Anna Davern | Nereides
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Assistance animals welcome, Seating available, Wheelchair accessibleJoin e.g.etal gallery for an exhibition of jewellery and objects by Anna Davern inspired by the botanical forms of marine seagrasses.
A series of scarf pins in silver and gold are woven with brightly coloured precious and semi-precious gem beads, displayed to form a glittering seagrass meadow that reflects the vibrant hues of the organisms that live within. Seagrasses are considered to be ecosystem engineers: they create, modify and maintain habitats that support a diversity of marine life. Seagrass meadows also perform an important role as carbon sinks, accounting for more than 10% of the ocean’s total carbon storage. This exhibition draws attention to the ethics of protecting these valuable ecologies.
Each pin is named for one of the Nereides: sea nymphs or female water spirits of Greek mythology. The piece can be removed from the group and displayed as an autonomous object, or detached from its stand and worn pinned through a garment or scarf. By encouraging an awareness of our relationships with these objects, the artist draws attention to the diverse and complicated ecologies that exist within a seagrass meadow, and that also exist within our own lives.
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Anna Davern is a jewellery artist based in Melbourne (Naarm/Birrarung-ga) whose eclectic work reflects a variety of influences and obsessions: exploring the sentimental nature of jewellery and the miniature object. Alongside her diverse exhibition practice, Anna creates a refined collection of wearable jewellery. She explores graphic shapes and colours in her range of reef earrings and neckpieces and her collection of rings featuring precious metals and gemstones is inspired by the intersection of the organic and the mechanistic.
e.g.etal is a Melbourne gallery that represents and supports Australia’s thriving contemporary jewellery design movement. Established in 1998, e.g.etal maintains a passionate commitment to contemporary jewellery. The gallery now represents over 55 Australian and New Zealand jewellery artists and designers with occasional international guests. The constantly evolving collection is an inspiring selection of contemporary jewellery conceived and made by individual designers.
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Assistance animals welcome, Seating available, Wheelchair accessibleJoin e.g.etal gallery for an exhibition of jewellery and objects by Anna Davern inspired by the botanical forms of marine seagrasses.
A series of scarf pins in silver and gold are woven with brightly coloured precious and semi-precious gem beads, displayed to form a glittering seagrass meadow that reflects the vibrant hues of the organisms that live within. Seagrasses are considered to be ecosystem engineers: they create, modify and maintain habitats that support a diversity of marine life. Seagrass meadows also perform an important role as carbon sinks, accounting for more than 10% of the ocean’s total carbon storage. This exhibition draws attention to the ethics of protecting these valuable ecologies.
Each pin is named for one of the Nereides: sea nymphs or female water spirits of Greek mythology. The piece can be removed from the group and displayed as an autonomous object, or detached from its stand and worn pinned through a garment or scarf. By encouraging an awareness of our relationships with these objects, the artist draws attention to the diverse and complicated ecologies that exist within a seagrass meadow, and that also exist within our own lives.
Participants
Anna Davern is a jewellery artist based in Melbourne (Naarm/Birrarung-ga) whose eclectic work reflects a variety of influences and obsessions: exploring the sentimental nature of jewellery and the miniature object. Alongside her diverse exhibition practice, Anna creates a refined collection of wearable jewellery. She explores graphic shapes and colours in her range of reef earrings and neckpieces and her collection of rings featuring precious metals and gemstones is inspired by the intersection of the organic and the mechanistic.
e.g.etal is a Melbourne gallery that represents and supports Australia’s thriving contemporary jewellery design movement. Established in 1998, e.g.etal maintains a passionate commitment to contemporary jewellery. The gallery now represents over 55 Australian and New Zealand jewellery artists and designers with occasional international guests. The constantly evolving collection is an inspiring selection of contemporary jewellery conceived and made by individual designers.