Precious Little
Wendy Korol, Happy Daze, 2016, copper, enamel, paint, 106 cm circumference. Photo: Jeremy Dillon
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Map reference number: 47
24 August – 5 September
Tue–Sat 11am–5pm, Sun 12–4pm Opening: Thu 24 August, 6–8pm
Artist/s: Wendy Korol
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'Regret nothing, fear nothing, embrace everything'.
A McNab and K Dutton
We cannot remake our past. It is gone. We can only make the past and future in the present moment. This is all we have to work with. Much of our mundane present moment is made up of interacting with everyday objects, which through habitual use effectively become invisible. There is the opportunity to draw the simple forms of the common object into consciousness through my jewellery pieces, which reflect the immediacy of the making process that is quick, intuitive and spontaneous. The malleable materials that I use, such as clay, soft metal foil and mesh, lend themselves to this immediacy, capture it and reveal it. Within the present moment a precious 'jewel' is hidden.
A McNab and K Dutton
We cannot remake our past. It is gone. We can only make the past and future in the present moment. This is all we have to work with. Much of our mundane present moment is made up of interacting with everyday objects, which through habitual use effectively become invisible. There is the opportunity to draw the simple forms of the common object into consciousness through my jewellery pieces, which reflect the immediacy of the making process that is quick, intuitive and spontaneous. The malleable materials that I use, such as clay, soft metal foil and mesh, lend themselves to this immediacy, capture it and reveal it. Within the present moment a precious 'jewel' is hidden.
a. Wendy Korol, Happy Daze, 2016, copper, enamel, paint, 106 cm circumference. Photo: Jeremy Dillon
About the Artist
Wendy Korol was born and lives in Melbourne. She completed the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Technology at NMIT in 2006. In 2008 she began undergraduate studies in ceramics and gold and silversmithing at RMIT, graduating with an MFA by research in 2016. Wendy exhibited in graduate shows in Brisbane and Perth and was the overall winner of the Craft Fresh! Award in 2011. She also exhibited in the Marzee International Graduate Show in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 2012. Central to her work is the handmade object or jewellery piece, rich in form, texture and colour, where nothing is is too precious or perfect.
Wendy Korol was born and lives in Melbourne. She completed the Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Technology at NMIT in 2006. In 2008 she began undergraduate studies in ceramics and gold and silversmithing at RMIT, graduating with an MFA by research in 2016. Wendy exhibited in graduate shows in Brisbane and Perth and was the overall winner of the Craft Fresh! Award in 2011. She also exhibited in the Marzee International Graduate Show in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 2012. Central to her work is the handmade object or jewellery piece, rich in form, texture and colour, where nothing is is too precious or perfect.
