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Interview with Joanna Harris MacNeil

Joanna Harris MacNeil is an established jewellery designer who works extensively with enamel.  We interviewed Joanna to find out a bit more about her practice and what inspires her designs.     What led you to start making jewellery? I was living in London about to start a Phd in Genetics when, with 6 months […]

Studio bench clearance

Wednesday 23rd – 26th September  – is our ONE WEEK ONLY studio bench clearance! We don’t believe in sales (we value our artists and their work too highly for that) but we do believe in making way for fresh ideas! So, for ONE WEEK ONLY, Bridget, Jenny and Mel are clearing their benches, emptying their drawers and […]

‘Lamina’ – presenting new work by Kath Inglis

We are looking forward to receiving new work for the show ‘Lamina’ into the gallery. Kath Inglis is well known for her distinctive style and signature use of the material, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a material that is sourced by Inglis as a clear flexible sheet and is manipulated by colouring, cutting, carving and more recently, heat […]

REFLECTIONS FROM HILL END – Artist Residency February 2015

Written by Bridget Kennedy Just back from my Artist Residency! Over a year ago I received news that the application for my month long residency at Hill End had been successful. This bit of gold on the horizon promised to be a wonderful start to 2015. The artist in residence program is managed by Bathurst […]

Interview with Gallery Artist Mark Vaarwerk

Studio 20/17 intern Victoria Cleland, interviewed gallery artist Mark Vaarwerk and discussed his ongoing fascination with transforming the plastic detritus of our everyday lives into his beautiful signature jewellery pieces.   The Plastic Alchemist: An Interview with Mark Vaarwerk Mark Vaarwerk combines cast silver with crayons and polystyrene with pink gold. His process transmutes everyday […]