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Call For Papers Deadline is Drawing Near...

The deadline for the Call for Papers is 31 January 2013.

We are interested in papers from the fields of jewellery and metalsmithing that explore the links between…

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Added by jewellery & small objects at qca on January 24, 2013 at 5:50pm — No Comments

Help Save Craft Australia,

Craft Australia Defunded by the Australia Council

Craft Australia is challenging this decision and is also seeking your support.

What will you lose if Craft Australia is lost to the Australian craft and design sector.

The ramifications of not having a national peak organisation representing the…

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Added by Belinda Jessup on November 9, 2011 at 5:46am — 1 Comment

Craft Australia Sustainability Forum

What are your thoughts on sustainability?…

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Added by Belinda Jessup on October 11, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Some and None : Jewellery as Graphics an exhibition of jewellery objects by David Neale

Metalab is delighted to present Some and None: Jewellery as Graphics, a collection of jewellery created by Melbourne based goldsmith David Neale. In this body of work Neale borrows techniques from the graphics studio such as painting, collage and line-work, using them at the jeweller's bench to make signs for the body and to tell wearable stories. The result… Continue

Added by Metalab on May 24, 2010 at 9:43am — No Comments

Bi-Re-Cycle Workshop with Nikolay Sardamov. Re-purposing bicycle tyre inner tubes to create jewellery.

Metalab is excited to introduce the innovative and elegant work of Bulgarian contemporary jeweller Nikolay Sardamov, who is renown across Europe for his work using both precious metals and re-cycled materials including rubber bicycle inner tubes.

In conjunction with his solo exhibition Continuum at metalab which will be showing from 6 - 27 May 2010, Nikolay will be presenting a one-day workshop on… Continue

Added by Metalab on April 27, 2010 at 11:35am — No Comments

Twilight - new work by Cinnamon Lee

Trained as a jeweller and metalsmith Cinnamon Lee has been working with artificial

illumination and the light object since 1999. A fascination with the potential

of new technologies drives both Cinnamon’s jewellery and object design

practice. New electronic light sources allow for an…

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Added by Metalab on April 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Djurdjica interview, exhibition and workshop!

See: Melbourne artist Djurdjica Kesic deconstruct interior objects into wearable jewellery in Nomad, opening at metalab THURSDAY MARCH 4 from 6pm.

Do: Join Djurdjica in a workshop on SATURDAY MARCH 6 to create your own wearable works of art. Bookings essential, contact info@metalab.com.au for more information.

See: read an interview with Djurdjica and see her studio space at http://metalabgallery.blogspot.com/ UP… Continue

Added by Metalab on March 3, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

metalab exhibition opening Djurdjica Kesic 'Nomad' Thursday March 4

Djurdjica Kesic

Nomad

March 4 - 25

Opening night March 4 at 6pm

In the Nomad series Djurdjica Kesic develops her ongoing interest in home,

place and migration. For Kesic, the house becomes a symbol of something

that evokes a sense of place and stability. More specifically these

ideas are explored in relation to the migrant experience that is in

many ways shaped by transition and movement. The two, house and

migration, appear to be in a dichotomy, of… Continue

Added by Metalab on February 25, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

exhibition opening and gallery launch at metalab!

metalab kick off 2010 with a newly renovated gallery space and brand new work by Emily Hunt.

6PM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4

Emily Hunt is a curious artist, creating wearable works that explore and mimic the body. Using silicon to represent skin and muscle, symbolically sewing and wrapping the exterior of the piece, her works create an eerie yet familiar sentiment. Visually and conceptually there is an element of the hidden or concealed as forms are wrapped and intertwined,… Continue

Added by Metalab on January 21, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Christmas at metalab and CotA

The metalab and Courtesy of the Artist team Cesar Cueva, Nina Cueva, Claire Sutherland, Debbie Pryor, Pennie Jagiello, Nadja Soloviev and Emily Hunt warmly invite you to our Christmas showing of work, open until Christmas Eve.

Works available for purchase will be on display from our three venues; metalab (Surry Hills), CotA Bourke Street (Surry Hills) and CotA The Strand (CBD).

