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A ‘Cornucopia’ of gold and silver prizes
Students of RMIT University’s Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Gold and Silversmithing
program have been awarded prizes for their top quality, contemporary jewellery
and hollow ware.
A selection of the award-winning work is on display at “Cornucopia” – Bachelor of
Art (Fine Art) Gold and Silversmithing graduate exhibition, at Guildford Lane
Gallery in Melbourne until Sunday, 29 November.
Award winners are:
Lucinda Knight – Koodak Jewellers Supplies Award for Top Student 1st Year
Kim Wearne – Koodak Jewellers Supplies Award for Top Student 2nd Year
Catherine Da Costa – Koodak Jewellers Supplies Award for Top Student 3rd
Year
Claire McArdle – Klepner Award for Limited Series Jewellery
Emi Fukuda – Kate Harris Memorial Award, donated by the Charles Smith
Gallery
Naoko Inuzuka – Don Begbie Award for Excellence in Gold and Silversmithing
Michaela Bruton – Wolf Wennrich Award for Gold and Silversmithing
Catherine Da Costa and Fiona Simmons, joint winners – Emily Hope Prize for
Figurative Work
Charles Wyatt – Maggie Fairweather Undergraduate Gold and Silversmithing
Award
Award winner Charles Wyatt’s work shows his fascination with the similarities
between highly refined structural and mechanical parts and natural forms.
Structures such as polyhedra, geodesic domes and honeycombs can be found in
nature and engineering.
With her winning artefacts, Michaela Bruton aims to understand experiences
encoded in and evoked by objects today, compared to those in pre-modern times.
The work explores contradictory concerns between the symbols of industrial
civilisations and ancient tribal values.
And double award winner Catherine Da Costa’s interest lies in the science fiction
genre. She uses its tendency to exploit science and technology in human life to
engage in critique of contemporary culture and ideas about progress through her
gold and silversmithing work.
What: Cornucopia – Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Gold and Silversmithing graduate
exhibition
When: Till Sunday, 29 November, Wednesday to Friday 12-9pm, Saturday to
Sunday 12-5pm
Where: Guildford Lane Gallery, 20-24 Guildford Lane, Melbourne
Cost: Free
For interviews or comment: Mark Edgoose, Coordinator Undergraduate Gold
and Silversmithing (03) 9925 3540.
27 November, 2009
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