Lorraine Brigdale – 'Remember I', Necklace, 2022
Lorraine Brigdale – 'Remember I', Necklace, 2022

Lorraine Brigdale

Lorraine Brigdale – 'Remember I', Necklace, 2022

$840

"When I see original Aboriginal artefacts, the stories reveal themselves to me, the ancestors, the presence of the people who made them."

Brigdale is a weaver using traditional coil method from South East Victoria, and is wholly immersed in the culture of weaving and making practical items that can be also used as adornments. "Making of items was a part of our ancestors’ daily lives, they couldn’t just run down the shops and buy a bag. I like to experiment and I believe I am imprinting something of myself into the item"

Brigdale used an experimental approach within these pendants. Exploring the possibility to impressing into silver plates, she started with initial sketches in her journal. With "tangles of ink representing the weave of the dilly bags" Brigdale then translated these into the metal, creating imprinted versions of her initial sketches. Linked into a handmade chain.

"Technique is what it comes down to, even though the 'craft' aspect has been looked down upon by the art world, in [Aboriginal] design, it is an important part of art-making, not separate."


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Lorraine Brigdale Yorta Yorta award-winning multi media artist. Brigdale's diverse art practice incorporates weaving, painting, jewellery and object making and public art commissions.  Guided by her urge to develop contemporary forms using traditional and alternative materials, Brigdale has developed a process of making hand-prepared ochre and mineral paints, and applies this paint medium to 3D forms made with traditional techniques, exploring within an ever-growing knowledge around her Aboriginal family and heritage.
Weaving is at the centre of her practice of form making and is based on traditional south-east Australian (Victorian) coil basketry techniques, she accepts the challenge to push the form, creating contemporary statements. Her recent highlights include; Victorian First Peoples Art Design Showcase, Melbourne Art Fair 2025, 'Melbourne Now' at NGV2023, Designer of sculpture 'Creative Resilience', First Nations Women Monument.

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Trove: Contemporary Jewellery 


27 September - 9 November 

Jewellery has always played a significant role conveying messages about the relationships between people and the things they value – communicating across cultural, social, personal and political levels. Trove will feature a curated collection of works created by some of Australia's most forward-thinking and renowned artisans working in the field of jewellery. Exploring themes such as identity, culture, and sustainability, this exhibition will showcase works that are both visually striking and conceptually engaging.

 

Featuring the works of Roseanne Bartley, Liv Boyle, Lorraine Brigdale, Christine Collins, Laila Marie Costa, Laura Deakin, Samantha Dennis, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Anna Davern, Polly Dymond, Kirsten Haydon, Inari Kiuru, Anke Kindle, Sarah Lockey, Sim Luttin, Leslie Matthews, Belinda Newick, Emily O'Brien, Gabbee Stolp, Blanche Tilden, Zoe Veness and Melinda Young

Read more about the exhibition here:

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Material: silver

Dimensions: approx. 9 x 5cm, chain length 60cm

Please note when purchasing, exhibition works are to be collected when exhibition closes.

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