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The Indigenous Jewellery Project

Locality: Balnarring, Victoria

Phone: +61 449 258 021

Address: PO Box 375 3926 Balnarring, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.aboriginaljewellery.com.au

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25.01.2022 Join Contemporary Jeweller Emily Beckley from the Torres Strait Islands for this Art & Science event this Wednesday Posted @withregram @srap_ieap Today is World Environment Day and at #srap_ieap we are preparing an encounter between 2 scientists, an artist and an art historian to discuss around the role of islands, beaches and oceans in their work and research. This free event will take place online during lunchtime this Wednesday 10 June at 12pm (2pm in NZ). HE the amb...assador of Spain in Australia, Mr Manuel Cacho, will present the event and @srap_ieap president, Dr Joaquin Valderrama, will close it. Register on Eventbrite [Link in bio] and join the conversation! #emilybeckley (photo: #emilymccullochchilds), @nevustia @ana_bandana and @marta.ribo.g #cientificosespanoles #espanolesporelmundo #womendoingscience #worldenvironmentday #worldoceansday #beach #ocean #island #torrestraitislander #torresstrait #jewelleryartists #srapmember #srapmembers #marinegeologist #geologiamarina #waves #art #arthistory #spain @credecanberra @operationcrayweed @spainedinaustralasia @scca_sydney @geocoastalresearchgroup @sydneyenvironmentinstitute @janetlaurence @turpincrawfordstudio @spain_in_sydney @institutocervantessydney See more

23.01.2022 It’s @naidocweek! Celebrating the theme for 2020: Always Was Always Will Be. A great chance to learn and enjoy more about Aboriginal Land, Peoples, Culture, Art and of course Craft. We love the history and significance of NAIDOC Week: evolving out of the history of the Day of Mourning and foundational work done by activists & leaders William Cooper, Jack Patten and William Ferguson, and all those who have fought so hard for recognition. Recognition of the significance of Abor...iginal & Torres Strait Islander jewellery & object making is one of our core values and we take inspiration and strength from NAIDOC history of emphasis on such recognition. Check out the history via our link in bio Posted @withregram @naidocweek Tyrown Waigana (@crawlincrocodile), a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition. His winning entry - Shape of Land - was judged by the National #NAIDOC Committee to have best illustrated the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be. Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WA’s best new and emerging Indigenous artists. According to the 23-year-old, his winning entry depicts the Rainbow Serpent coming out of the Dreamtime to create this country and how we are strongly connected to it. The Rainbow Serpent is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - always was, and always will be Aboriginal land, Mr Waigana added. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Indigenous #Aboriginal #TorresStrait #FirstNations

22.01.2022 Congratulations to Kayannie Denigan @kayannieart whose work has been acquired by @aiatsis_ This is her second major acquisition of her contemporary jewellery work following from the acquisition of her brooch diptych ‘Ngathu Bubu’ by Toowomba Regional Gallery from the Contemporary Wearables Award 2019. Posted @withregram @kayannieart Acquired! Yesterday I was notified that this piece was acquired by @aiatsis_! That's pretty exciting right? I made it in 2018 as part of the... @theindigenousjewelleryproject Canberra workshop at @anujewelleryandobject. It was exhibited along with work by Beverly Smith, Samuel Radoll, Angie Davis and Krystal Hurst from @gillawarraarts, Jenni Kemarre Martiniello and Emily Beckley in the @craft.act 'Emerging Contemporaries' exhibition in 2019. Brenton McGeachie #Kayannieart #aboriginalart #aboriginalartist #canberraartist #canberraart #indigenous #aboriginal #artofinstagram #aussieart #aussieartist #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #australianart #australianartist #indigenousart #handmadejewellery See more

22.01.2022 We ended the year with a very special workshop in Walgett, NSW. Thank you to @australiandesigncentre @creatensw @gmiyay @unnaturaljeweller for supporting and creating this project with @theindigenousjewelleryproject. Visit link in bio to learn more #walgettjewelleryproject #theindigenousjewelleryproject #australiandesigncentre #creatensw #lucysimpson #nardisimpson #gamilaraay #yuwaalaraay #contemporaryjewellery #jewellery #naturalmaterials #weaving #craft #healing #community #aboriginaljewellery

22.01.2022 SIX AUSTRALIAN JEWELLERY ARTISTS PARIS EXHIBITION!!! Meet Perth based found object jewellery artist Melissa Cameron and discover her process and fantastic work.... Melissa is one of six Australian jewellery artists currently exhibiting in Paris as part of an exhibition they have titled CONNEXIONS. The artists couldn't attend due to travel restrictions so they have pivoted and created an awesome online exhibition for everyone to dive into to compliment the gallery display in Paris accompanied by videos on loop with French subtitles. Tres Bien!!!! Videos produced by VAM Media. Visit the exhibiton here - https://www.connexions-exhibition.com Supported by Australia Council for the Arts Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries #connexionsexhibition #jewelleryartist

