Anita Crowther and Maria Natoli, stage 2, 2019, sterling silver, 65mm x 20mm. Photo: Maria Natoli

Consequences

Aphra Cheesman (NZ)
Anita Crowther
Maria Natoli
Lauren Trojkovic 

30 August – 15 September

Tue– Sun 10am-6pm 

(OPENING)

Fri 13 September, 6-9pm

at 

Brunswick Street Gallery

​Gallery 8
Level 1, 322 Brunswick St 
Fitzroy 3065

Lauren Trojkovic and Aphra Cheesman, stage 2, 2019, sterling silver, corian, dimensions varied. Photo: Maria Natoli

A collaborative project, based on the parlour game Consequences, 4 contemporary jewellers will share in the making of jewellery and objects. Just as the Surrealist artists used games to spark creativity and free the mind, the artists will explore their own making practice by playing the game Consequences within the context of Contemporary Jewellery. By letting go of the control and processes that individual makers often place on their own work, the artists aim to free up their own practices by being open to and responding to the ideas of other makers. 

By journaling and photographing each stage of the ‘game’ the artists will document and reflect on their own making experiences and confront the challenges of not having total control over each object. What consequences will each step in the game have upon the final outcome of each piece?

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Aphra Cheesman and Anita Crowther, stage 2, 2019, sterling silver, enamel, copper, 50mm x 35mm. Photo: Maria Natoli

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)
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Aphra Cheesman is a Melbourne based artist, originally from New Zealand. Her process is both playful and observant. She is interested in the in-between moments of daily life and she is constantly looking for objects, materials and things in her everyday that she finds odd, beautiful, humorous, or simply appealing. Once she notices something, she can’t un-notice it; this begins the process of translating her observations into further research, and making work. In 2016 she completed the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design at Melbourne Polytechnic and in 2018 she graduated with a Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) at RMIT. 

Anita Crowther is a stone cutter and jewellery maker. Motivated primarily by the process of stone cutting and the ways in which this process can not only reveal hidden characteristics of stones but can also influence the overall design process. Through her sensitive use of colour she combines stones to create intriguing compositions. Anita approaches her jewellery pieces with a visual sensibility carried on from her background in painting. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Monash University and an Advanced Diploma at NMIT. She has exhibited in Australia and Germany.

Maria Natoli is a contemporary jeweller based in Melbourne. Her work is informed by her fascination with, and exploration of retro and vintage objects and graphics. Finding beauty in outdated gaudy wallpapers, or from a retro coffee mug hidden on the shelf of an op-shop, she translates and refines these objects and ideas from the past into her contemporary jewellery pieces. Maria completed her studies at NMIT where upon graduation she received the e.g.etal award. She has also undertaken further study with Kellett Master Jewellers.

Lauren Trojkovic’s work brings together sculptural forms and textural embellishment. She is inspired by the naturally occurring line work and patterns seen in nature and regularly draws inspiration from aerial photography. Her work draws on these elements, textures and patterns in a contemporary way. As well as jewellery and object design, her formal training in graphic design and photography has also influenced her design process and thinking. Her pieces are brought to life using traditional metalsmithing techniques including hand engraving and the lost wax casting process.