Dec 2010 fancy a biscuit? Melissa shares more images of works for “Measuring…”. The back of this one looks biscuit-like. Pity it’s…
- 03 Dec 2010 open season Melissa shows off her new favourite piece. And tells us where it went to.
- 02 Dec 2010 drum roll please Melissa requests a drum roll for some Big News.
- 01 Dec 2010 what is she building? Melissa shares some works in progress. See them in them in the flesh @ the show ‘Measuring the space between’.
November 2010
- 30 Nov 2010 announcing… Melissa and Chloe are having a show. Please come along to the opening, it’ll be ace to see you!
- 29 Nov 2010 meet the particles… Melissa invites fellow jewellers for a dialogue. Fancy a chat and a cuppa?
- 26 Nov 2010 while I’m still on Sydney… Melissa shows off the installation of the Box Project that recently opened at Gaffa in Sydney.
- 25 Nov 2010 as promised… more on Sydney! Melissa finishes off her Sydney recollections. Well, almost – the name of at least one artist has already…
- 24 Nov 2010 can you help? Melissa is on a mission to find the right drill bits…
- 23 Nov 2010 congratulations!! Melissa shares some good news, and it is jewellery related!
- 22 Nov 2010 I went to Sydney! Melissa visits Sydney for two show openings; and fits in time for some professional development
- 19 Nov 2010 colourful jewels Melissa likes, and makes, colourful jewellery. So do her friends!
- 18 Nov 2010 I’m going to Sydney! Melissa is off! (soon… hopefully!)
- 17 Nov 2010 now more online! Melissa blogs about another blog. Blog on!
- 17 Nov 2010 excuse me – have you seen my art? Steal This! was last night. Melissa shares her highlights…
- 16 Nov 2010 heads up… Consider it stolen… Melissa previews her Steal This! works
- 16 Nov 2010 keeping it street… Melissa is would appear to be on a crusade. Art meets street seems to be the go this week.
- 15 Nov 2010 steal this! Part B is having a show!
- 12 Nov 2010 last night Melissa confuses herself at Italian class with the word for ‘monster’ and the word for ‘exhibition’.
- 11 Nov 2010 more outgoings Melissa shares some works that are migrating across the country.
- 10 Nov 2010 wrapper Melissa is rapt to be in Wrapped at Studio 20/17 in Sydney.
- 09 Nov 2010 it’s official! Melissa is in the Love Lace show at the Powerhouse Museum next year, along with a bunch of great artists.…
- 08 Nov 2010 a maker on marketing Melissa, like half the internet it would seem, has been reading Seth Goldin’s marketing tips. Here’s a few…
- 05 Nov 2010 Invitation Melissa’s work is touring again – it’s seen more of the east coast than her!
- 04 Nov 2010 counting my chickens… Melissa makes a short story long. She’s going to have one of her pieces published in 2011!
- 03 Nov 2010 where do you go? Name your sources! Melissa just did…
- 02 Nov 2010 and while we’re on baked goods… Melissa finds more tea-time inspired art. Om nom nom!
- 01 Nov 2010 let them eat… cupcakes! Melissa is once again spruiking cupcakes… Again in honour of the closing of a show.
October 2010
- 29 Oct 2010 anchors away!! Melissa’s work Alternate Strung Anchors features on The Box Project invitations. Not very amusing, but…
- 28 Oct 2010 way back when Melissa and Chloe collaborate. Fun for all the family!
- 27 Oct 2010 to the streets Melissa shares some more clever ways to get art into the world.
- 26 Oct 2010 part b: in haiku Melissa bangs on about this week’s Part B meet – in the form of a haiku!
- 25 Oct 2010 here’s to ears! Melissa (finally) makes some earrings.
- 22 Oct 2010 exhibitionists Melissa hangs out with 4 other Everyday artists. (Inari, where are you???!!!)
- 21 Oct 2010 playing favourites Melissa has a favourite brooch! (yes, yes, it’s one of hers…)
- 20 Oct 2010 deadlines revisited Competitive? Me neither. But it’s a way to get your work out there…
- 19 Oct 2010 free press is good press Melissa finally shares some images of works to feature in the upcoming Everyday Objects show…
- 18 Oct 2010 grazie preziosa Melissa shares the changes to Preziosa’s deadline for this year.
- 15 Oct 2010 more coppery tones Melissa is being lazy, and wants to tell you all about it for some reason…
- 14 Oct 2010 everyday objects – update Melissa and friends in an upcoming show, please come!
- 13 Oct 2010 deadlines Melissa is not by nature a competitive person; yet she enters a lot of competitions… Why? Well, needs must,…
- 12 Oct 2010 new works in titanium Melissa is making. See the sign on the door? It says ‘artist at work’!
