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I admire traditional art and craft works. I became inspired for this series of works from a traditional Japanese craft technique called sashiko. Sashiko is embroidery that, especially throughout the Edo period, farming women used to patch their clothes at a time when a piece of cloth was considered extremely valuable. I love the attractive, yet delicate look in their simplicity.
I use a 20 tonne power hydraulic press to form the metal. The metal thickness used is about 0.6 millimetres. Therefore each piece is very light and comfortable to wear, and also durable.

Toshiko Fujiyama has been a wood carving artist for over 30 years, based in Miyagi, Japan.
She specialises in designing and producing decorative patterns on wooden furniture.
She uses "off cut" wood pieces to make small, intricate pieces for jewellery.
The wood used in these pieces is called "hounoki" - a native Japanese magnolia tree.

Colourfull Exquisite Cross Sterling silver, 18ct gold, 22ct gold, Citrine

Simon is an established, highly regarded goldsmith who specialises in the creation of unique items of jewellery and other precious objects. Many of his most valuable and unusual pieces have been commissioned by connoisseurs and are held in notable private collections.
Born in New Zealand, Monsalvant artist. In 1981 he worked with Hendrick Forster to create the official wedding gift from the Commonwealth of Australia to the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Ring - Sterling Silver, Rose gold plated, Turquoise Earrings - Sterling silver, Rose gold plated

Nina Oikawa completed a Bachelor of Applied Art (Hons) in Metal & Jewellery, Monash University, 2004 followed by a Master of Fine Art, (Gold & Silversmithing), RMIT University, 2005. She went on to complete a Doctorate of Fine Art, RMIT, 2010. Nina also has a Diploma in Gemmology, Gemmological Association of Australia, 2008. She has had three solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney and received the Marzee Prize, as part of the Marzee International Graduate Exhibition, The Netherlands, 2006. Nina was selected to participate in Talente, Munich, during the same year.

Rose petal sterling silver fabricated with a tourmaline cab

Marion Marshall designs extraordinary jewellery celebrating and commemorating life.
Marion Marshall Studios in North Fitzroy has 35 years of committed service.

www.marionmarshall.com.au

Double blossom hook ear rings oxidised sterling silver

Lisa Crawford Jones completed an Advanced Diploma in Engineering Technology (gold and silver smithing) in 2009 at NMIT after working for more than a decade in media and communications across Australia.
Now based in Melbourne and having found the perfect medium for expression, Lisaﾕs work celebrates the cycles of life using traditional gold and silversmithing techniques and modern casting technology.
Lisa is drawn to the richness of patterns and texture and is fascinated by ancient earth myths and traditions man uses to give meaning to life.
Precious and semi-precious gemstones and decorative techniques such as granulation are used to reflect themes common to all human experience.
These ear rings were made using granulation and casting. The ends are threaded and will screw off to allow the hook through pierced ears.
Lisa's work is available at e.g.etal in Melbourne.

www.lisacrawfordjones.com

Blossom Brooch Sterling silver oxdised, Stainless steel, Fresh water pearl

Rather than attempt to copy or replicate nature, Mana Kawasaki's pieces are meditations of elements found in the nature world. Not nature at large but not only the small pieces that drop and fall to the ground.
Those with transient, fragile qualities such as blossom, seed pod and water.

Mana Kawasaki is a Melbourne based jeweller, who trained at Hiko Mizuno jewellery school in Tokyo, Japan.

www.mana-k.com

General Assembly brooch Aluminium, Glass, Stainless steel

Sharing passion for making and a commitment to contemporary jewellery practice, Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden founded Studio Hacienda in 2005.
Their first collaborative project, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, invited the public to select from pre-fabricated parts to creat their own souvenir brooch - so far over 250 people have participated in this project, which received a Victorian Premier's Design Mark in 2008.

"GENERAL ASSEMBLY exemplifies Potrer and Tilden's common ground: working in multiples, exploring the individual impulse to select, combine and adorn, alertness to the ubiquitous conversation though the object. That's Studio Hacienda." - Merryn Gates, Courtesy Powerhouse Museum, 2007