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This work accompanies the Beautiful Tensions exhibition which is the culmination of two years of work and research by Gray Street Workshop’s four current partners: Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman.

Materials: Powder coated brass, stainless steel earring hooks. Flower is hand-cut from 0.8mm sheet

Dimensions: flower 38mm diameter; overall length including earring hook 58mm; stainless steel earring wire 0.8mm; weight 7grams

Colour: Gloss White.

Materials: Unglazed stained porcelain (Nerikomi) on Stainless Steel posts.

Dimensions:

Studs | 15 mm x 12 mm (Stainless Steel Posts)

Small Dangle | 25mm Round (Hooks are 20mm Long)

Large Dangle | 40mm Round (Hooks are 20mm Long)

Meet the Maker: Froni Binns creates coloured porcelain jewellery and other wares from her home studio in Kyneton, Central Victoria. Having originally studied visual arts at the ANU School of Art and Design in the 1990s in the Graphic Investigation and Glass workshops, Froni returned to making in recent years as a therapy whilst caring full-time for her elderly parents. What began as explorations in colour eventually grew to working with porcelain and production jewellery within the tradition known as 'Nerikomi'.

Nerikomi allows Froni to explore pattern in porcelain with its properties of holding colour brilliantly. Since her return to making Froni has fallen in love with ceramics as a medium. Generally working without glazes, Froni sands and polishes the porcelain to show the simple beauty of the clay body. From being a therapeutic process, making has grown into her little business of making jewellery and small objects. For Froni, taking the handmade out of the gallery space as jewellery brings the objects alive.

Images: Craft + Design Canberra 

Materials: Unglazed stained porcelain (Nerikomi) on (Nickel Free) Surgical Steel angular hooks.

Dimensions: Variable

Meet the Maker: Froni Binns creates coloured porcelain jewellery and other wares from her home studio in Kyneton, Central Victoria. Having originally studied visual arts at the ANU School of Art and Design in the 1990s in the Graphic Investigation and Glass workshops, Froni returned to making in recent years as a therapy whilst caring full-time for her elderly parents. What began as explorations in colour eventually grew to working with porcelain and production jewellery within the tradition known as 'Nerikomi'.

Nerikomi allows Froni to explore pattern in porcelain with its properties of holding colour brilliantly. Since her return to making Froni has fallen in love with ceramics as a medium. Generally working without glazes, Froni sands and polishes the porcelain to show the simple beauty of the clay body. From being a therapeutic process, making has grown into her little business of making jewellery and small objects. For Froni, taking the handmade out of the gallery space as jewellery brings the objects alive.

Images: Craft + Design Canberra

Materials: Hand etched and hand painted sterling silver and recycled perspex earrings. 

Dimensions: Variable: 5.5cm to 8cm

Meet the Maker: Grace Hummerston is the designer maker behind Hum Design Studio. She makes sustainable, ethical and unique statement jewellery from manufacturing discards.

Materials: Eco Dyed Raffia + Paper Raffia

Dimensions:  7.5 cm x 7.5 cm

About the Maker: Jessika Spencer is a Wiradjuri woman from the Sandhills of Narrungdera (Narrandera), New South Wales. For over the past decade she has resided on beautiful Ngunnawal/ Ngambri country, where she currently creates her art.

Being an Indigenous woman, culture and art go hand in hand. They are intertwined and are an ongoing source of inspiration for her. Through her varied art forms, Jessika explores her cultural identity. She does this via photography, poetry, writing, activism and both contemporary and traditional weaving.

Jessika is a First Nations weaver, writer and activist.

Photos: Craft and Design Canberra

Material: Stainless steel 

Dimensions: 40 mm x 65mm

Each set comes beautifully packaged in a branded gift pouch complete an overview of the brand. 

About the Maker: inSync design is owned by Iris, a creative entrepreneur who designs and crafts handmade pieces that are collectible and timeless. 

"I am inspired by women who have a self-possessed sense of style, embracing the offbeat and seek originality. They take pleasure in expressing themselves through inSync's distinct signature style, clever construction and organic forms.

As a maker, I strive to minimize my ecological impact by making pieces that will last the test of time due to the material choices and its timeless appeal. I am very conscious of creating pieces of value by considering functionality, recyclability, and durability of each piece."

Photos: inSync design

This work accompanies the Beautiful Tensions exhibition which is the culmination of two years of work and research by Gray Street Workshop’s four current partners: Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman.

Materials: Powder coated brass, stainless steel earring hooks. Flower is hand-cut from 0.8mm sheet

Dimensions: flower 38mm diameter; overall length including earring hook 58mm; stainless steel earring wire 0.8mm; weight 7grams

Colour: Gloss Golden Yellow.

Material: Silk

Dimensions: W 33 cm x L 33 cm

Meet the Maker: Kiran is a visual and textile artist with extensive international experience in several parts of the world, currently based in Canberra. She creates wearable art in silk that is free-flowing, colourful and light. The colours and designs she uses are inspired by the Australian flora and fauna and her travels around the world.

