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Jewellery & Sculpture

Below - in no particular order - is a gallery of images featuring some of the contemporary jewellery and objects Australian jewellery designer Simone Walsh has made over the years, primarily one-off artworks or exhibition pieces. View information about some of the exhibitions Simone has participated in.

Simone currently doesn't have time for making exhibition and other one-off pieces, but she hopes to return to this work in future.

Click on the images below to view larger versions.

nb. Some of the images below may not be suitable for minors, although they are photographs of artworks.

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Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Istanbul box

  • Silver box referring to a visit made to Istanbul
  • Sterling silver (etched, folded, soldered)
  • 2006
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Box of secrets

  • Wooden box
  • Walnut, fine silver (repousse)
  • 1999
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

The hand that feeds

  • Handmade cutlery set
  • Sterling silver (tops cast from hand-carved designs)
  • 1999
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Untitled (tool)

  • Sculpture in relief
  • Fine silver (repousse technique)
  • 2005

Brassiere

  • Aluminium bra
  • Annodised aluminium, silk satin, bakelite button
  • 2000
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

The things my grandmother never told me

  • Series of three wearables (bracelet, ring and neckpiece) featuring pieces of fine crochet by Peg Lawton (Simone's late grandmother)
  • Cotton, sterling silver
  • 2005
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Body brooch

  • Hand-carved brooch
  • Bone, nickel brooch pin
  • 1994
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Untitled

  • Series of three lockets
  • Fine silver (repoussed + etched), sterling silver, silk thread, pearl, onyx and garnet. Two hearts are oxidised (white and black), one has acrylic enamel.
  • 2005
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Little black dress

  • Dress (sculpture)
  • Sand-blasted annodised aluminium, nickel
  • 1999
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Little black dress (detail)

See above

Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Fish pendant

  • Pendant
  • Nickel silver, titanium, sterling silver
  • 1994
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Tracings (positive)

  • Neckpiece
  • Tracing paper, silk thread
  • 2006
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Untitled (rings)

  • Series of two rings
  • Sterling silver, glass pastes, hair
  • 1998
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

The shoes

  • Miniature sculptures
  • Glass (cast), ceramic, copper (electroformed), limestone, pine
  • 1994
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

The men

  • Brooches
  • Brass, copper, sterling silver (pressed using hand-carved die), enamel
  • 1995
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Cappuccino

  • Hand carved brooch
  • Wood, sterling silver, nickel brooch pin
  • 1994
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Self portrait

  • Hand mirror
  • Copper (patinated), photograph, mirrored glass
  • 1995
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Nature series

  • Series of three pendants featuring etched text
  • Fine silver, silk thread, sterling silver findings
  • 2005
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Three button suit

  • Brooch (variations put into production)
  • Sterling silver (cast from hand-carved design)
  • 1996
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Reliquary

  • Box
  • Brass (silver plated), acrylic enamel, mirror (inside)
  • 1998
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Reliquary (open)

See above

Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Self portrait

  • Hand-carved brooch
  • Bone, horn, nickel brooch pin
  • 1995
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Divine

  • Bracelet
  • Hand carved piano keys, brass, sterling silver
  • 1995
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Fish chain

  • Necklace (variations made as production pieces)
  • Sterling silver, lapis lazuli
  • 1994
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Coffee cup

  • Pendant
  • Sterling silver (cast from hand-carved design)
  • 1995
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Roman

  • Brooch (variations put into production)
  • Sterling silver (cast from hand-carved design based on sculpture seen in Rome)
  • 1997
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Dresses

  • Series of non-wearable dresses (sculpture)
  • Stainless steel mesh, feathers, georgette, satin, aluminium, paint
  • 1999
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Dress

  • Non-wearable dress (sculpture)
  • Stainless steel mesh and wire
  • 1999
Exhibition jewellery or artwork photograph.

Dress (detail)

  • Part of dress series
  • Georgette fabric, aluminium (pressed and shaped), paint
  • 1999

Jewellery & objects art exhibitions

Unfortunately Simone currently doesn't have time to participate in exhibitions. However, below is a list of exhibitions that Simone has participated in.

  • Expeditions, Metalab, Sydney. Inaugural annual awarded exhibition of work by customers of A&E Metal Merchants – November 2006
  • Takeaway, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney. Annual Christmas selling exhibition of work by members of JMGA-NSW – November 2006
  • Out of Site, Pyrmont Studios Gallery. Final JMGA-NSW members' exhibition to be held at Pyrmont Studios, part of the on Location: making stories conference – January 2006
  • Confluence, Pyrmont Studios Gallery, Sydney. Exhibition of invited ex-Pyrmont Studios tenants and JMGA-NSW Co-ordinating Committee members – October 2005
  • Vessel: mode of containment, Pyrmont Studios Gallery, Sydney. JMGA-NSW members’ exhibition, Pyrmont Studios Gallery – August 2005
  • Utility in Touch, Sydney College of the Arts. Annual curated group exhibition, in 2005 featuring invited SCA Alumni members alongside selected current students – July 2005
  • Contemporary Wearables, award and exhibition at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – September 2003
  • Skygarden Art Prize, exhibition held by Skygarden, Sydney – June-July 2001 (winner of three dimensional category)
  • Contemporary Wearables, award and exhibition at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. Toured to Object Gallery (Centre for Contemporary Craft) in Sydney amongst other locations in Australia throughout 2000 – September 1999
  • Graduate Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts – December 1999
  • Utility?, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery. Annual curated group exhibition featuring Sydney College of the Arts students from all disciplines – September 1999
  • Sentimental, display of sentimental objects at Sydney College of the Arts curated by Simone Walsh – April 1999
  • Arterial, PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney. Group exhibition with Sydney College of the Arts students – 1998
  • The Tea Party, Urban Cow Studios, Adelaide. Group exhibition with Adelaide artists – 1995
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