Ellen Geary, Noelle Burwell, Annie Genesin, Journal Works (cropped), 2019, 297x420. Photo: Catherine Campbell

Journal Works

Students of Melbourne Polytechnic Jewellery program

7– 22 September 

24hrs

(OPENING)

Sat 14 September, 6-8pm

at 

Northcity4

​61 Weston St 
Brunswick 3056 
Also at various locations on the Radiant Pavilion trail

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Andrew Poduska, Journal Works (cropped), 2019, 297x420. Photo: Catherine Campbell

Journal Works is a collaborative project that celebrates the jewellery artists’ journal, an often neglected aspect of an artists’ work. Despite their destiny, the richness of ideas deserves its own level of recognition. Journals capture the honest and generous effort put into brainstorming, recording, documenting, organising, sketching and illustration of ideas. They provide an informal testing ground to problem solve, explore and dream with reduced pressure for a specific outcome.  They allow artists to establish links between ideas and observe common themes across projects. They become a future resource as artists refer back to them for specific processes, techniques and useful tips gleaned over many years. 
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Journal Works provides an opportunity for the unique work of journals to be acknowledged. It enables the involvement of a large number of students and staff from Melbourne Polytechnic and is therefore a true collaboration and celebration of design development and the ideation process.

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Lori Hakim, Alex Vitale, Journal Works (cropped), 2019, 297x420, Catherine Campbell

(ABOUT THE ARTISTS)
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Students of Melbourne Polytechnic Jewellery Programs are a diverse group of creatives ranging in age, cultural background and professional experience. Previous experience ranges from floristry to driving monster trucks in the mines to establishing a worldwide viral dance phenomenon. Their journal entries reflect this enormous diversity in thought, ideas and creativity.