Liv Boyle — 'Walking, Woolamai' 2025

This necklace is made with beach-washed lollipop sticks collected over many years during Liv's escapes to Woolamai. Surf Beach is Phillip Island's longest and most exposed beach, a culturally significant site for the Bunurong People, a State Faunal Reserve supporting a large colony of short-tailed shearwaters, and Victoria's first National Surfing Reserve. Liv's beachcombed material archives are built in direct response to the surprising quantity of micro plastics observed in this area. Her findings have contributed to data collection for Tangaroa Blue Foundation.

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New Zealand-born cross-disciplinary artist Liv Boyle works in Naarm, Melbourne. Liv collects and re-imagines materials with site-specific relevance, transforming discrete findings into contemporary jewellery and objects. Her work investigates peripheries such as beaches, often referencing indicator species in ecosystems under pressure. Exploring the relational values of art and science, collaboration underpins and enriches Liv’s research-based practice. Liv holds a BFA in Sculpture, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland (2005), and an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Engineering, Melbourne Polytechnic (2013).

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Material: beach plastic (Surf Beach, Phillip Island), oxidised sterling silver, silk

Dimensions: approx. 630 x 3.5 x 3.5mm