10 November 2011

▶ JEWELLER SPOTLIGHTS: RUBY & SAGE, KIMONO REINCARNATE AND WILL COLES

This month has seen the Gallery’s Jewellery selection grow with three new ranges. Ruby & Sage creates gorgeous handmade bangles and rings in resin. Creating different effects using cloudy hand-pressed or clear and smooth finishes, and incorporating feathers and beads into the pieces, makes this unique range varied and visually interesting. As the artists themselves explain, “Everything is done by hand, from creating moulds based on our clay sculptures, through to hand-sanding (and then polishing) each finished piece.”
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Taking inspiration from her six years of living in Japan, Melanie Gray Austin, under the name Kimono Reincarnate, has created cute and quirky pieces that are technically and aesthetically beautiful. Kimono Reincarnate gives a second life to vintage and antique kimono fabrics, setting them between sustainable growth bamboo and beneath resin. The Origami series is visually delicate, defying their solid bamboo medium and are finished with hand-painted flowers.

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Also featured in the Gallery are Will Coles new 'Mermaid' brooches. These small pieces reference his large piece, 'Untitled (Mermaid)', currently hanging on Cockatoo Island for Outpost.

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