The Etching of the Year!

posted by Joao Vaz, Sienna

For Catherine Buman’s exhibition work, the talented student has proposed a wonderful enormous etched platter. Such an extravagant piece would never be possible without an equally enormous amount of assistance from other students and staff, technical knowledge and excitement!

As Catherine prepared the copper sheet to be etched the crowd gathered round. The process requires precision and careful attention. The pattern is prepared on the surface of the copper and the protective paint needs to dry before the etching begins.

The metal has to be then submersed in the acidic solution and the air bubbles that form on the surface of the metal, resulting from the etching process, need to be removed continuously for as long as the metal is in contact with the acid.

After being bathed for a variable amount of time, it’s removed and washed with clean water. It’s at this stage that Catherine needs to make sure the acid has removed enough metal off the surface.

The final copper sheet looks stunning, and one can only but wait for the magnificent moment when the final piece will come to full existence and it’s profound beauty, completely appreciated.

Young Blood Designers Market 2010

posted by Steve Dampsey & Hae Mi Kim, Crimson 2

Hi all,
All year Crimson 2 of Jewellery & Object Design Enmore have anticipated the day we would all man a stall for our department at the 2010 Youngblood Market, selling our JOD 2009 graduates’ work at the Powerhouse Museum. We all worked hard in each of our teams to make the day we represented JOD Enmore a successful one, one we could all walk away from with firsthand experience on preparing and running a stall, not just for our Professional Practice class’s sake, but for our own knowledge for the future. And so now we are prepared for the future after passing the three days we have worked toward with effort and eagerness. Entering a market was an exciting experience for all of us, one we have definitely benefited from and look forward to repeating when we are independent ambitious designers, or maybe when some us are third year graduates and our work is being sold at the 2012 Youngblood Market.

Pieces on Display + Young Blood Markets

This week is all go go go for the Jewellery and Object design department! Proposals have been handed in and last term pieces are available to see in the critique space. We all put in a lot of effort and the pieces are amazing, so come on up!

Don't forget we will be representing the department at the Youngblood Markets this Weekend, it's all happening at the Powerhouse Museum Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

All pieces sold are from previous year graduates.

Enjoy the pictures!

Steve Dempsey

Simon Azzopardi

Sebastien Terracher

Nina Sharman

Miriam Mouahbi

Kaoru Rogers

Jessica Muscat

Ian Koker

Anita Yingyi Zhao

Amelia Moromisato

Inseparable Companion

Finally, the cardboard has arrived!

The build team for the Jewellery and Object Annual Exhibition is beginning their first day of hard work!

This year our exhibition is called Inseparable Companion and refers to the things that we hold dear to us, such as jewellery design! This also includes the enviroment so for the design of our exhibition we are constructing all shelving out of 100% recycled cardboard!

Amy has been busy making badges for you to get your hands on at upcoming events hosted by our department, so don't miss out!

Make sure you check out this blog regularly as we will be sharing all the behind the scenes goss with you...