- 11 Oct 2010 cast off Melissa’s rapid prototyped ring has been cast in silver. It looks all right!
- 08 Oct 2010 picture this Melissa is even more online than ever! Just check out Klimt02 and you’ll know what I mean.
- 07 Oct 2010 strained… Melissa is making, but the first part of making is destruction…
- 06 Oct 2010 lurk-i-cad Melissa cosies up with a new piece of Cad software; TurboNerd look out!
- 05 Oct 2010 quoteable Melissa quotes a very quotable duo.
- 04 Oct 2010 out and about Melissa went out to see some shows; now she reports back.
- 01 Oct 2010 schmore shmuck-tease Another Schmuck work in progress by yours truly.
September 2010
- 30 Sept 2010 schmuck-tease While a picture tells a thousand words, Melissa has made two images that say but one word each.
- 29 Sept 2010 everyday objects Melissa is in an upcoming show called Everyday Objects. You’re invited!
- 28 Sept 2010 other deadlines Melissa shares upcoming competition deadlines, and HAIR JEWELLERY!
- 27 Sept 2010 artists getting crafty – and vice versa Seeking an alternative to gallery shows is easy now that the Fringe is on! Melissa finds two to check out in…
- 26 Sept 2010 Part B! Melissa details the next of Part B’s movements…
- 24 Sept 2010 turns out god *is* in the detail… Corrections and more – Melissa realises Mies was right, God *is* in the detail…
- 23 Sept 2010 I *heart* my studio Melissa comes over all romantic towards her studio.
- 22 Sept 2010 Griffith NCJA 2010 Melissa reveals the other piece she entered into the NCJA in 2010.
- 21 Sept 2010 something old Melissa share photos of her first works. Beautiful in brass.
- 20 Sept 2010 cashing in Melissa shares what has been taking up some bandwidth on her news radar.
- 17 Sept 2010 remembering place Melissa returns to return, to present the catalogue essay by Narelle Yabuka.
- 16 Sept 2010 blogging floozie Melissa is a blog floozie. She gets around is all I’m sayin…
- 16 Sept 2010 a rapid ring – part 3 Melissa reveals – a rapid prototyping process – courtesy of the good folks at RMIT who have this new…
- 15 Sept 2010 a rapid ring – part 2 Melissa shows off pictures of a ring she designed at a rapid processing course.
- 14 Sept 2010 a rapid ring – part 1 Melissa expands on her recent rapid prototyping experience
- 14 Sept 2010 re: connecting threads – yesterday’s post Melissa does a little house keeping and finds missing video. Nope, not under the couch, but you’re close…
- 13 Sept 2010 connecting threads Melissa on recent TV, and how it relates to Real Life™.
- 11 Sept 2010 and the winner is… Congrats to Simon Cottrell, winner of this year’s NCJA.
- 10 Sept 2010 Also on 09-10-09 A show opening at Craft Victoria gets Melissa running around the city. What we do in the name of art!
- 10 Sept 2010 Critiquing criticism Melissa seeks the skinny on criticism via a panel discussion at The Wheeler Centre.
- 09 Sept 2010 using your digits Melissa discusses handiwork – particularly hers that has now appeared on the Ponoko Blog.
- 09 Sept 2010 copper colours Melissa colours copper, and colours other metals copper too…
- 08 Sept 2010 ever have one of those days? Melissa had a a hell of a day at the bench. If hell is a bunch of niggling issues that just won’t stop…
- 07 Sept 2010 final-listy Melissa meets the other 32 finalists in the NCJA.
- 06 Sept 2010 this month’s paperwork… Melissa sets her sights on some more competitions.
- 03 Sept 2010 rapid? prototyping… Melissa wonders aloud if there is really much ‘rapid’ in rapid prototyping…
- 03 Sept 2010 Prototyping Melissa goes back to school to play with computers. And wax printing!
- 01 Sept 2010 everyone’s a critic Melissa gets critical.
August 2010
- 31 Aug 2010 the ‘box project’ work chugs ahead… Melissa cut plastic, a lot of it. But it really resembles nail clippings…
- 30 Aug 2010 Particles Unite! Part B – discussion focussed on the most important thing in life, jewellery.
- 30 Aug 2010 Peter Brown? Melissa went to see The Whitlams… again…
- 26 Aug 2010 what’s on the bench? A snapshot from Melissa’s bench. Literally.
- 24 Aug 2010 “Quick! Get the laser…” Melissa finds some interesting blog posts on laser cutting for jewellery. She responds by writing a less…
- 21 Aug 2010 Mari Funaki – Objects @ NGV Fed Square Melissa lists the timetable of events for Mari Funaki – Objects @ NGV.
