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Exhibitions and events: Upcoming
18 September - 1 November 2008
Opening 6pm Thursday 18 September and continues until Saturday 1 November 2008
Gallery 1: Interior Exterior
Accredited Professional Members
In 2008, the annual Accredited Professional Members exhibition focuses on ideas based around the inside and outside of a designed and crafted form. These highly skilled individuals explore the relationship of an interior to its exterior and vice versa.
Gallery 2: Craig Craft
Craig Harris
Craig Craft is a new body of work by Craig Harris, a furniture maker exploring the relationship between a designer and craft. In this exhibition he has designed and created new furniture based on the construction techniques of ocean going vessels.
See also: take the floor in Public programs.
Crucible Showcase: University of Canberra Melt Award - Jessica Owen
Craft ACT in collaboration with the University of Canberra awards a showcase exhibition to hot emerging designers. 2008 sees Jessica Owen presenting a range of contemporary jewellery.
Front Counter Showcase: F!NK Jewellery
F!NK showcases new designs in the Front Counter Showcase, combining shape and colour to create a range of stylish jewellery.
Foyer Showcase: Ian Jones
Accredited Professional Member Ian Jones presents new ceramic work highlighting his use of natural glazes and expertise in the field of wood fired ceramics.
Image credits (top to bottom)
Craig Harris, JAC (Just A Chair), 2008, Tasmanian Blackwood, leather and de-waxed shellac. Photo: Steve Keough
Jessica Owen, Sally, Todd & Harry jewellery range, 2007, anodized aluminium. Digital image courtesy of the artist
Bronwen Riddiford and Robert Foster, F!NK Neckpiece Leaf, 2007, pressed, folded anodized aluminium, neoprene, cast silver. Photo: Daniel McDonald
Ian Jones, wood fired form, 2007, decomposed granite clay, natural ash glaze. Photo: Stuart Hay ANU Photography.
15 Novemberto 20 December
Opening 4pm Saturday 15 November and continues until Saturday 20 December 2008
Gallery 1 + Front Counter Showcase + Foyer Showcase: Exquisite
The name says it all, hand made originals by the member's of Craft ACT ready to be picked up for your loved ones! Nothing beats an original and what better time to drop into the gallery and see the best hand made products from the Canberra region perfectly timed for Christmas.
Gallery 2: image ↔ object
Peta Jones
Textile and product designer Peta Jones uses photography to inspire her imagined and real objects. image ↔ object traces her working process from an original image to a finished product that often combines felts infused with the hues of plants and minerals.
Crucible Showcase: Emerging Artist Award Scheme (EASS) - Lan Nguyen-hoan
Craft ACT presents the work of Lan Nguyen-hoan, a recent graduate from the Gold and Silversmithing workshop at the Australian National University School of Art as part of the EASS program. Lan's work explores the use of character design in robot jewellery while utilising media such as stop motion animation and video.
Image credits (top to bottom)
Exquisite Baubles. Image: Craft ACT
Peta Jones, image ↔ object, transformation from a building façade photograph into a surface pattern for an object. Digital image courtesy of the artist
Lan Nguyen Hoan, Boxbots: Paper Face, Crispy & Boxton McFoldinberg, 2007, paper, drafting film, stainless steel, aluminium, silk. Photo: Johannes Kuhnen.