19.01.2022 Connexions exhibition website is now live! Featuring six artists including Emily Beckley. We have enjoyed sharing the incredible journey of this exhibition so far, presented as part of @parcoursbijoux Paris, with Beckley the first Australian Indigenous Contemporary Jeweller to exhibit at Parcours Bijoux. Merci to the @connexions_exhibition team and congratulations Posted @withregram @connexions_exhibition and... liftoff! The countdown is over, the Connexions Exhibition is... live online - see link in bio. We’d like to invite you to the artist talks this Saturday the 10th of October ***International times*** 2 a.m.: Seattle 10:00 a.m.: UK 11 a.m.: Paris 1:30 p.m.: Iran 2:30 p.m.: India 5 p.m.: Perth 7 p.m.: Horn Island 8 p.m.: Melbourne/Sydney 10 p.m.: New Zealand For all our images we thank and credit @robfrith. For our catalogue we thank @lauradeakinjewellery for her thoughtful essay, @ofnotedesigns for the graphic design, as well as for our logo. We thank @vam_media for most of the filming and all video production on out short films, and @kantesha_takai for her filming on Horn Island. Special thanks to our artists, @parcoursbijoux, @dunbijoualautre and most importantly @galerie_assemblages, our primary and natural home. Finally @brucejcooper on the 0’s and 1’s ;) We are proud to be supported by grants from @deptlgsc here in WA and also @auscouncilarts. #launch #liftoff #jewellery #exhibition #live #Perth to #Paris, #Australia #France #bijoux #schmuck #wearable #art

19.01.2022 Posted @withregram @galerie_assemblages It’s wonderful to have Emily Beckley @kuridhnation telling us the stories of her people of Torres Strait islands in North-East Australia in the coming show @connexions_exhibition during @parcoursbijoux #contemporaryjewellery #indigenousjewelleryproject #indigenousart #bijouxcontemporain #bijouxcontemporains

17.01.2022 Posted @withregram @connexions_exhibition Emily - @kuridhnation - shows us her jewellery making process in this short film by @vam_media Thanks to @deptlgsc and @auscouncilarts for their support in making these films. See the works by Emily in @parcoursbijoux at @galerie_assemblages

17.01.2022 Emily Beckley has been keeping busy and creative over the past few months. Unable to travel outside of her island (Horn Isl) in her Torres Strait Islands home for @theindigenousjewelleryproject workshops on the mainland, she has been looking around her local environment for materials and fun craft projects: such as this macrame feather (which she gifted as a present to the little girl next door ): check out her Instagram @kuridhnation for step by step pics! #EmilyBeckley #macrame #craft #feather #textiles #fun #play #artinthetimeofcovid #stayhomesavelives #TorresStraitIslands

16.01.2022 @connexions_exhibition @kuridhnation Torres Strait mother of pearl shell Emily has been collecting more super-local materials. Can’t wait to see the outcome... #jewellery #art #TorresStrait #Australia #connexions #exhibition #parcoursbijoux2020

15.01.2022 ‘Resilience’, Krystal Hurst @gillawarraarts Hurst has been a workshop participant in two Indigenous Jewellery Project workshops with @craft.act at @anujewelleryandobject with workshop teachers Mel Young @unnaturaljeweller and @alisonjackson.studio, where she learnt silversmithing techniques and professional development within the field of contemporary jewellery. Following on from her first IJP workshop @anujewelleryandobject kindly created space, time and support for her to ...continue her practice in metal, with a bench and supervision from grad students and lecturers, creating the opportunity for Hurst to create this successful entry into Australia’s most significant Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art award. This was a groundbreaking event being the first Aboriginal work in metal contemporary jewellery by a female artist in the awards history. Hurst was also the only entrant from the ACT in the award. This piece speaks to the strength and resilience of Aboriginal people in the time of colonisation. Hurst has said of the work that it replicates her traditional practice of using echidna quills and wattle seeds, using bronze metal. ‘For me they are an expression of strength, survival, knowledge and resilience.’ she said. ‘I’ve had this piece in my mind for about a year and to see this image come to life means everything to me as a Worimi artist.’ Posted @withregram @theindigenousjewelleryproject Krystal Hurst, Resilience, 2019, oxidised bronze, silk, 31 x 33 x 13 cm. @gillawarraarts. Finalist Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2019 @mag_nt. #NATSIAA #KrystalHurst #contemporaryjewellery #awards #resilience #Worimi #Aboriginaljewellers #Aboriginalcontemporaryjewellery #seedbeads #decolonisingart #decolonisingjewellery #Aboriginalresistance #Aboriginallivesmatter

