Beyond Skill David Huycke – RMIT University,
Gold & Silversmithing Master class
David Huycke, Order and Chaos, 2008, Silver, 32.5 x 17.5 cm
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Map reference number: 05
RMIT University
Object Based Practice Gold & Silversmithing Studio, Lvl 1, Bldg 2, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne 28 – 31 August
Mon–Thu 9.30am–4.30pm Opening: Thu 31 August, 4.30–5.30pm
Artist/s: David Huycke
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As humans, making is at the core of our being. The search for materials and techniques has always been the source of knowledge and progress. Archaeological artefacts reveal economic and social structures of forgotten civilisations. We look at history and observe old cultures through the objects and things that have been made. Today, however, in this digital and dematerialised era, we tend to lose touch. In this masterclass led by David Huycke, Beyond Skill, participants will look at various techniques and search for the expressive potential of each. What can for example sawing do more than just cutting? What really happens when we bend something? Where is the poetry in soldering or how can we go beyond the practical?
a. David Huycke, Fractal Chaos, 2013, stainless steel, 13 x 13 x 13
About the Artist
David Huycke leads participants in specialist Gold & Silversmithing studios at RMIT University. Huycke lives and works in Belgium, where he is a professor at PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt. His work is represented in International Art Galleries and Museums in Europe, North America and Asia. Collections include, Design museum Gent, Gent, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, V&A Museum, London, The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen. David Huycke is a the recipient of the the Bavarian State Prize for Contemporary Crafts, IHM, Munich and this year was selected for the LOEWE Craft Prize.
David Huycke leads participants in specialist Gold & Silversmithing studios at RMIT University. Huycke lives and works in Belgium, where he is a professor at PXL-MAD School of Arts Hasselt. His work is represented in International Art Galleries and Museums in Europe, North America and Asia. Collections include, Design museum Gent, Gent, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, V&A Museum, London, The Marzee Collection, Nijmegen. David Huycke is a the recipient of the the Bavarian State Prize for Contemporary Crafts, IHM, Munich and this year was selected for the LOEWE Craft Prize.
