So much to do...

Post by Jenny Fahey.


Second Year has been hard at work…

Making rings with computer programme Rhino – these are the wax models printed from our Term 1 ring designs. Some have now gone to be cast in silver…




Synclastically forming bangles with the hydraulic press…

And flameworking glass…

and only 4 weeks left this semester!!!

stage one eggcup breakfast

Post by Kinah Choi, Crimson 1 + Georgia Grant, Indigo 1

12th of May, 2011, this morning we had big BIG breakfast .
First year’s first project was an eggcup.
Finally they are on display and we were having our soft boiled eggs surrounded by “preciously made eggcups.” Of course we wouldn’t dare to use our precious eggcup for eggs! :)
I felt it was like a family breakfast. We see each other every weekday, we might see each other more often than real family. So it WAS a family breakfast.
We all love craftsmanship pieces in workshop…. Therefore we prepared our gourmet homemade food for the breakfast... lovely food, lovely people and lovely eggcups!! Good job, everybody!!

We are all looking forward to having suki, sabi, wabi breakfast soon.

Kinah

With the egg cups behind us, this week we were treated to a bit of soldering and a delicious breakfast. A congratulations to Ki who was busy having a beautiful baby girl and a thank you to Chris who taught both Indigo and crimson the art of the solder. Afternoon came and Catherine rustled everyone up to display their egg cups and set up the big breakfast, food duties aside the egg cups looked just incredible.
The big breakfast! - what a spread (pun intended)
A special effort made by everyone saw more hours spent cooking the night before than the total amount of emerying the collective group had ever done. yum doesn't do it justice. With some lovely words from all the teachers and of course Somboon everyone ones spirits (and optimism) were lifted for another term. My favourite week yet.

Georgia

Raising with Crimson 2

Post be Leah Dawkins, Crimson 2

If you thinking about getting back in shape why not raise a beaker!
Raising is the shaping of metal from a flat sheet into a hollow form by using certain designed
hammers (raising and plannishing hammers) and stakes.
This is the challenge that Crimson 2 have been set for our specialisation class with Radka Passianova.

Dat hard at work in the hammer room.

Based on a chosen cocktail (that we extensively researched on the weekends) we are required to design and raise a beaker and a stirrer to accompany it. Here is an example of a few different beakers from our class.

3 different beakers

One term down and I have finished raising and plenishing and am currently cleaning the inside using a wooden steak covered in emery paper and the lathe.

Leah on the lathe

Blisters and all I can say that it’s been hard work so far but very rewarding and a very useful insight to the way metal works through hammering.

Stage 2, Term 2

Posted by Rose Boddam-Whetham, Crimson 2

As the Easter holidays finish, the Second Year Jewellery Design students are catapulted into Autumn, and are all busy trying to finish the cutlery project. This was a very challenging brief, due to having to use the hydraulic press and TIG welding techniques. I chose to use stainless steel and wood in my piece. My concept was based around ancient Aboriginal utensils and their connection toward today's contemporary world. Most people are happy with the outcome of their work and believe they have gained valuable knowledge that they will be able to use in their next project, which is due to begin any day now.

I'm very excited for this to begin as I'm looking forward to developing my welding techniques. The next brief is very open, leaving space for the imagination to explore the many levels of consciousness associated with the past and present. Stay tuned for the goings on withing the world of Enmore Jewellery and Objects. Cheers.

it's been a while...

...but we've been very busy! Last year's student exhibition, Inseparable Companion, was a huge success. Congratulations to Sienna 2010, we wish you all the best for the future. 2011 has already been an exciting year. We welcome Christopher Maron to our Jewellery and Object Design teaching staff. We have bid a fond farewell to A mi Kim from the workshop tool station, we look forward to meeting her new arrival soon. Welcome also to Sang Bin Nam, taking A mi's place in the tool station, it's great to have you on board!

We have a great new group of stage one students, we look forward to seeing the results from their first Concept Realisation project. In the meantime the Exhibition Space outside the D1.08 workshop has been set up with work from stage one's Applied Design + Design Processes class, taught by Diane Appleby. Here are some of the pieces on display...

Melissa Cragg

Elin Hammarstrom

Somboun Phonesouk

James Knutson

Gretal Ferguson

Caroline Alexander

The possibilities with paper are amazing. Stay tuned for student posts from our stage two classes, coming soon!

Inseparable Companion

casting new shadows with jewellery + objects

The annual end-of-year exhibition of the Design Centre Enmore’s Jewellery + Object Design students is eagerly anticipated among Australia’s arts and design community. Each year, the work produced by the students proves to be innovative, unique and of the highest standard.

The 2010 exhibition is titled Inseparable Companion: Casting New Shadows with Jewellery + Objects. This title refers to the connection the students feel to their work, the connection between the jewellery and the wearer and the inseparability of the physical object and the shadow it casts.

Over 500 handmade pieces by more than 60 students will be on display and available for sale. This covetable collection includes wearable jewellery as well as larger-scale sculptural objects.

The Jewellery + Object Design department at the Design Centre Enmore consistently graduates independently recognised talented designers, and this exhibition offers the opportunity to see and own examples from the next generation of designer/makers.

Inseparable Companion will be held at the Danks St Galleries, Depots I & II; located at the rapidly rising design hub Danks St, Waterloo, and will run from the 1st to the 5th of December.

This exhibition strongly focuses on achieving the smallest carbon footprint possible using everything from soybean based ink for printing materials, to biodegradable materials to build display units.

It’s your chance to meet the artists as they launch their future careers and pave the way for this growing industry. Every year the quality of design and workmanship displayed breaks new ground and challenges the boundaries of contemporary Jewellery + Object Design.

Inseparable Companion, Depot Galleries I + II, 2 Danks Street Waterloo, 1-5 December 2010, Gallery Hours 11am – 6pm

Made By Hand

Posted by Doris Jurzak, Sienna

As emerging designer/makers we’re taught to use many tools and machines to transform our design ideas into physical objects. All of these processes require our hands; undoubtedly our most important tools.

While our hands have become more important during the last three years, they’ve also become far less attractive. We often comment about how awful they’re looking and minor cuts and scrapes usually don’t even rate an ‘ouch’ anymore…though we might stop for a bandaid if we’re working with a material that we don’t want to bleed on. Manicures don’t rate a mention at all.

There are plenty of things in the workshop which contribute to the mistreatment of our phalanges ... emery paper, sawblades, burs, polishing wheels, scotchbrite, pumice, hammers, vices, torches, metal, acetone, diluted acids, the incessant hand-washing with gritty solvol soap…not to mention the more perilous bandsaws, guillotines and lathes; a whole new level of phalanges mistreatment which we avoid with extreme OH&S vigilance.

So while our hands may not be the most beautiful in the world, we’ve certainly been doing our best to make beautiful things with them. Here are some of our hands…to see what they’ve made, our end-of-year exhibition runs from 1 December to 5 December at Depot Galleries I and II, Danks Street Waterloo. Please come and take a look.