Title of work: Disappearing Artifacts 

These works honour the common objects that bridge the gap between our handmade heritage and the mass-manufactured items fading from our digital age. Once ubiquitous, a paperclip is now a rare find in a paperless office. Stumbling upon one, I cannot discard it; I must keep it. I am awed by the exquisite simplicity of their design and function. It has been a joy to reconstruct these pieces, imagining the engineering and machinery that once mass-produced thousands. By rendering them slightly larger than the originals, I have given them new visual weight, and others a removable pin allowing each to be worn as a brooch.

KEEPER — A BROOCH CLUB EXHIBITION

Bringing together the work of more than 30 contemporary jewellers, Keeper is the culmination of Brooch Club 2026 — a community-led series of meet-ups supported by JMGA-NSW and hosted across contemporary jewellery spaces in Sydney and beyond.

Working within the theme Keeper, participating artists have explored jewellery as a vessel for memory and connection — considering what we hold, treasure and carry, and how moments, relationships, histories and stories can be carried through objects and making.

Developed through shared dialogue, reflection and experimentation, the resulting brooches bring together diverse personal responses, materials and processes — a collective rumination on what it means to keep something close.

SYDNEY
Windowsmiths Gallery, Potts Point
2–16 October 2026
Opening Saturday 10 October, 2–4pm
Sponsored by Lady Chu

Presented as part of Sydney Craft Week

MELBOURNE
PG Gallery, Fitzroy
20–31 October 2026
Opening Saturday 24 October, 5–7pm
Presented as part of Radiant Pavilion

Conversations Through Jewellery considers jewellery as a process of exchange. Bringing together
works by UNSW Art & Design Jewellery staff, current students, and alumni, the exhibition explores
how ideas circulate through teaching, learning, making, and discussion.
The works presented reflect a network of relationships between makers and materials, mentors and
students, past and present. Through acts of experimentation, observation, critique, and response,
jewellery becomes a language through which questions are posed, stories are shared, and new
perspectives emerge. The exhibition highlights the collective and conversational nature of
contemporary jewellery practice, celebrating a community connected through the making and
exchange of ideas.

LACE STAR This brooch can be found in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. Enamel on laser cut steel. It is from a series of works developed for the Exhibition Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor: 100 Women 100 Brooches 100 Stories. Toured by Artisan QLD
Alice Whish: Brooch
Title: Lace Star
Materials: Enamel on Steel
Size: 68mm across