MasterMakers: Digital Catalogue
MasterMakers (6 September—9 November, 2019) Exhibition Catalogue For over two decades, leading Australian and international Gold and Silversmithing artists have delivered and…
MasterMakers
Since the 1980s, leading Australian and international Gold and Silversmithing artists have delivered and participated in masterclasses in the RMIT School of Art which has had a profound impact on the training of the craft in Australia.
This major exhibition explores the masterclass legacy, showcasing both recent works of the visiting ‘master makers’ and work produced at the master classes, as well as recording the cultural, artistic and technical shift in contemporary jewellery and object.
Featuring beautiful handmade work, intricate detailing and an incredible array of materials and unsual combinations, MasterMakers is a celebration of skill and devotion.
Curator Mark Edgoose
Featuring artists:
Ruby Aitchison, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Robert Baines, Nicholas Bastin, Peter Bauhuis, Dianne Beevers, Doris Betz, Renee Bevan, David Bielander, Julie Blyfield, Zoe Brand, Helen Britton, Sue Buchanan, Melissa Cameron, Bifei Cao, Pamela Chan, Yu Fang Chi, David Clarke, Anna Clynes, Katie Collins, Conversation Piece (Beatrice Brovia & Nicholas Cheng), Anna Davern, Helen Dilkes, Bin Dixon-Ward, Joungmee Do, Mark Edgoose, Sian Edwards, Ian Ferguson, Karl Fritsch, Emi Fukuda, Eli Giannini, Kiko Gianocca, Allona Goren, Rowena Gough, Wayne Guest, Caz Guiney, Marcos Guzman, Mary Hackett, Kirsten Haydon, Peter Hoogeboom, Marian Hosking, Katherine Hubble, Linda Hughes, David Huycke, Naoko Inuzuka, Kazuhiro Itoh, Nicole Jacquard, Tassia Joannides, Cara Johnson, Hermann Jünger, Jiro Kamata, Jung-Hoo Kim, Inari Kiuru, Wendy Korol, Daniel Kruger, Otto Künzli, Andrew Last, Benjamin Lignel, Sue Lorraine, Carlier Makigawa, Stefano Marchetti, Marion Marshall, Chris Massey, Claire McArdle, Kelly McDonald, Lindy McSwan Sam Mertens, Karl Millard, Yutaka Minegishi, Marc Monzó, Shelley Norton, Michaela Pegum, Jana Roman, Lucy Sarneel, Elise Sheehan, Debbie Sheezel, Bettina Speckner, Michelle Stewart, Leah Teschendorff, Elizabeth Turrell, Renée Ugazio, Manon van Kouswijk, Michael Wong and Aurelia Yeomans.
Carousel images (left to right)
David Clarke, Blow, 2014, silver, pewter, 9 x 14 x 14 cm approx
Lucy Sarneel, Starry Sky Limousine Drive, 2013, zinc, acrylic paint, varnish, lapis lazuli, wood and nylon thread, 47 x 12.5 x 4.4 cm. Photographed by Eric Knoote
David Clarke, Flux Collection, 2012, electro plated nickel silver & pewter, 12 x 12 x 12 cm approx. Photographed by David Clarke
Peter Bauhuis, Ketten und Blumen (Chain – Chained), 2017, Object, gold, 95 x 86 x 125 mm. Photographed by Peter Bauhuis
Gallery
David Clarke, Blow, 2014, silver, pewter, 9 sm, x 14 cm x 14 xm, approx
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