Sam Mertens, Interesting Pins, 2019, Pin, Stainless steel, 925 Silver, 70mm x 6mm

Interesting Pins

Sam Mertens 

7– 15 September

at 

www.SamMertens.com

Sam Mertens, Interesting Pins, 2019, Pin, Stainless steel, 925 Silver, 70mm x 6mm

Pins make their way into our lives in many ways. As jewellery they are often worn to represent an ideal or idea. But a pin can be found almost anywhere. Maybe you are baking using a rolling pin? Pinning up a poster at work? Using a safety pin to stop a split seam? Solving a murder using a mapping pin? Going ten pin bowling? Pinning your ears back and get some work done only to find you now have pins and needles from sitting down too long? Or maybe some violence is in order and pulling the pin and throwing a grenade is going to make a bang. Whatever is happening, some kind of pin is probably involved. Interesting Pins is an exhibition that celebrates the humble pin in all its forms by pinning pins of pins that are pins on Pinterest. www.sammertens.com

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Sam Mertens, Interesting Pins, 2019, Pin, Stainless steel, 925 Silver, 70mm x 6mm​

(ABOUT THE ARTIST)
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Sam Mertens is a contemporary Silversmith and Jeweller currently basing his practice at Workshop 3000 in Melbourne. Previously, Sam has done a mentorship with Susan Cohn, studied at the Australian National University under Johannes Kuhnen, who he also later worked for.