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un•nat•u•ral |Jewellery with Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL.
Description
A one day workshop with Lauren Simeoni & Melinda Young exploring and challenging approaches to making, materials & deconstructing the (found) object. This workshop focuses on the theme: ‘unnatural jewellery’. Participants are encouraged, via a series of making exercises, to confront & challenge the borders that exist within their practice. To think about what falls through the gaps when making and make new work that pushes past the edges that have previously confined their work. Work created during the workshop will be exhibited as part of the conference program in the Three Weeds Hotel kitchen garden.
Date: Wednesday 8 July, 2015, 10am - 4pm
Location: Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Rd, Lilyfield
Cost: $130 ($115 full time student - limited places available)
Skill level: Participants should have some basic jewellery or making experience in other media
Materials and tools required:
Please bring a small selection of basic jewellery hand tools, materials and consumables along with a sketchbook and drawing implements. Participants are required to wear closed leather shoes and bring appropriate PPE including safety glasses and dust mask if possible.
Participants are also encouraged to gather a collection of found materials prior to the workshop and bring a selection of these found objects to a shared table.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL.
Description
A one day workshop with Lauren Simeoni & Melinda Young exploring and challenging approaches to making, materials & deconstructing the (found) object. This workshop focuses on the theme: ‘unnatural jewellery’. Participants are encouraged, via a series of making exercises, to confront & challenge the borders that exist within their practice. To think about what falls through the gaps when making and make new work that pushes past the edges that have previously confined their work. Work created during the workshop will be exhibited as part of the conference program in the Three Weeds Hotel kitchen garden.
Date: Wednesday 8 July, 2015, 10am - 4pm
Location: Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Rd, Lilyfield
Cost: $130 ($115 full time student - limited places available)
Skill level: Participants should have some basic jewellery or making experience in other media
Materials and tools required:
Please bring a small selection of basic jewellery hand tools, materials and consumables along with a sketchbook and drawing implements. Participants are required to wear closed leather shoes and bring appropriate PPE including safety glasses and dust mask if possible.
Participants are also encouraged to gather a collection of found materials prior to the workshop and bring a selection of these found objects to a shared table.
SIMEONI and YOUNG
Lauren Simeoni is an Adelaide-based artist working from the Gate 8 workshop collective. Simeoni has a Bachelor of Art, Gold and Silversmithing from Canberra School of Art, which she followed with a Design Associateship at the JamFactory and a one year mentorship at Gray Street Workshop in Adelaide. Simeoni exhibits nationally and internationally, guest lectures at universities and actively participates on state craft and arts boards and projects.
Melinda Young has a Master of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts. She has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas since 1997. Her work has been included in numerous publications and is held in collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia and Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. In addition to her jewellery practice Melinda teaches at universities and in the community, curates occasional exhibitions and has extensive gallery experience.
