Submissions will be accepted until March 30, 2009.
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Christmas Showcase – Gifts of Wearable Art Exhibition
at Studio 20/17, Dank Street Galleries, Waterloo
Nov.15-Dec.20 2008
Opening drinks: Sat. Nov.15, 2008 4-6pm

Sometimes the best way to show your love is to give the gift of hand crafted. Designed for gifting to the one you love, the seductive contemporary wearable art pieces will be available at Studio 20/17 Sydney’s premiere art space, within the renowned Danks Street galleries.

The festive season for 2008 is about a return to the hand crafted, the beauty of well made design and above all individuality and personality. Through their Christmas showcase, Studio 20/17 gives you the opportunity to give a gift this year that reaches above the everyday, merging design, art and craft.

The creative haven of Studio 20/17 is run by two of Sydney’s contemporary jewellery and object makers – Bridget Kennedy and Melanie Ihnen.
Their tiny blended studio gallery and workshop pays homage to the Waterloo postcode in which it’s situated.

17 artists have been selected to display their works in this exhibition of gifts of wearable art. The artists are based in Sydney, Melbourne and Japan, and include:

Bridie Lander
Jeweller and designer whose organic forms are made using silver with semi precious crushed stones applied to the surface. The works reflect her ongoing interest in biological molecular science.

Yuji Kono
Creator of intricate, highly crafted enamel and gemstone work.

Sian Edwards
Designer of baked enamel mild steel pieces whose stories are based about the tale of Leda and the Swan.

Kimberly Williams
Her pendants, earrings and bangles reinterpret the intricate history of woven hair.

Danielle Butters
A jeweller who brings to the Studio a colourful and playful ‘lapidary club series’.

 
Bridget Kennedy
Bridget has recently completed an advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design at The Design Centre where she was awarded the College Achievement Award and the Jewellery and Object Design Award (access residency). She was a finalist in the 2006 Hobart Art Prize. Bridget was most recently the winner of the Emerging Artist Category in JMGA’s Profile Exhibition.

 
Melanie Ihnen
While undertaking her Advanced Diploma in Jewellery & Object Design at the Design Centre, Enmore Melanie was awarded a Foundation for young Australian Scholarship and in 2002 she was awarded the college achievement award. Melanie has completed a residency at Pyrmont jewellery studios and received a Craft in-site grant to exhibit. Her work is placed in galleries throughout Australia and she continues to exhibit widely.

Ross Buchanan
Ross Buchanan is a photographer who tries to find via his photographs the calmness that eludes him in his full-time career as a lawyer.