‘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.
