Sneak peek at some exhibition work

As mentioned previously, I’ve spent a bit of time recently working on a series of three pieces for an exhibition called Takeaway, which is the JMGA-NSW members’ exhibition for Christmas.

Takeaway is a now annual exhibition aimed at selling work as gifts for Christmas. The idea is that when you purchase an item from the show, it is replaced with a polaroid photograph of the piece and you get to take your jewellery or object with you when you buy – all wrapped up in a little cardboard takeaway container.

I decided to make a series three of saw-pierced pendants for the show using vintage ironwork patterns cut out of sterling silver. The pieces are then domed. One side is oxidised a browny-black colour, the other is left relatively bright and shiny.

The exhibition pieces feature three ironwork patterns and each piece has two domed pieces with the same pattern. The pieces can be worn either with the oxidised or the shiny silver sides showing. The pendants are suspended on a fine sterling silver chain and have another small cut out pattern at the end to weight it.

The pendants have now been sent off for the show, which opens this Thursday. I’ll be interested to see how they look on display as I’m not sure how confident I am about them. Part of me wishes I’d had more time to spend on them.

I’ve also created a simpler version of one of these pendants, which you can find in my handmade jewelry shop.

Takeaway opens at Gaffa Gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney on Thursday 23 November 2006 at 6pm.