15.01.2022 Join the @connexions_exhibition artists & curators for a special artist talk event: Tomorrow Sat 10 Oct Posted @withregram @connexions_exhibition Revealed! Our online gallery is open so you can see all of our works, including this beauty by Emily Beckley - @kuridhnation - called Land Connection, from 2020. Made from wongai seed, red and black gidi gidi seeds and silk cord. You can’t touch the screen but the artists will have some works to play with to show you how they move... during the artist talk on Saturday. Link in bio for more details. With thanks to @theindigenousjewelleryproject for their help in connection us with Emily #tactile #jewellery #Australia #Paris #connexion #artiststalk @dunbijoualautre @parcoursbijoux @galerie_assemblages See more

14.01.2022 Posted @withrepost @australiandesigncentre Read | this is a great essay about our recent project in Walgett with @theindigenousjewelleryproject and @gmiyay with @unnaturaljeweller written by @emimccc Link in bio. #workshops #walgett #jewellery #making @creatensw

14.01.2022 Emily Beckley’s exhibition ‘Susueri’ at @artisanqld was an investigation by the Torres Strait Islander artist into the tradition and future of the necklace. Curator Emily McCulloch Childs wrote a catalogue essay for the exhibition : follow the link above to read. #emilybeckley #susueri #artisan #queensland #contemporaryjewellery #emilymccullochchilds #jewellery #catalogueessay #craft #torresstraitislander

13.01.2022 A great essay by our Contemporary Jewellery workshop teacher & advisor Mel Young for the Australian Design Centre exhibition Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery.

12.01.2022 Emily Beckley, Destructive Beauty, 2020, 925 silver, marine debris fuel caddy top, marine nylon rope, silk. Image Rob Frith. Part of the Connexions exhibition, Galeries Assemblages, Parcours Bijoux, Paris, October 2020.

12.01.2022 Emily Beckley joined Ocean Scientists for World Ocean Day to talk about the ocean and climate change in her home of the Torres Strait Islands: watch now on YouTube

11.01.2022 2019 Overview It has been a very busy year for The Indigenous Jewellery Project which continues to enable Indigenous jewellers to work within the significant contemporary craft space of Contemporary Jewellery. This year’s workshops, exhibitions, projects and events have included: ...Continue reading

11.01.2022 Posted @withregram @galerie_assemblages Presenting the 6 Australian artists for Connexions exhibition during Parcours Bijoux in October 2020. Check out our website (link in bio) for more info. @parcoursbijoux @connexions_exhibition Emily Beckley @kuridhnation Melissa Cameron @melissacameronjeweller Fatemeh Boroujeni @fatemeh.boroujeni Sultana Shamshi @sultanabotanica Eden Lennox @eden_lennox Blandine Hallé @blandinehalle #contemporaryjewellery #artjewellery #bijoucontemporain #bijoudartiste #bijoudauteur

11.01.2022 Our Walgett Project with @australiandesigncentre @gmiyay @unnaturaljeweller: this epic Flowering Gum seed bead necklace by Katy Boney was dubbed ‘Mega Flora’ in the workshop. #KatyBoney #Walgett #walgettjewelleryproject #adc #nsw #gamilaraay #naturalmaterials #necklace #seedbeads #aboriginaljewellery #australianjewellery #eucalyptus #floweringgum #contemporaryjewellery

10.01.2022 Emily Beckley is creating new work for @connexions_exhibition at @parcoursbijoux Very exciting Posted @withregram @connexions_exhibition First Name: Emily Last Name: Beckley Title: Resilient Year: 2020 Object type: Pendant... Materials: Seed, 925 silver, silk cord Photography: Rob Frith @robfrith #exhibition #newwork #Australian #jewelleryartists #schmuck #preview Showing at @parcoursbijoux thanks to @dunbijoualautre and @galerie_assemblages

08.01.2022 Many of the region’s Aboriginal people have been forced to leave the town, to live off country, due to the lack of water (the two once mighty rivers, the Barwon and the Namoi, which once ran wide and strong, are now dry) and resulting unemployment. Several of these women were back home in Walgett during our workshop, and the space that was created was one of reconnection and we hope, some healing, as well as artistic expression and development, and cultural maintenance. Despite the hardship of drought this project brought community together to focus on learning new skills and the joy of making. Create NSW The Indigenous Jewellery Project Lucy Simpson-TePeeti