- 20 Aug 2010 where’s jewellist?? Where’s the jewellist? Aside from here, blogging, on the intertubes…
- 19 Aug 2010 jewellists who care Melissa realises that in jewellery, it’s the little things…
- 18 Aug 2010 part two of ‘rmit seminar’ thoughts The RMIT symposium in early August 2010; Melissa finally returns to the scene to complete her sketchy…
- 17 Aug 2010 thanks to the intertubes Melissa talks design, and what is handmade? Well, she doesn’t talk, so much as quote others, to be honest…
- 12 Aug 2010 spot the talent Melissa camped out for the evening at the RMIT jewellery auction. Was she tempted by all the little beauties…
- 09 Aug 2010 RMIT Seminar thoughts, or “notes without scandal” Do you Seminar? Melissa presents her review of the first half of the recent RMIT-based seminar.
- 07 Aug 2010 a day in the life RMIT Uni had a jewellery seminar yesterday. Wall to wall jewellists. A couple of critics thrown in.
- 03 Aug 2010 travelling scholarship Noosa anyone?
- 02 Aug 2010 Part B beckons Part B heads to Mari Funaki – Objects on Sat the 7th of August.
July 2010
- 30 July 2010 designer to jeweller – part 3 Melissa finished up the three-parter about how she got to be where she is. Well, not the whole story,…
- 28 July 2010 cut it out Melissa slices, she dices, all in the name of art. Collaborative art, no less…
- 26 July 2010 also opening Thursday… Melissa’s work is going on show in Sydney. It includes the first piece she ever made. It’s 19 years old, and…
- 24 July 2010 busy this Thursday…? Melissa’s works go on show at Hand Held Gallery in Melbourne in less than a week.
- 24 July 2010 inquisitive jewellers RMIT is hosting a seminar on the 6th of August. Y’all know about it, so get along!
- 23 July 2010 the puzzle solved Melissa has been talking a lot about a pattern of late. Well, here it is. What an anti-climax!
- 22 July 2010 too many brooches Melissa works in patterns. Sometimes they linger, popping up again in other pieces. Infrequently they get…
- 20 July 2010 and the bride wore… Melissa made some jewellery for a dear friend, The Bride. Married on the 17th of the 7th, 2010.
- 15 July 2010 sterling idea Melissa’s work is in a new Sydney gallery. There’s an image on the flyer as proof!
- 14 July 2010 twisted Melissa shares photos of the first matching set of jewels she ever made. Awwww, how cute.
- 13 July 2010 waxing Pools of wax collect on Melissa’s desk from a candle. The desk gets waxed as the candle wanes.
- 09 July 2010 clockwise or anticlockwise? Melissa poses the big questions, in this case, in what direction do you saw?
- 08 July 2010 I been workin… Melissa’s working on a piece, but she’s still got so terribly far to go…
- 06 July 2010 blips on the radar Melissa rounds up all the shows she’s gearing up for. There’s plenty on the horizon, if you live in NSW or…
- 05 July 2010 holier than… Melissa drills for a living. Not for oil though.
- 03 July 2010 the webbiverse has my number Melissa goes gaga about a Klimt02 newsletter. Yeah, it’s over the top, trust me.
- 02 July 2010 you are a unique snowflake Melissa finds leaving the warmth of her house for the damp cold of her studio hard to take. Procrastination…
- 01 July 2010 medium sized Melissa’s third set of earrings to emerge from ‘the sieve’. Man sized? No. Kid sized? Uh-uh. Kinda in the…
June 2010
- 30 June 2010 love lace? Melissa has made it into the Love Lace show, happening in 2011. Plenty of time left to procrastinate, eh?
- 28 June 2010 strawberries Melissa made a pair of earrings that look like hollow strawberries, which seem to have turned blue…
- 24 June 2010 earrings Melissa makes her first pair of earrings in at least two years. They’re not too bad, considering.
- 24 June 2010 it’s just about the hair Melissa apologises for what could be construed as a political post. It’s not, it’s just about red hair…
- 23 June 2010 new works Melissa shares an image of her new works. The first cab off the rank from the Sieve pattern, it is as blue…
- 21 June 2010 here comes the… Melissa made a brooch for her friend, the bride. Not ‘The Bride’ – Uma Thurman’s character from Kill Bill,…
- 20 June 2010 part b – june 26 Who wants to see a Karl Fritsch show? Part B does!
- 19 June 2010 world wide jewellery suppliers review project… phew! Melissa updates the site, adds more content, and then won’t stop banging on about it in this post.
