Australian Design Centre

https://australiandesigncentre.com/about/

Use the link provided and spend a few minutes familiarising yourself with the site.
● Use the ‘Object Shop’ tab in the top toolbar - take your time and select 2 different
jewellery designers whose work is represented by the Design Centre. Answer the
following questions.
Jess Dare

1. Where is the designer located / where is their studio?

What materials do they use in their work and where are they from?
- powder coated brass
- Silk
- sterling silver
- Wax
- heat shrink plastic

2. Are there any specific production methods and could those be adapted to the
domestic (school) environment?

No, as this designer uses fameworking, which is not practical at school.

3. What are the aesthetic or historic inspirations in their work?

Inspired by the gumnuts, billy buttons, sticks and seed pods that the artist's
son picks up and hands to her like treasures, Making Time is a series
exploring the permanent and impermanent. Jess Dare crafts in brass the
essence of these little treasures, an exchange between mother and son. A
treasure to keep and hold, long after the moment has gone and the
memory has faded.

Give an example (image) of their work and explain why you like it / find it interesting.

I like this work as it is highly inspired by Australian nature. It is simply beautiful, simple and
very organic looking.
 1. Where is the designer located / where is their studio?
Froni Binns creates small batch porcelain jewellery in her home studio in
central Victoria.
2. What materials do they use in their work and where are they from?
Froni Binns works, predominantly with stained porcelain, Froni uses the
Nerikomi technique of layering and building solid blocks of coloured
porcelain. Inspired by the colour field and geometric abstraction, coloured
clay is her way of working directly with tantalizing solid ‘pure’ colour. Her
pieces are unglazed to allow the unique visual and tactile properties of the
coloured porcelain to remain.

3. Are there any specific production methods and could those be adapted to the
domestic (school) environment?
Yes.
4. What are the aesthetic or historic inspirations in their work?
Caring for her ageing parents for the past 10 years, she re-acquainted
herself with making, as a therapy. And somehow has found that ‘playing’
with colour is addictive.
5. Give an example (image) of their work and explain why you like it / find it interesting.

- Simple and aesthetic

- Contrasting Colours
-