YOLO Man Limited Edition Jewellery by Pamela Irving

YOLO is a social media term meaning 'You Only Live Once'.                     

Irving developed her YOLO Man character while constructing huge mosaic figures for Melbourne’s Luna Park. YOLO Man is a happy character embracing life. YOLO Man is essentially a head with legs and sometimes an arm or two.

He now appears as a range of limited edition, acrylic jewellery -  as necklaces, earrings and brooches. In this range of 5 designs in various colours, he wears a homburg hat as a nod to famous Australian poet ‘Banjo’ Paterson, and Pamela’s recent series “YOLO Man Waltzes Matilda”. One figure has one bare leg and one panted leg, referring to Banjo Paterson, who always had one foot in the city and one in the outback. These pieces are quirky and collectable and are a part of Pamela’s search for Australian Identity.

Materials: Sterling silver fixings.

Dimensions: Approx 70 mm x 70 mm

Meet the Maker: Pamela Irving originally trained in ceramics and sculpture. She has been the recipient of several Arts Victoria and Australia Council Grants and Winner of the Shepparton Australia Day Award for Ceramics in 1994. Pamela works across media and her pieces adorn many public spaces in Melbourne and afar. They include the mosaic façade of the Luna Palace Building, Luna Park Melbourne and Larry La Trobe, the bronze dog standing in front of Melbourne’s Town Hall, large scale ceramic mural at the Shanghai American School, Shanghai and many other sculptures and murals around Melbourne. Pamela is based in Bentleigh, Melbourne where she has a large studio and gallery space. Pamela’s works are quirky and irreverent and she has created a niche market for her works both in the public and private domains.

YOLO Man Limited Edition Jewellery by Pamela Irving

YOLO is a social media term meaning You Only Live Once.                     

Irving developed her YOLO Man character while constructing huge mosaic figures for Melbourne’s Luna Park. YOLO Man is a happy character embracing life. YOLO Man is essentially a head with legs and sometimes an arm or two.

He now appears as a range of limited edition, acrylic jewellery -  as necklaces, earrings and brooches. In this range of 5 designs, and a range of colours, he wears a homburg hat as a nod to famous Australian poet ‘Banjo’ Paterson and Pamela’s recent series “YOLO Man Waltzes Matilda”. One figure has one bare leg and one wearing pants, a reference to how Banjo Paterson always had one foot in the city and one in the outback. These pieces are quirky and collectable and a part of Pamela’s search for Australian Identity.

Materials: The earrings have sterling silver fixings.

Dimensions: Length from hook 50 mm x 40 mm

Meet the Maker: Pamela Irving originally trained in ceramics and sculpture. She has been the recipient of several Arts Victoria and Australia Council Grants and Winner of the Shepparton Australia Day Award for Ceramics in 1994. Pamela works across media and her pieces adorn many public spaces in Melbourne and afar. They include the mosaic façade of the Luna Palace Building, Luna Park Melbourne and Larry La Trobe, the bronze dog standing in front of Melbourne’s Town Hall, large scale ceramic mural at the Shanghai American School, Shanghai and many other sculptures and murals around Melbourne. Pamela is based in Bentleigh, Melbourne where she has a large studio and gallery space. Pamela’s works are quirky and irreverent and she has created a niche market for her works both in the public and private domains.

YOLO Man Limited Edition Jewellery by Pamela Irving

YOLO is a social media term meaning You Only Live Once.                     

Irving developed her YOLO Man character while constructing huge mosaic figures for Melbourne’s Luna Park. YOLO Man is a happy character embracing life. YOLO Man is essentially a head with legs and sometimes an arm or two.

He now appears as a range of limited edition, acrylic jewellery -  as necklaces, earrings and brooches. In this range of 5 designs, and a range of colours, he wears a homburg hat as a nod to famous Australian poet ‘Banjo’ Paterson and Pamela’s recent series “YOLO Man Waltzes Matilda”. One Figure has one bare leg and one wearing pants, a reference to Banjo Paterson, who always had one foot in the city and one in the outback. These pieces are quirky and collectable and a part of Pamela’s search for Australian Identity.

Materials: The earrings have sterling silver fixings.

Dimensions: Necklace length 35 cm | YOLO man is 6.5 cm x 6 cm 

Meet the Maker: Pamela Irving originally trained in ceramics and sculpture. She has been the recipient of several Arts Victoria and Australia Council Grants and Winner of the Shepparton Australia Day Award for Ceramics in 1994. Pamela works across media and her pieces adorn many public spaces in Melbourne and afar. They include the mosaic façade of the Luna Palace Building, Luna Park Melbourne and Larry La Trobe, the bronze dog standing in front of Melbourne’s Town Hall, large scale ceramic mural at the Shanghai American School, Shanghai and many other sculptures and murals around Melbourne. Pamela is based in Bentleigh, Melbourne where she has a large studio and gallery space. Pamela’s works are quirky and irreverent and she has created a niche market for her works both in the public and private domains.