Where: Copacc Foyer Gallery
When: April 2022
Ange Jeffery (Wiradjuri) will feature her work from
Blak Jewellery – Finding Past Linking Present, a contemporary jewellery design exhibition by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants from the inaugural year of the KHT’s Blak Design Program. The Blak Design Program is a ground-breaking four-year professional development program to support First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and provide a platform for nurturing long term sustainable, First Nations design practices.
In the inaugural year of the program which ran over 2020 and 2021, the participants undertook intensive practical hands-on and professional development workshops with creative industry leaders in business, design and marketing. A key output is the creation of the bespoke crafted contemporary jewellery pieces anchored by connections to culture, Country and family being showcased in Blak Jewellery.
Bio
Ange Jeffery is a Wiradjuri artist who grew up on Country in central west NSW, with Wambuul (Macquarie River) having a lasting influence and inspiration in her art practice. Ange has an environmental science background and balances her technical ability with creative pursuits. She is a mixed media artist with a particular interest in jewellery and body adornment.
Ange’s values are represented in her work and preference for using responsibly sourced materials, including collected and recycled natural and manmade items. Her work is organic, combining her Culture with contemporary techniques and objects.
Evolving Gorget
Evolving Gorget is a series of pieces representing my Country and Wambuul, also known as the Macquarie River. Their shape and style are derived from gorgets, breastplates and King and Queen plates. They have been made with natural and manmade materials, using cultural and contemporary techniques. These are memories of time spent on Wambuul through childhood – rain, water, and sunshine.
Aboriginal breastplates originate from the gorget. It was a piece of cloth worth by French women during the medieval period which evolved into armour. 200 years later it became decorative military regalia. In Australia it was modified again by colonizers and given to First Nations People as a way of recognition and reward. Today Aboriginal breastplates continue to be divisive.
Ange Also has work in Small Hidden Art Treasures at the Botanic Gardens
When: April 2022
Ange Jeffery (Wiradjuri) will feature her work from
Blak Jewellery – Finding Past Linking Present, a contemporary jewellery design exhibition by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants from the inaugural year of the KHT’s Blak Design Program. The Blak Design Program is a ground-breaking four-year professional development program to support First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and provide a platform for nurturing long term sustainable, First Nations design practices.
In the inaugural year of the program which ran over 2020 and 2021, the participants undertook intensive practical hands-on and professional development workshops with creative industry leaders in business, design and marketing. A key output is the creation of the bespoke crafted contemporary jewellery pieces anchored by connections to culture, Country and family being showcased in Blak Jewellery.
Bio
Ange Jeffery is a Wiradjuri artist who grew up on Country in central west NSW, with Wambuul (Macquarie River) having a lasting influence and inspiration in her art practice. Ange has an environmental science background and balances her technical ability with creative pursuits. She is a mixed media artist with a particular interest in jewellery and body adornment.
Ange’s values are represented in her work and preference for using responsibly sourced materials, including collected and recycled natural and manmade items. Her work is organic, combining her Culture with contemporary techniques and objects.
Evolving Gorget
Evolving Gorget is a series of pieces representing my Country and Wambuul, also known as the Macquarie River. Their shape and style are derived from gorgets, breastplates and King and Queen plates. They have been made with natural and manmade materials, using cultural and contemporary techniques. These are memories of time spent on Wambuul through childhood – rain, water, and sunshine.
Aboriginal breastplates originate from the gorget. It was a piece of cloth worth by French women during the medieval period which evolved into armour. 200 years later it became decorative military regalia. In Australia it was modified again by colonizers and given to First Nations People as a way of recognition and reward. Today Aboriginal breastplates continue to be divisive.
Ange Also has work in Small Hidden Art Treasures at the Botanic Gardens
