Lynn Kelly is a full-time jeweller and part-time student of horticulture with a life-long interest in plants, and in 2007 she received the Dowse Foundation Gold Award for her work.
In 2012 Lynn was awarded a Wild Creations residency, a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and Creative New Zealand, to spend six weeks in Bannockburn Central Otago.
This offered her the opportunity to spend time investigating this area, and she was inspired by the rich diversity of wildlife and landscape which has provided innumerable long-lasting reference points and stimuli for her continued work.
She has now produced new work which celebrates this environment and acknowledges the 150th anniversary of the discovery of gold in Central Otago and the impact it had on the region.
Red rose pendant $350
Stg silver, silicone, rubber
Vegetable sheep brooch $700
Sterling silver, pearls, white felt
Rabbit necklace #1 $350
Wool, cotton
Red necklace $700
Coral, silicone
Coprosma brooch $650
Stg silver, pearl
Muehlenbeckia brooch $650
Stg silver, pearl
Muehlenbeckia earrings $275
Stg silver, pearls
Black brooch $450
Stg silver, felt
Black Rose necklace $700
Stg silver, silicone, rubber
Photography by Lynn Kelly
Note; the exhibition in the gallery includes a number of pieces not shown here
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