{"id":9219,"date":"2023-02-20T20:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?page_id=9219"},"modified":"2023-02-21T19:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:23:33","slug":"juukan-tears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?page_id=9219","title":{"rendered":"Juukan Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juukan Tears<\/a><\/em> is my largest hand-made installation work to date. Made over 2020 &#8211; 2021, it was featured in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jcg.curtin.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Curtin Gallery<\/a> as a part of IOTA:21 &#8211; the inaugral <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/indianoceancrafttriennial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Ocean Craft Triennial<\/a> in August-October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The works protests the destruction of the Juukan Shelters, by the global mining giant, Rio Tinto, who blasted the 46,000-year-old shelters to access around 100 million dollars worth of high-grade iron ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" id=\"Juukan-Tears\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"8842\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-440x659.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-1568x2350.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-01_2021-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Juukan Tears, 2021. Recycled roofing steel (from the artist&#8217;s own back shed) chromed steel chain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-03_2021-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"8837\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-03_2021-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-03_2021-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-03_2021-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JT-MC-I-03_2021-440x659.jpg 440w, 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Recycled galvinised steel, chrome-plated steel, timber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The work was followed by <em>Juukan Tears Offcuts<\/em>, a group of wearable jewellery works that, as the name suggests, were made from the leftover and offcut parts of the making of <em>Juukan Tears<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">making + discussing <em>Juukan Tears<\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?s=juukan+tears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posts made on this blog<\/a> about the making and display of this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MelissaCameron-artist\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Channel<\/a> where I documented the hundreds of house involved in making Juukan Tears in real time. Among the 186 streams of making the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8620\" target=\"_blank\">Juukan Tears<\/a><\/em> work are two question-and-answer sessions, with questions from my social media and our viewers, that also feature fellow-jeweller and my studio assistant of the time, Susannah Kings-Lynne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pzzK6IClMW0\" target=\"_blank\">Making Of &#8211; Short Film<\/a> \u2013 a YouTube clip that charts several processes involved in making <em>Juukan Tears<\/em>. Made for the John Curtin Gallery (JCG) screen &#8211; displayed in their video rotation alongside other artist videos during the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/indianoceancrafttriennial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Ocean Craft Triennial<\/a> \u2013 <em>Curiosity and Rituals of the Everyday<\/em> in Sept\/Oct 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ed4vFuU-vz8?t=2723\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa on The Couch<\/a>, the community news show broadcast from Perth. (Cued to start of interview \u2013 approx 45:15 mins). We chat <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/indianoceancrafttriennial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Ocean Craft Triennial<\/a> \u2013 21, and my work <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8620\" target=\"_blank\">Juukan Tears<\/a><\/em> as displayed at JCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rtrfm.com.au\/story\/juukan-tears-melissa-cameron\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArtBeat radio<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rtrfm.com.au\/story\/juukan-tears-melissa-cameron\/\" target=\"_blank\"> with Bec Bowman on RTRFM, Oct 1, 2021<\/a> interviewing me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au\/funding\/arts-funding\/showcase\" target=\"_blank\">The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries <em>Showcase<\/em> website<\/a>, featuring an image of <em>Juukan Tears<\/em>. The making of that work was partially funded by the DLGSCI in WA. This image was also featured on the big screen in Yagan Square, Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/artguide.com.au\/festivals-put-craft-on-the-horizon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Art Guide AU article<\/a> about the IOTA:21 festival by Sheridan Hart. Contains writing and images about <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8620\" target=\"_blank\">Juukan Tears<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juukan Tears is my largest hand-made installation work to date. Made over 2020 &#8211; 2021, it was featured in the John Curtin Gallery as a part of IOTA:21 &#8211; the inaugral Indian Ocean Craft Triennial in August-October 2021. The works protests the destruction of the Juukan Shelters, by the global mining giant, Rio Tinto, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9259,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9219\/revisions\/9259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}