Ice Cream Show Pics!

Mango Girl, Georgi.


Raspberry Girl, Renata, takes a well deserved break.


Peir, owner of Movenpick South Bank, serving us his delicious ice cream.


All the Ice Cream Girls with their trays of jewellery.


Brian & Matthew. Congratulation to Matthew for winning the lucky door prize.


Mango Girl, Georgi & Chocolate Girl, Jesika.


Me at the end of the night. It went great, but by this stage I was glad it was time to go home (actually, just went next door for pizza...then home).

A big thank you to everyone who came along, to everyone that wished me well, and to everyone who helped out (especially Andrew, Jesika, Renata, Georgi, Florence, Chris, and Ella).

Ice Cream Jewellery

Tomorrow night, if you don't already know I'm having a show at Movenpick South Bank . I'm excited about it because ice cream and my jewellery do seem like such a great match. Lollies...Tupperware...ice cream...it always seems to be something food related. Well I guess when all the jewellery you make looks edible, that's what happens!



Tomorrow night, along with all the delicious Movenpick ice cream, I'll be launching a new jewellery range. I'll be incorporating many of the materials I already use, and some of the things I love most. I'll be mixing vintage beads, buttons, kewpie dolls images, and tape measures, with hand moulded resin pieces.

Resin is something that I have been wanting to try for quiet some time. As you may remember my Father was a jeweller. My very first jewellery memory was of him making brightly coloured resin brooches in the room next to my bedroom (obviously OHS wasn't such an issue than!).

I know many of you are coming along to the event. For those of you who are just too far away I'll be posting up lots of images soon.

Ice Cream Show!

I'm just working like crazy creating new work for this show! Really no time to talk now. Lots of pics are coming soon.

I love the photo of Pier ( pictured above) looking terribly excited about his new Movenpick shop!

Flora

Anna Varendorff, Barbara Hart, Carole Roberts, Cathy Keys, Dean Phipps, Justine Newport, KT Doyle, Liana Kabel, Melissa Harvey, Paul Hamilton, Shannon Garson, Zaishu.

Celebrating the flower in larger than life status: as a life force and environmental barometer. Artists pay tribute to the flower as a prominent feature of nature through a variety of art forms and genres.

Opens Friday 28 August - 27 September at Noosa Regional Gallery

A collection of my floral jewellery will also be available in the gallery shop.

Upcoming Workshops For Wonderland

Next Saturday I'll be running two jewellery workshops, one for adults and one for kids, at Ipswich Art Gallery. These will run in conjunction with, and be inspired by, Rose Skinner's I wish I Lived in Wonderland exhibition.


Adult workshop

Children's workshop

Take a Ball of Thread

Take a ball of thread…
a jewellery project by Melinda Young
opens at Pablo Fanque tomorrow. If I was in Sydney I'd be there in a flash, for sure!

Melinda has created a really awe-inspiring collection of pink jewellery (oh so my favourite kind!) from a simple and brilliant idea. As she states at the beginning of her project, The plan is to use this entire ball of pink thread I found to make a series of new jewellery pieces .

Not only are the end result and concept fabulous, but so is the fact that Melinda has documented the entire process. Such insight into the creative process, although more common now with the proliferation of blogs/websites, can still unfortunately be hard to come by. Knowing how/why something was made adds so much to the experience of viewing/understand the work, and as importantly, the person behind the work. More of it I say!

Rubber

This should be a good show. I am rather looking forward to it as I am a big fan of rubber myself! Come along if you can.

ITM

My piece for Craft Victoria's In The Making professional member's exhibition. Launch: Thursday 7 August, 6-8pm

The exhibition opens A Month About Making - a month-long exploration of the making process. A Month About Making is a festival of public events, workshops, residencies, exhibitions and forums focusing on the practical and conceptual elements of making, inherent in craft and design. Throughout August, A Month About Making will explore current trends in craft and design practice, professional development opportunities for practitioners, contemporary craft and design philosophy and writing, and the place for 'making' within creative and cultural industries.

Aqua Vitae

Here are a couple of shots of the Umbrella Collective exhibition on display until August 30 at KickArts, Cairns.

Artist statement:
Drip Drop earrings and neckpieces came out of a time of deep change and renewal for me. Like water, I am transforming. Change is an inevitable part of life, but at this time it is highly concentrated. The neckpieces and earrings are made from old necklaces rescued from thrift stores. They are joined with vintage buttons, stainless steel, and sterling silver. The old and the new are combined, and through this something better, I hope, is made.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Too

Three rather fab exhibitions will be opening this week in Brisbane. I'll be attending all three, and not just for the free champagne!

Thursday:
Memories of the Ekka - Museum of Brisbane
Since I didn't grow up in Brisbane I have no memories of the Ekka. I'm thinking it is a lot like the Royal Easter Show (same diff - right?), and I do have loads of fond memories of that yearly event. Regardless of the possible differences they are both pretty much about the cupie dolls and showbags for me.

Friday:
neo goth: back in black - UQ Art Museum
I was a Goth - enough said.

Saturday:
Mel Robson - Jan Manton Gallery
Ceramics have long been a favourite medium of mine. I don't work with ceramic materials anymore but I am still a fan. Oh, and Mel rocks too!

Breast Cancer Exhibition

An exhibition and sale of scarves, wraps and contemporary neck pieces to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation will with be held at Craft ACT in Canberra during August 2008.

On a personal level I do have breasts which I am rather fond of (a little too fond of, some might say) so I'm putting my hand up to donate a neckpiece for this exhibition. I also have daughters, and a mother, and many female friends. I know women who have been affected by breast cancer, and those that have died from it. I can't pretend that it doesn't exist, and I can't pretend that it hasn't touched my life, and will continue to.

If you would like to contribute also contact
Belinda Jessup
Mobile 0409 841 705
belindajessup@gmail.com
asap!