- 18 June 2010 being crafty Melissa sidesteps the craft-art argument, by using David Byrne as a shield and Marcus Westbury as a…
- 17 June 2010 titani-hum Melissa meets titanium wire. The first round goes to the titanium.
- 15 June 2010 status report Melissa has many ‘works in progress’, including ‘paperwork in progress’. Yup, could be more interesting…
- 14 June 2010 benched Aerobics: jewellist style!
- 11 June 2010 showtime… Melissa’s works captured on film. In Italy. She wanted to go to, but the postage proved too costly…
- 11 June 2010 look, ma Melissa is famous! If one tiny image of a brooch in a mass of other brooches appearing in the press in…
- 10 June 2010 in the flesh Melissa makes jewellery-to-order, for very special occasions. Like exhibition openings!
- 08 June 2010 hand gazer Melissa stares at her hands, looking for inspiration.
- 07 June 2010 save galerie ra? Melissa wonders about the world, and posts about it. In the form of Galerie Ra – the post, not the world.
- 04 June 2010 Quizzing Sarah – part 2 Part 2: How Melissa found jewellism… part three to follow soon.
- 03 June 2010 success! Melissa makes – well, remakes – a work. Lucky it looks good, otherwise she’d be wondering if it was all…
- 02 June 2010 effort less Melissa is slapped down by the soldering gods. Licking her wounds, she strategizes how she might improve her…
May 2010
- 31 May 2010 self sourcing Melissa buys titanium, and calls it a successful day. Lazy? No, not exactly… Relaxed? Maybe…
- 27 May 2010 drawing is oooo-ver! Melissa talks camera, and lights, aaaand action!
- 26 May 2010 way down in the hole Melissa whines about adding centre points to 1500, 0.5mm diameter holes. No sympathy please, it was her idea…
- 25 May 2010 questions questions… Melissa has cause to pause and question. The question is an image; the answer… who knows?
- 24 May 2010 distribution Melissa does the jewellery version of housework. Getting organised in autumn? Man, it’s like it was spring!
- 23 May 2010 patterning Melissa draws, then makes. This is a drawing. Well, a small part of one at least.
- 20 May 2010 more of you know who… Melissa is interviewed by Steph. A lovely time was had by all 😀
- 19 May 2010 boxing clever Melissa gets a mysterious box in the mail, and opens it…
- 18 May 2010 black and night Melissa did a workshop with Bettina Speckner in 2009. She shares now? Ulterior motive afoot? Read on…
- 17 May 2010 vale mari funaki Melbourne loses a jewellery luminary
- 12 May 2010 on the intertubes Melissa Online! Now more Online!
- 11 May 2010 outgoing Mel’s applying herself to applying. Wanna join the fun? There’s plenty of links to go round!
- 10 May 2010 preziosa young Melissa’s upcoming opening: Preziosa Young, Florence. This time she’s not going. Awww, poor she.
- 06 May 2010 export exhertions Melissa goes to school. Well, marketing school. A marketing masterclass, in fact. Where are the masters?
- 03 May 2010 out of Perth and back to earth Melissa gets down and dirty… earthy… sandy…? Anyway, she’s back in Melbourne.
April 2010
- 29 Apr 2010 discussion – part b Part B – a magnet for jewellery obsessives. Not just any magnet; a nickel plated, 2kg rated rare-earth…
- 26 Apr 2010 Examining links with architecture – image set Melissa presents links that show links between jewellery and architecture. Got it? Yeah!
- 23 Apr 2010 return blog + patty cakes Melissa apologises for not being quicker on inputting photos, and makes up for it with cake!
- 22 Apr 2010 …return Melissa finally puts up images of works from the Return show. *applause*!
- 17 Apr 2010 round the grounds Melissa shares her recent scrapes with the fourth estate.
- 17 Apr 2010 enamel workshop Melissa Cameron meets Elizabeth Turrell.
- 14 Apr 2010 enamelling workshop Melissa photographs enamel works; indoors, in bad light conditions. You sure you still wanna click?
- 13 Apr 2010 return to return Melissa goes back to the Return Show; this time with pictures!
- 12 Apr 2010 curtains Melissa recounting the fun and shenanigans at the last day of the JMGA conference in Perth.
- 11 Apr 2010 confer-ence-ing Resource: 14th biennial JMGA conference in Perth, WA. This is an event during which Melissa refers to both…
- 10 Apr 2010 seeking… Melissa has talked a lot today, and still won’t shut up…
- 07 Apr 2010 … space Melissa populates a space with plinths. Feels compelled to blog about how clever this is.
