Melbourne in Autumn Visitor Guide - March 2014

I couldn't work out why people started coming in looking for bow ties until one of them told me about this nice little mention in the Melbourne in Autumn Official Visitor Guide.......thanks!

Skull Jewellery from Melbourne Australia

Lord Coconut, the only men's jewellery store in Melbourne Australia stocks an extensive collection of unique, sterling silver and copper skull jewellery. The range features skull rings, skull cufflinks, skull earrings, skull necklaces, skull pendants, skull badges and skull brooches.

Skull Rings

Skull Pendant / Skull Necklace

Skull Earring

Skull Cufflinks

Skull Badge / Skull Brooch

The MELBOURNE cufflink - media release

‘the MELBOURNE cufflink’

 A group exhibition of student made cufflinks

$500 acquisitive prize

Exhibition opening: Thursday 1 August  5.30-7.30pm

Exhibition: 2 – 17 August

Lord Coconut, Melbourne’s foremost men’s jewellery emporium, is pleased to announce the opening of the inaugural ‘the MELBOURNE cufflink’ exhibition and $500 acquisitive student prize.

All students who were currently enrolled in jewellery design courses at RMIT, Box Hill Institute and NMIT were encouraged to submit a pair of cufflinks to the exhibition.

Cufflink submissions were received from: Zoe Beman, Samantha Carr, Man Chiang, Linda Clark, Megan Greenwood, Henry Hazeldine, Melanie Hilder, Yu Ishito, Jana King, Samantha Lee, Chris Massey, Philip Monk, Alicia Hannah Naomi and Georgia Pignolet.

The inaugural winner of the $500 acquisitive prize, as chosen by Lord and Lady Coconut themselves from one of the 14 entries, will be announced during the exhibition opening.

The exhibition opening is a fantastic opportunity to meet the student jewellers themselves and discuss their cufflink inspirations, the jewellery techniques they employed when making the work and how they wish their jewellery career to progress after they have completed their courses.

Georgina Pignolet, when describing her sterling silver and driftwood cufflinks states “My work comes from the beauty of nature. I love what our earth can create and I just want to show this through my work”.

Alicia Hannah Naomi, when describing the inspiration behind her resin and sterling silver ‘Ablation’ cufflinks says she is inspired by “the haunting beauty and tragedy of the rapidly retreating glaciers across the Polar regions. My cufflinks are my response to the study on the effects of global warming on glacial ice conducted by the Extreme Ice Survey”.

High resolution images of all submitted cufflinks are available upon request.

Lord Coconut is Melbourne’s only retailer, gallery and online boutique selling contemporary jewellery designed exclusively for men. Lord Coconut stocks over 400 individual jewellery pieces and designer cufflinks and represents over 35 Melbourne jewellers, artisans and designers.

3000Melbourne Mag - Nov 2012

Time Out Melbourne - Nov 2012

Three days left to find that perfect gift - Product of the day: skull eternity rings

Skull eternity rings (various sizes available) in Sterling Silver by Justine Austen - $118 to $214

Justine Austen graduated from Gold & Silversmithing with honours from Monash University in 1998 and attained a fellowship from the gemmological Association of Australia in 2004. Working as a contemporary jeweller and miniature sculpture artist Justine creates exhibition pieces, commissions and a number of limited production ranges sold through various galleries nationally. Balancing somewhere between fine art and kitsch Justine’s creations seem quirky, play-full, absurd and offbeat. The transformation of somewhat random objects and materials into new works dictates the technique, depending on the piece and the envisioned outcome. Her style is graphic, using a simple and strong visual, icongraphic language that she has developed drawing on historical and modern elements and references.

Designer Cufflinks under $100!

Vintage Science Book cufflinks by Beth Croce - $90 a pair (in-store only)
Size: 1.75cm diameter
Materials: Silver Plate, Resin, Vintage Science Book Pages

Beth Croce is a Johns Hopkins (USA) trained, certified medical artist whose 18 years as a biomedical illustrator has inspired the Bioperspective line of jewellery. Her art jewellery is informed by her award-winning professional illustration work and takes anatomically accurate jewellery to a new level. Beth is continually adding to the line and enjoys creating custom pieces that relate to science and the natural world.

Elephant & Calf limited edition print by Beth Croce

Product of the day: Elephant & Calf limited edition print by Beth Croce - $125 framed or $95 unframed
Image size: 18cm W x 12cm H
Paper size: 20.5cm W x 21cm H

Beth Croce is a Johns Hopkins (USA) trained, certified medical artist whose 18 years as a biomedical illustrator. Her limited edition prints is informed by her award-winning professional illustration work.

Guitar pick pendants by Hannah Chambers

Hannah Chambers is an emerging Melbournian jeweller. With a passion for all things hidden secretive and unfound, she aims to create an intimacy between her objects and the wearer. Being able to create objects that can be worn and that become a tangible part of someone's life is very important to her. It expresses a closeness and familiarity that other art forms do not.  Drawing on influences from all sorts of times, places and cultures, she loves jewellery that has a story to tell.

Inspired by The Who song "Behind Blue Eyes", recent Box Hill Institute graduate Hannah Chambers has produced this guitar pick pendant in Sterling Silver and Australian Sapphire which pays homage to the song.

Inspired by the Lynyrd Skynrd song "Free Bird", recent Box Hill Institute graduate Hannah Chambers has produced this guitar pick pendant in Oxidised Sterling Silver which pays homage to the song.

Inspired by the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick In The Wall", recent Box Hill Institute graduate Hannah Chambers has produced this guitar pick pendant in Oxidised Sterling Silver which pays homage to the song.

Inspired by the Prince song "Purple Rain", recent Box Hill Institute graduate Hannah Chambers has produced this guitar pick pendant in Sterling Silver and Amethyst which pays homage to the song.

Inspired by the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", recent Box Hill Institute graduate Hannah Chambers has produced this guitar pick pendant in Sterling Silver which pays homage to the song.

Sea Dragon etching with aquatint (four editions remaining)

2011 – edition of 8

Limited edition etching with acquatint. Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper.

Size: image 12.5cm H x 22.5cm W  frame 32.5cm H x 42.5cm W

The leafy sea dragon or Glauerts Seadragon, Phycodurus eques, is a marine fish in the family Syngnathide, which also includes seahorses. Its name is derived from the long leaf-like protrusions that extend from its body. These protrusions mimic seaweed and serve as camouflage for the fish. Specimen collected at Point Lonsdale (back beach) Victoria.