Pieces of Place
Sarah Heyward, Instability brooch, 2017, Hoffman Brick, mild steel, silver, stainless steel, clear enamel gloss. 250mm x 200mm x 10mm. Photo: Brett Frost
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Map reference number: 46
Mr Kitly
381 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 
Brunswick Arts Window Space
(viewable 24/7) 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 25 August – 9 September
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 11am - 6pm, Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 11am - 4pm. Closed Tuesdays Opening: Fri 25 August, 6–8pm at Mr Kitly
Artist/s: Kim Jaeger, Andy Hutson, Emma Grace, Sarah Heyward, Kate Hill & Lindy McSwan
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The way we live in our urban environments is changing. As our neighbourhood landscapes grow taller and busier, the changing skyline provokes mixed feelings in our communities and suburbs. The unearthing of the soil and stone and collapsing of the bricks and mortar leaves us wondering about the lives and stories which have occupied these sites: the walls and ceilings, factories and sheds. We wonder who made these bricks that built these walls? The Hoffman Brickworks was established in 1870 on Albert Street, Brunswick. The works produced many of the bricks used in buildings around inner Melbourne in the housing boom of that period. Using the Hoffman brick as a point of enquiry, six artists responded to this as a found urban artifact. The exhibiting artists all received one 'piece of place', a Hoffman brick from a demolished garage in Brunswick to work with.
a.-b. Sarah Heyward. Instability brooch, 2017, Hoffman Brick, mild steel, silver, stainless steel, clear enamel gloss. 250mm x 200mm x 10mm. Photo: Brett Frost
About the Artist
Kim Jaeger is a ceramicist interested in functionality of the sculptural form and is fascinated with how and why we live with objects in our everyday lives. Her work is enchanting, full of character and her pot heads are playful and humorous.
Sarah Heyward’s contemporary jewellery and object is an exploration of our perception of the world and our selves within it and the psychological spaces we occupy when working on a small scale. Working mainly with mild steel, gold and silver, she finds inspiration in urban and rural landscapes, the natural world and the randomness and asymmetry of the everyday.
Emma Grace is a contemporary jeweller with a passion for sustainability. Her latest collection comprises 100% recycled silver and gold plus reclaimed materials, all made with efficient production processes. Emma draws inspiration from all around; it is her emotional response to these things, which brings the work to life.
Andy Hutson works primarily in sculpture and installation. Mainly paper mache, his work explores themes of catastrophe within great geological upheavals or military conflicts, but also on a more personal, immediate scale – like the emotional or mental - as disaster can be a useful catalyst for self-reflection.
Kate Hill’s practice explores a temporal engagement with place, utilizing site-specific materials such as earth, clay and water to express local contexts through ceramic processes. Past projects have involved the sourcing of local clay and water from sites to create functional vessels, and in the process of excavation and refinement, she examines the site the materials are coming from, the stories that are held there, and the broader environmental and political questions associated with larger scale industries using similar processes.
Lindy McSwan’s current works primarily focuses on the vessel. Her chosen materials are particularly mild steel and enamel. Having opportunities to travel remotely in Australia, she has developed collections of work interpreting aesthetics unique to the Australian landscape. Using the vessel as her canvas, she expresses notions of the sublime in these remote places where harsh extremes in weather sculpt the landscape.
Kim Jaeger is a ceramicist interested in functionality of the sculptural form and is fascinated with how and why we live with objects in our everyday lives. Her work is enchanting, full of character and her pot heads are playful and humorous.
Sarah Heyward’s contemporary jewellery and object is an exploration of our perception of the world and our selves within it and the psychological spaces we occupy when working on a small scale. Working mainly with mild steel, gold and silver, she finds inspiration in urban and rural landscapes, the natural world and the randomness and asymmetry of the everyday.
Emma Grace is a contemporary jeweller with a passion for sustainability. Her latest collection comprises 100% recycled silver and gold plus reclaimed materials, all made with efficient production processes. Emma draws inspiration from all around; it is her emotional response to these things, which brings the work to life.
Andy Hutson works primarily in sculpture and installation. Mainly paper mache, his work explores themes of catastrophe within great geological upheavals or military conflicts, but also on a more personal, immediate scale – like the emotional or mental - as disaster can be a useful catalyst for self-reflection.
Kate Hill’s practice explores a temporal engagement with place, utilizing site-specific materials such as earth, clay and water to express local contexts through ceramic processes. Past projects have involved the sourcing of local clay and water from sites to create functional vessels, and in the process of excavation and refinement, she examines the site the materials are coming from, the stories that are held there, and the broader environmental and political questions associated with larger scale industries using similar processes.
Lindy McSwan’s current works primarily focuses on the vessel. Her chosen materials are particularly mild steel and enamel. Having opportunities to travel remotely in Australia, she has developed collections of work interpreting aesthetics unique to the Australian landscape. Using the vessel as her canvas, she expresses notions of the sublime in these remote places where harsh extremes in weather sculpt the landscape.
