clip_image002 “Grass to Gold” WCC—International Jewellery Convention, February 2011 Jewellery through the ages has mirrored society. How jewellery is worn, the reasons for wearing it, and the material it is made of—all are reflections of the societal values, and prevalent beliefs of the times. From Sumerian queens, Egyptian pharaohs, and Indian royalty, to the Cleopatras, [...]
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Where to put baskets in an art gallery?
Announcing an upcoming panel session: The place of collective craft in the modern museums and art galleries of the Global South This panel session is part of the conference: Mobility, Circulation, Transnationalism: Art History and the Global South South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH) and Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA) University of the Witwatersrand, [...]
From a hard to a soft place – national identity in metal and fibre
image It’s always enlivening when Damian Skinner comes to town. We gave at talk together at RMIT in the unusual setting of Hoyts Cinema 7 in Melbourne Central. It was disconcerting to see the students and jewellers lying back in their comfy seats as though waiting for a blockbuster. Damian began with his reading of [...]
From a hard to a soft place – national identity in metal and fibre
It’s always enlivening when Damian Skinner comes to town. We gave at talk together at RMIT in the unusual setting of Hoyts Cinema 7 in Melbourne Central. It was disconcerting to see the students and jewellers lying back in their comfy seats as though waiting for a blockbuster. Damian began with his reading of the [...]
