November 8 - 20, 2004
Fingers Annual Group Show
October 26 - November 6 2004
Sandra Bushby
'Cut outs'
"Since 2003 I have been making sculptural installations and brooches using domestic fabric and the handcraft of embroidery.
The brooches for this exhibition have been inspired by New Zealand hand made jewellery from the 1930's era. My approach is modernist cut out techniques and traditional embroidery methods. Using the scissors and fabric I have cut out positive/ negative geometric shapes and embedded found objects in to the fabric.
Materials used are found objects such as bakelite and glass haberdashery combined with felt, linen or towels. Random themes such as navigation have been developed as a direct result of meanings associated with a particular found object."
Sandra Bushby, 2004
October 4 - 16, 2004
JamFactory (Adelaide)
'Two Degrees South'
Adelaide and Auckland lie within two degrees latitude of one another, they share histories of nurturing and supporting contemporary jewellery workshops, jewellery collectives and galleries. Both cities have internationally renowned reputations for vibrant contemporary jewellery communities. Both cities have a growing pool of young practitioners. And both cities have their own style.
For over 30 years the JamFactory in Adelaide, South Australia has been running a professional training scheme, exhibition programme and two retail shops.
Housed in a purpose built complex in the heart of the city JamFactory has four studios, ceramics, furniture, hot glass and metal, two gallery spaces and an award winning retail facility.
The Metal Design Studio at JamFactory has been offering a Career Development Scheme and Artists in Residence program for over twelve years. Graduates from all around Australia and overseas compete for one of the five positions in the studio's Career Development Scheme, to spend two years working in the studio developing their own practice and learning new skills and techniques while working on a range of corporate commissions and architectural projects. The Career Development Scheme prepares young designer makers for a vibrant career in the arts through a busy and exciting mentoring program.
From a large pool of Metal Design Studio alumni seven artists have been selected to show their work in Auckland. The work of these artists cover a diverse range of conceptual and material approaches to jewellery making, while sharing a high level of skill and technical accomplishment.
Artists exhibiting in the 'Two Degrees South' at Fingers have been asked to respond to the themes of 'place' and 'identity' in relation to their work. In the show you will see brooches, bracelets and rings made of felt, upholstery fabric, resin, silver and steel.
Exciting approaches to ideas and often unusual materials all beautifully executed.
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Alisa Dewhurst
SA Metal Design Studio Associate
1996 - 1997
Katrina Freene
SA Metal Design Studio Associate
2002 - 2003
September 13 - 25, 2004
Mary Curtis
'Made in Waterview'
 
  "This new body of work challenges the way we relate to objects of utility by changing them into objects of decoration."
Mary Curtis, 2004
August 30 - September 11, 2004
Jane Dodd and Anna Wallis
'Popular Science'
 
 
"Anna Wallis and Jane Dodd work with forces beyond their comprehension "
Anna and Jane, 2004
July 30 - August 21 2004
Alan Preston
'Road Works'
28 June - 10 July 2004
'THE SOUTH PROJECT'
Chris Charteris
Jane Dodd
John Edgar
Warwick Freeman
Jason Hall
Niki Hastings-McFall
Lynn Kelly
Alan Preston
The SOUTH Project is a series of events over 4 years designed to link together the cultural energies of the south beginning formally with a gathering on 1-4 July 2004 at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Melbourne.
2004 SOUTH 1 includes a conference, where voices of the region may be heard. These voices are mainly English—from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand and include artists whose work forms a bridge between Western and traditional cultures.
SOUTH is structured as a consortium involving partner organisations
such as contemporary art spaces, artist-run galleries, museums and related bodies, and around the conference are exhibitions and performances that draw on the South theme.
Fingers contribution is a curated show of selected New Zealand Jewellery Artists held at Fingers Gallery and timed to coincide with the Melbourne opening.
June 14 - 26, 2004
Barry Clarke
'at the beach'
 
"For six weeks at the end of last year I lived at the bach at Kakanui.
The work I have produced for the exhibition has been as a result of the
time spent there. Reflection, memories of times spent in St Ives,
Cornwall over the last 30 years, walks along the beach, collecting
stones, observing birds and confirming my love of the sea and the need
to be near it."
Barry Clarke, 2004
May 31 - June 12, 2004
Fran Allison
'Random Findings'
 
"My aim is to spend each day in the studio having fun with objects and materials that excite me.
This work is about a process of rediscovery.
I chose to produce this exhibition by working randomly and intuitively. Through re-using and re-looking at objects kept on shelves, in boxes, on window ledges I have come to recognise that the threads that run through my work are reflected in all the things I've collected in a magpie-like way."
Fran Allison, 2004
April 13 - 24, 2004
Belinda Hager, Lynn Kelly, Elfi Spiewack
'22 Reasons'
February 9 - 21, 2004
imprint jewellery by Rainer Beneke
".... sifting through fragments of language to find a message that seems intended for you ...."
Damian Skinner
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