Elfrun Lach - Necklace 'Reef' with Pearls

A detailed necklace with intricate beading of freshwater pearls and recovered ocean plastic. Lach creates her own beads from discarded ocean plastic and creates her signature 'Reef' design.

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Elfrun Lach is a contemporary jewellery artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her art practice is focused on art history, sustainability and a preference for combining precious with non-precious materials.

Lach has exhibited extensively, and her work is represented in collections in Australia and overseas. Born in Germany, she was a student of Art History, Eqyptology and Archaeology at Cologne University before moving to Australia and studying Gold & Silversmithing at RMIT. Lach completed a Master of Arts at RMIT researching coral and its historic use and symbolism in connection with contemporary artefacts.

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Material: 9Freshwater pearls, recovered ocean plastics, silk thread

Dimensions: approx. 60cm length