Liv Boyle, IPhone | beach, 2019, approx 70x140x8mm, plastic. Photo: Liv Boyle

Adapt (v.) 'To fit something for some purpose'

Liv Boyle (NZ)
Nicky Hepburn
Belinda Newick

30 August – 28 September

Wed– Fri 10am - 5pm
Sat 12 - 4pm

(OPENING)

Thu 29 August, 5-7pm

at 

SPARE ROOM

RMIT University
Building 94 Level 2 
23– 27 Cardigan St
Carlton 3053

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Boyle Hepburn Newick, Adapt, 2019, recycled phones, variable. Photo: Liv Boyle

Currently there are more unused mobile phones per head of population in Australia. 
Research in sustainable practice continues to question the methods of reclaiming, reusing and recycling materials in a global economy based on built-in obsolescence. 
In response to the proliferation of e-waste globally Nicky Hepburn, Liv Boyle and Belinda Newick will explore and repurpose materials of e-waste into jewellery and objects.

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Boyle Hepburn Newick, Adapt, 2019, recycled phones, variable. Photo: Liv Boyle

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)
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New Zealand born Liv Boyle is a contemporary jeweller working in Melbourne. Holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) and Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Engineering, she has participated in six group exhibitions since 2013, including selection for ITAMI International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Japan, 2013. Her most recent exhibition (with Sam Mertens) was Undertone in Melbourne, 2016. Liv’s jewellery is reminiscent of Oceanic body adornment. Playing with our romanticism of materials, she reclaims industrial by-products and plastic debris washed up on beach tidelines, transforming everyday waste into beautiful jewellery. Liv currently works at Workshop 3000 with contemporary jeweller Susan Cohn.

Nicky Hepburn completed Gold and Silversmithing, at RMIT and a Bachelor of Education in Arts and Crafts, at the University of Melbourne. She has also been a lecturer in Jewellery and Metalsmithing for over 15 years. She has been involved in numerous group, solo and international exhibitions including, 2016-‘Worn Land” at FORM W.Australia currently touring, 2012-‘ Forces of Nature’ at the Australian Embassy, Washington DC, 2009 - the ‘Walk’, a NETS touring exhibition. Nicky supplies and exhibits regularly at e.g.etal Gallery, and Studio Ingot in Melbourne. Nicky’s practice is currently focused on investigating the natural environment, And is based on her response to the details, light, colour and forms of the landscape.

Belinda Newick is a contemporary Jeweller whose work explores cultural hybridity and place. She captures the emotions, imprints and memories of life through subtle applied surface textures. Newick's maintains a diverse practice as a studio based jeweller, hand making bespoke jewellery and acupuncture tools, as well as exhibiting, curating and teaching in the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design at Melbourne Polytechnic at the Fairfield and Prahran campuses. Newick spent six years in South Australia at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Gray Street Workshop and Zu design jewellery + objects, before settling in Melbourne in 2005. Newick has been the recipient of two grants international grants, an Asialink Residency in Sri Lanka 2004 and another in Kerala, India 2001. She has exhibited in Asia, New Zealand and the USA and maintains an exhibition and gallery profile in Australia and overseas. Masters of Creative Industries candidate.