08.01.2022 @connexions_exhibition is up in Paris Congratulations to Emily Beckley who breaks new ground as the first Indigenous Australian contemporary jeweller to exhibit at the @dunbijoualautre association’s major international triennial @parcoursbijoux. Beckley is one of six Australian artists from diverse cultural backgrounds who created work for the @connexions_exhibition curated by @blandinehalle & @melissacameronjeweller which focuses on overcoming cultural barriers and conne...cting. This special COVIDSafe window display is on now at host gallery @galerie_assemblages in Batignolles district, Paris. ... Découvrez six artistes australiennes du bijou dans la vitrine de la galerie @connexions_exhibition @parcoursbijoux @melissacameronjeweller Emily Beckley @kuridhnation @fatemeh.boroujeni @blandinehalle @eden_lennox Sultana Shamshi @sultanabotanica ... Emily Beckley works with @theindigenousjewelleryproject & Mel Young @unnaturaljeweller ... Thank you to @deptlgsc & @auscouncilarts for supporting this exhibition #connexions #parcoursbijoux #paris #emilybeckley #contemporaryartjewelry #contemporaryart #torresstraitislanderart #australianjewellery #contemporaryjewellery #bijoux

08.01.2022 Walgett Project This project with @australiandesigncentre @gmiyay @unnaturaljeweller focused on local natural materials such as ochre, used to paint beads made from air dry clay. These two beautiful necklaces are by Gamilaraay workshop participant Dianne Kennedy Walfard. #walgettjewelleryproject #australiandesigncentre #diannekennedywalfard #necklace #walgett #gamilaraay #nsw #kooriart #aboriginaljewellery #naturalmaterials #sustainable #local #ochre #clay #beads #contemporaryjewellery #workshop @ Walgett, New South Wales, Australia

04.01.2022 Please support our friends at Gillawarra Arts, proceeds go to assist First Nations communities affected by the bushfires.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Marrnyula Mununggurr of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre on her big award for Bark Painting in the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award held at @mag_nt, the most prestigious Indigenous art award in Australia. Marrnyula Marrnyula was a leading artist in our project Bulay(i) with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka, we still have people wanting her incredible Djapu clan bark necklaces, which had a huge impact when exhibited at @australiandesigncentre. Congratulations Marrnyula! Posted @withregram @bukuartnow Winning grin. Marrnyula came in from her remote homeland today and received her NATSIAA Best Bark award from a few weeks ago. She wanted this photo to go to @galayin2 and @kadepj

03.01.2022 A beautiful film on our contemporary jewellery teacher & advisor Melinda Young Contemporary Jewellery's latest practice made for Create Day 2020 with London Craft Week & Australian Design Centre

02.01.2022 We are loving all this great energy for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander/Black jewellers at the moment! Thank you to all our new followers and the wonderful posts. Let’s keep going and share the love and awareness, support and recognition Posted @withregram @grewandco We’d like to share just a few of the many amazing black and Indigenous-owned jewellery labels that you can support. Toronto-based @omiwoods creates jewellery made from fair-trade African gold and othe...r fine metals. @valeriemadisonjewelry makes unique engagement rings and fine jewellery, out of Seattle. Aus-based Lydia Baker, a descendant from both Mununjali and Butchulla Indigenous tribes, owns @bush.magic.metal, where she works with sterling silver and Australian opal to create native-inspired pieces. @theindigenousjewelleryproject is a nation-wide Indigenous Australian contemporary jewellery project that helps traditional Indigenous jewellers maintain, develop and upskill their practice and hold exhibitions, as well as educate the public. (Image Krystal Hurst, Resilience, 2019, oxidised bronze, silk, image courtesy the artists and Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory). We are for positive change and a world where all are equal. We understand that this involves meaningful action and education, now and well into the future. In the meantime, we’ve made donations to @campaignzero, which aims to end police brutality in the USA, along with the Aboriginal Legal Service, which provides legal support for Indigenous Australians http://alsnswact.org.au/donate See more

02.01.2022 Nardi Simpson writing in the Australian Design Centre’s Object Platform on the Walgett Project.

01.01.2022 Emily Beckley, Destructive Beauty, 2020 925 silver, marine debris fuel caddy top, marine nylon rope, silk cord Image: Robert Frith. Acorn Photo @connexions_exhibition curated by Blandine Halle & Melissa Cameron... @galerie_assemblages @parcoursbijoux 2020 @dunbijoualautre Paris, France Emily Beckley @kuridhnation works with @theindigenousjewelleryproject and is mentored by Melinda Young @unnaturaljeweller #EmilyBeckley #connexionsexhibition #parcoursbijoux2020 #contemporaryjewellery #torresstraitislanderart #Australiancontemporaryjewellery

01.01.2022 Our workshop teacher and contemporary jewellery curatorial adviser Mel Young is Australian Design Centre's September maker: head to https://australiandesigncentre.com/ to support a local maker!