Liv Boyle
Liv Boyle – 'Walking', Necklace, 2024
Walking is a reflection on the act of fieldwork – a remote beach measured in paces and millimetres, observations and quantities, for the dual purpose of art and science.
This recent iteration of ongoing collaboration between contemporary jeweller Liv Boyle, and eco-toxicologist Dr Jennifer Lavers, reinforces the value of repetition over time. Alternating sections of white plastic and blackened silver are threaded into a wearable continuum, allowing movement and pause in equal parts. These sun-bleached lollipop sticks were collected from Henderson Island’s East Beach during Adrift Lab’s groundbreaking Research Expedition and major beach clean-up in 2019. Henderson Island is an uninhabited coral atoll near the centre of the South Pacific Gyre – a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now known to harbour the highest concentration of plastic pollution on the planet.
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New Zealand-born artist Liv Boyle lives in Naarm, working across contemporary jewellery, object, and installation sculpture. Always drawn to water, Liv's practice investigates sites on the periphery - tidelines, convergence, accumulation points, and signifiers. Observations play out through soft interventions and environmental exchanges, while collaboration underpins her research-based approach. Liv holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, 2005, and an Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology (Jewellery), Melbourne Polytechnic, 2013. She exhibits broadly in Australia and internationally.
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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: beach plastic (collected by Dr. Jennifer Lavers, Henderson Island), oxidised sterling silver, indigo australis dyed silk
Dimensions: approx. 3.5 x 3.5 x 1450mm
Please note when purchasing, exhibition works are to be collected when exhibition closes.