EMILLIE, WENDY HANNAM, CLAIRE SUTHERLAND, REBECCA KIM, KATH INGLIS, NINA ELLIS, GRETCHEN… Continue

Added by Metalab on December 12, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Jane Bowden and Melissa Cameron EXHIBITION OPENING Nov 5

Please join us for the opening of our November exhibitions from two interstate artists Jane Bowden (Adelaide) and Melissa Cameron Melbourne), come and give them a warm Sydney welcome!

November 5, 6 - 8pm

Exhibition running until November 26

m1 Jane Bowden 'Wrapped'

Bowden’s exquisitely handcrafted exhibition pieces are based on the process of applying textile techniques to metal. Woven forms such as bracelets, necklaces and rings are created with volume and… Continue

Added by Metalab on October 31, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

Melinda Young artist talk SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 AT 2PM

*ARTIST TALK*

Join Melinda Young at metalab SATURDAY OCTOBER 24 AT 2PM.

Take a walk through 'unnatural, naturally' with one of the exhibitions collaborating artists and enjoy 'a littering of frippery and fakery, jewellery and objects'!…

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Added by Metalab on October 15, 2009 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Pennie Jagiello on metalab blog!

Jane Pollard's pollinate exhibition and Pennie Jagiello's Coral Wreath both close at metalab today. We posted an interview with Jane a few weeks back and now we have one with Pennie - to discover more about her beautiful, thoughtful work and a sneak peek at her in her gorgeous garden check out:

http://metalabgallery.blogspot.com/

Next week we will feature the girls from unnatural, naturally - Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young to… Continue

Added by Metalab on September 24, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Lauren Simeoni/Melinda Young and Michelle Taylor EXHIBITION OPENING

Opening Night October 1, running until October 29

M1: unnatural, naturally

Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young

With a delight in finding expressions of the ‘natural’ in the ‘unnatural’ (and vice versa), Simeoni and Young exploit the potential of found objects in their work, playing with colour and materiality. The conceptual ideas for this exhibition have been developed using a shared sketchbook, which migrates back and forth between their studios. The exhibition… Continue

Added by Metalab on September 19, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Jane Pollard featured on metalab blog!

Read about Jane's background and inspiration, see great images of her new works and studio at:

http://metalabgallery.blogspot.com/

Added by Metalab on September 9, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Jane Pollard and Pennie Jagiello at metalab until September 24

m1 pollinate

Jane Pollard

Sydney based, self taught jeweller Jane Pollard has been creating wearable objects from found and collected materials for the past 15 years. Pollard is fascinated by the nostalgia and passion held by vintage haberdashery, buttons and buckles and adds to the objects stories and lifespans by transforming them into contemporary jewellery.

The forms made are inspired by the objects Pollard finds and receives, and are underpinned by her commitment… Continue

Added by Metalab on September 9, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments

SYDNEY DESIGN AT METALAB

Last Thursday the wonderful Grace Cochrane opened metalab's two Sydney Design exhibtions:

m1: Siting the Circle - Cesar Cueva and Sabine Pagan

m2: Lost and Found - Peta Kruger

continuing until August 27.

An interview with Peta Kruger is up on our blog: metalabgallery.blogspot.com

Images of the installation and opening night guests are on our Flickr site.

Details on both exhibitions below:

m1: Siting… Continue

Added by Metalab on August 12, 2009 at 3:22pm — No Comments

currently accepting exhibition proposals at metalab!

metalab is proud to announce the extention of our exhibtion program with the inclusion of a second space, metalab2. Situated alongside metalab1 both galleries are housed under the one roof at 10B Fitzroy Place Surry Hills.

We are now accepting exhibition proposals for this space. Please find following exhibition proposal guidelines and details of the new space. For enquiries and submissions please email Gallery Director Debbie Pryor at debbie@metalab.com.au…

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Added by Metalab on January 24, 2009 at 5:21pm — No Comments

Pablo Fanque presents The Annual White Show

Pablo Fanque's annual end of year White group show has something for everyone and every budget. White is the inspiration for Merilyn Bailey's silver compilations, Penny Butterworth's ceramic statements, Emily Valentine Bullock's flying dogs, works from Andrea Daly's (NZ) Garden of Eden, Emma Davies' delicate polypropylene… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on December 16, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

Here's a link to the Barbara Heath Studio Sale for 2008

The growing list of commission clients is updated once a year in preparation for the thank-you note and invite that goes out in the mail. The details are also posted to our blog, here.…