In a
couple of weeks I'll be making my way up to Dogwood Gallery@ Miles, a beautiful
little gallery about 4hrs drive inland. Dogwood Gallery will be celebrating
their 10th anniversary on the 7th September and I am thrilled to be
a part of their festivities as an artist on display in the foyer. I'm looking
forward to the road trip up, hoping to stop and take photos on the way as well
as the event itself.
I've
created a small range of jewellery which I’ve called “the Gurulmundi Wildflowers”
for the occasion which will be displayed for the event and the remainder of the
month. We are taking a different approach to the commissioned works of bigger
galleries, instead to further my creative process and my work I've been
developing 3 possible ranges of wildflowers endemic of the region which will be
on display. These ranges are the initial ideas, so in my work that’s the more
sculptural pieces as I start my ranges with sculptural work and then refine and
develop aspects of those designs to more commercial pieces. I find that people respond
to the sculptural work but often favour practical pieces for perchance and are
happy to take part of an idea home with them. We will be asking visitors to the
gallery for their input and then taking these initial ideas and feedback to
help developing them to a commercial range for sale which will be suited to
gallery and sold in the gallery store next year. The wildflowers I have focus on
are the Tea Tree flowers /Baeckea, Jacksonia /Dogwood flower and Myrtle
flowers.
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