Zoë Veness
Zoë Veness – 'Double Loop, Necklace, 2025
$2,950
Double Loop (2025) explores an innovative making process developed over many years of experimentation that transforms a humble material into jewellery forms. Using cotton rag paper that is soft to touch yet pliable to work with, thin strips are woven onto steel cable according to sequences of millimetre measurements to create long strands of tightly compressed folds that are seamlessly inter-looped. This making method seeks a sense of movement and visual harmony through the intertwined configuration and synthesis of the two strands further enhanced by the rhythmic effects of grey, white, green and pink colours, gradually interspersed throughout the work. Time is imbued in the labour-intensive processes that highlights the value of craft skill and draws attention to the beauty of pattern and ornamentation.
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Zoë Veness is a contemporary jewellery artist and Senior Lecturer at UNSW Art & Design in Gadigal-Bidjigal/Sydney. She has participated in over 30 international and national exhibitions and produced 10 solo exhibitions including Still Point at Funaki Gallery in 2024, The Stream of Time at Woollahra Gallery in 2022 and New Terrain in an Old World at Craft + Design Canberra in 2017. She is the recipient of numerous grants including an Australian Postgraduate Award for PhD research and an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant. She was artist-in-residence at Bundanon on Dharawal-Dhurga Country in 2010 and at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland in 2006, and was awarded the winning prize for the Contemporary Wearables '23 Biennial Jewellery Award Exhibition. Her work is held in collections at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Griffith Regional Art Gallery and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. She lives on Yuin Country.
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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
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Material: paper, nylon coated stainless steel cable, sterling silver
50 cm x 40 cm x 3 cm
Dimensions: approx. 500 x 400 cm x 30mm
Please note when purchasing, exhibition works are to be collected when exhibition closes.