Caz Guiney

I checked out the jewellery on Artware Editions but it was mostly crap however I did find these gems… my blog seems to be working again!  I spoke too soon… still a challenge

I am having trouble uploading images hence the lack of posting.  Edublogs have been performing ‘maintenance’ and nothing has worked properly since… I will return!

It has been almost 5 weesk since my last post… BAD BLOGGER… I have been ill with every lurgy that floats by, incredibly busy with all manner of projects,  school holidays the list goes on.

I  finally posted work off to Velvet da Vinci in San Francisco for the Unnatural Acts exhibition curated by Mel and Lauren.  I made 4 pieces and the challenge I set myself was to use all the material I was given.  Every piece that was punched had a hole drilled in it and was threaded onto silk to form the neckpiece below… I warned you months ago… it’s a bit twee.

No.1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar neckpiece

No. 2 Breakfast… Lunch… Dinner brooch

Rear of No. 2… every good jeweller knows you can’t ignore the back!

No.3  Cocoon

No. 4 The Beautiful Butterfly Pin

Just incase you had forgotten the original bits of vegetables, fruit and flora.

… and now I just need to finish the brooch for Bea Miles my rebel/non-conformist… the deadline is looming.

I am interested in a few concepts mentioned here – space, gold, rings -but when your ‘Cosmic’ ring gets it’s own ‘Certificate of Space Flight’, I  am intrigued for a brief moment and then lose interest very quickly.

…slowly!

I am actually drilling holes in these and threading them…yes I am going insane!  It has been a difficult process to resolve what to design and make for this project…I am not used to having such a firm starting point imposed on me and yet complete free range to do as I please. My practice has been diverse but tends to revolved around site specific jewellery installations and investigations into space and place.  However I have persisted with my bag of plastic bits and developed my own conceptual framework for guidance albeit a bit twee…think Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The above is a work/s in progress for an exhibition titled ‘Unnatural Acts’-mentioned here in a previous post .  I have to admit that the deadline is FAST approaching so I must get off my couch, turn the computer off and get moving!

I was finally successful in bidding at the NMIT Jewellery fundraising Auction last night (small review of proceedings on Melbourne Jeweller). With a bubbles in one hand and pizza in the other I still managed to steadily hold up my bidding number…impressive.  The above little beauty is by jeweller Tae Schmeisser renowned for her ‘Wheelie Bin’ jewels.  The photo doesn’t do it justice so I will try and take another shot tomorrow during daylight hours.  It is baby blue powdercoated sterling silver and the black holes are actually rubies.  I also put in a few strong bids for a Blanche Tilden ring but no luck.  The ring I donated sold for a bomb so pleased all round.  I am currently teaching the students that organised the event and was so impressed by the seamless organisation…the venue was a winner.  Well done.

A local friend ‘Bootsie’ alerted me to the fact that the suburban  ‘Soft Rubbish’ intervention I created a couple of months ago has been souveniered and used as a sign on a gate inbetween 2 of the commission flats near where the original piece was installed…couldn’t ask for a better outcome.

A little battered and a few bits of added wire but still holding together.  I am familiar with leaving jewellery/artwork in public and it being souveniered but this claim is by far the most satisfying!  Might be time for another ‘Soft Rubbish’ intervention…and yes gotta love the phrase ‘thanking you’!

Why…I don’t know but Bright Op Shop (where we holidayed over Easter) bucked the Easter trend and put on a hilarious Harry Potter window for all the holiday punters.  The note on the window clearly stated that nothing was for sale…bum!

Harry himself…I don’t recall such heavy eyebrows

Ron…all dolled up to catch Harry’s attention

Hermoine…who knows… a roll in the hay perhaps?

Dobbie the house elf…I thought it was Yoda…scary nonetheless.

Oh…also whilst we were away actually within 10 minutes of arriving little miss fell down a flight of wooden stairs and miraculously survived without a break but she did suffer some severe bruising.

see, proof that she is fine!

mmmmmm……a warning…look what those hipster glasses can do!