- 01 Apr 2010 t – 1 week and counting One week until the Return exhibition in Perth. Expect to see Melissa looking a little dazed from here on in.
March 2010
- 29 Mar 2010 Mr Daniels – part one of a long story… Part 1 of an occasional series, to find out where Melissa thinks she came from.
- 21 Mar 2010 not quite a teaspoon… Melissa meets Chloe. Melissa’s works meets Chloe’s work. Beauty ensues 😉
- 17 Mar 2010 two teaspoons full Malissa posts some finished jewellery works, made from tea spoons. She’s awfully proud!
- 16 Mar 2010 spotto Melissa makes omission in plans, corrects at the bench, carries on.
- 15 Mar 2010 2 tsp 2 teaspoons. two teaspoon plans. what will they become?
- 14 Mar 2010 1 tsp Melissa shows off a work in progress – a spoon she’s about to make useless, by turning it into art…
- 13 Mar 2010 curtains Melissa reminds her adoring public to come see her latest show, on its closing day.
- 08 Mar 2010 discussion Melissa today is talking about talking about jewellery. Got it?
- 05 Mar 2010 making Melissa make a piece of jewellery! A brooch, in fact. She is very impressed with her efforts.
February 2010
- 25 Feb 2010 pumped Melissa’s blast cabinet might have come down in the last shower. Meteor shower, that is.
- 22 Feb 2010 recycle Melissa is in the recycling game. There, she just admitted it.
- 19 Feb 2010 lost and found Melissa loses a work in Texas. It’s a big place. And a skinny object.
- 14 Feb 2010 part b Here in Melbourne we have a small group of jewellers who like to get together once monthly to chat. We…
- 12 Feb 2010 got gas? Melissa gets her microtorch to work; feels about as proud as the first person to make fire must have been.
- 11 Feb 2010 studio setup Melissa complains about having to work hard. And lift heavy things. All in the name of jewellery
- 08 Feb 2010 drawing a blank Sandwiching metal in blankers to cut out blanks – single sheet blanking for jewellers
- 06 Feb 2010 Day 5: pieces Day 5 at the masterclass. Final day, all cards on the table.
- 04 Feb 2010 Day 4: let the jewellery commence Day 4 at the masterclass. Once again, the effort was concentrated, and incredibly tiring.
- 03 Feb 2010 Day 3: Blankety … Day 3 of a Helen Britton masterclass for jewellers in Melbourne.
- 02 Feb 2010 Day 2: fill in the blanks Day 2 at Where Do I Come From, a workshop being hosted by Helen Britton.
- 01 Feb 2010 Day 1: Where do I come from? Day 1 at Where Do I Come From, a workshop Melissa is attending at RMIT, being hosted by Helen Britton.
January 2010
- 31 Jan 2010 Master Class Workshop Melissa anticipates getting schooled by (the famous) Helen Britton!
- 30 Jan 2010 Stu-stu-studio Melissa’s art practice is no longer homeless. Hooray!
- 29 Jan 2010 BUDA Last year I had three pieces exhibited in the BUDA Contemporary Australian Silver + Metalwork exhibition at…
- 22 Jan 2010 where’s my trumpet? ‘you don’t know how far you’ve travelled, until you return’
- 20 Jan 2010 traveling Melissa and the sandblaster = riveting conversation about cfm’s and amps…
- 14 Jan 2010 Ahhhrgh! Sandblast Cabinets retailed in Australia? Melissa is suddenly an expert on where to find them (or at least…
- 07 Jan 2010 still learning Melissa is setting up a studio. She is learning how to do this, as she goes.
- 02 Jan 2010 Feasting Before feasting season ’09 completely fades from the collective memory (if it hasn’t already been blotted…
December 2009
- 23 Dec 2009 WANTED! A studio to rent. Location: Melbourne city, Richmond or St Kilda area preferred. Requirements: Lockable,…
- 21 Dec 2009 offcuts Pulling things off the wall remind you why you put them there.
- 18 Dec 2009 clearing out I’ve been in this studio for nigh on 3 years now, at this bench. Slowly but steadily I took up the adjacent…
- 16 Dec 2009 overheating Melissa adds a new colour swatch to her list of hues produced by her failures – ‘overheated grey’.
- 14 Dec 2009 announcing… Melissa announces…
- 13 Dec 2009 well travelled Meliss’s work is going on a holiday. Melissa is not. Yet.
- 13 Dec 2009 Conference Call Melissa and her mates to invade Perth for the JMGA conference in April 2010!
- 12 Dec 2009 EMBARGO Melissa gets served fresh embargo for the first time in her life. Surprisingly, it doesn’t taste that bad…