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Vito Bila commented on Melissa Cameron's blog post world wide jewellery suppliers review project"Hey Melissa, I have been sourcing tools from Otto Frei in the US for the Monash Studio. They have a great range of European made as well as US made tools. The Pepe (US) disc cutters are the best I have used, really well designed and made and very…"
Vito Bila posted an event
Rapid Slowness at Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
August 4, 2010 at 6pm to August 27, 2010 at 5pm
Group exhibition of artists associated with the Monash University Sculpture studio.
Vito Bila posted a blog postRapidSlowness
I have some new work in a show titled Rapid Slowness at the Monash University, Art and Design Faculty Gallery. The exhibition runs until August 27.See More
Vito Bila commented on Vito Bila's photo
CopperDish
"Thanks Mary. The size just about blew me away as well. It is the largest vessel that I have made and I don't think I'll be going back there in a hurry. A lot of recovery time required after that one. It was also essential to work with an…"
Mary Hackett commented on Vito Bila's photoCopperDish
"Your work is so beautiful Vito! The copper dish is an absolute blow away especially in size."
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- I am a contemporary silversmith. The spatial proximity of vessels one to another and the articulated relationship between objects is the focus of my work. However, the vessel’s explicit and implicit function as a container allows the metaphor to be carried through. The vessel holds within its being - Space, Time and Locus. In this way a group of vessels create a formation, a stand, or an outcrop: distinctness in the midst of homogeneous space.
The nature of the vessel as an object instantly creates a dialogue between interior and exterior. It brings into question the role the vessel plays in containing space. Its thin wall membrane distinguishes inner space and separates it from outer space. Each distinct vessel object contains space but when in relation to other vessels these interconnected spaces become place.
These groups of objects are landscapes made up of individual vessels arranged in relation to each other. I use traditional silver-smithing methods to make the forms but the formal rules are not entirely adhered to. Boundaries are pushed; limits are explored in order to allow the material to have its own say. During the time that form is being established wrinkles appear. Sometimes these wrinkles progress into cracks. The process takes on an organic growth. Metal surface takes on the appearance of skin or bark; a cast alloy takes on the appearance of stone.
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RapidSlowness
I have some new work in a show titled Rapid Slowness at the Monash University, Art and Design Faculty Gallery. The exhibition runs until August 27.
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 12:37pm
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 6:06am on August 7, 2010,
Marcus Foley said… - Hi Vito, nice of you to make contact. Hope everything is going well for you. Marcus
- At 8:18am on August 4, 2010,
Melissa Cameron said… - Morning Vito! I really like the shots of the copper dish, though as an image it isn't half as imposing...
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