December 2011
Cigarette hairclips and brooches
Want to be seen still sporting a cigarette? Look stylish without the inevitable health risks with a porcelain cigarette brooch, poking from your pocket or hairclip, artfully placed behind your ear. Finely handmade with gold lustre band in a limited edition. Available from website or Darren Knight Gallery – please inquire.
Rings
Hand-modelled dress rings with hand painted available only on-line.
Bluebottle Fly necklaces
Just in time for Summer Christmas 2011 come this limited edition of Bluebottle Fly necklaces finished with silver lustre detail. Handpainted and shaped porcelain fly with silver lustre on 40 cm chain. Available at Darren Knight Gallery, 840 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo, NSW and Sterling at Gaffa, 281 Clarence St, Sydney CBD.
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Exhibition - The end of life as I know it
5th August 2011 – An exhibition of new work created in the last three months as part of the studio residency, including A4 watercolours. For one night only at the Trophy Room.
Exhibition – The Curio, sterling by gaffa
16th- 28th June, The Curio – A collectors cabinet will feature new work for a period of two weeks. Housed in two of Sterling by Gaffa’s retail cabinets, The Curio will showcase new work and an insight into studio production through images/text about my practice. The dates and launch party for The Curio coincide with the Exhibitions on the above Gallery Level.
Sterling at Gaffa
281 Clarence Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
02 9283 4273
Sassy Park Necklaces
Sassy Park lives and works in Sydney. With a background in painting, she has exhibited her hand-painted jewellery work since 2008. Using painstakingly detailed brushwork on hand-modelled porcelain, Park conveys emblems of her domestic realm. Her visual language draws variously upon symbolic and historical references, and the natural world. At times humorous and at other times wistful, every piece conveys a personal sentiment for the wearer.
Each disc is created from porcelain clay which is sanded to shape and hand painted with coloured underglaze and a fine brush before being fired. A clear glaze is then applied and the piece is re-fired.
Care advice: Handle your unique handmade artwork with care and it will be preserved for a lifetime. Keep in a safe pressure-free environment and be careful not to knock it or drop it as it will chip or break. If necessary, the ceramic disc can be cleaned gently with water and a little soap.
© Karl Schwerdtfeger 2009
