Education
  • 2011 – Current Honours in Visual Arts, University of South Australia
  • 2005 – 2006 Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design, TAFE SA, Adelaide Centre for the Arts
  • 2002 – 2004 Bachelor of Visual Communication, University of South Australia
Professional Development
  • July 2011 Flinders Ranges Textiles intensive camp with Ruth Hadlow
  • Feb 2011 Unnatural Naturally Workshop – Jam Factory
  • March 2005 Junior HAT Project Workshop – Jam Factory
Professional Experience
  • 2011 - current Lecturer – UniSA Jewellery and Metal Studio
  • 2008 – current Technical Officer – UniSA Jewellery and Metal Studio
  • 2007 – 2011 Gray Street Workshop Access Member
  • 2007 - 2008 Organising committee for Graduate Metal XI Exhibition, JMGA conference 2008
  • July 2006 Work Experience – Soda and Rhyme Jewellery Studio
Media
Awards
  • 2010 - FOUND Fremantle Arts Centre
    Highly Commended [for piece 'The Dancing Girl and the Bird']
    JMGA 2010 National Members Exhibition
  • 2008 - "C e l l a r Sweatshop" 2008 Adelaide Fringe Award - Best Exhibition by a Collective
  • 2007 - Honorable mention for the Critics' Award at the ArtEast 2007

I have always been interested in creating objects. In primary school I was constantly decorating boxes, shoes, furniture; anything I was allowed to get my hands on.

I had an interest in jewellery early on, swapping beads and buttons with friends. When I was 11 years old I attended a 'working women' talk where a jeweller was featured. I felt an instant passion for the art and got right into making whatever I could with the materials available.

During high school I studied art and design through to my senior year whilst making jewellery as a hobby at home. In 2001 I attended a short two day jewellery making course at the JamFactory and from there began to understand the wonderful possibilities of metals.

I decided to continue my passion for design at University and enrolled in the Visual Communication at UniSA. I enjoyed learning about design principals and idea generation, however I was aware that I was most interested in creating work with my hands, that would result in a 3D object. By the end of my third year, I was literally cutting up bits of paper and colour photocopying the work instead of creating the projects with the computer.

During my graphic design degree I did an Intro to Jewellery subject as an elective and rediscovered my passion for making wearable art. I ended my Vis Comm degree in 2004 and immediately started studying a Visual Arts and Applied Design degree at TAFE SA, Adelaide Centre for the Arts, which I completed in 2006.

After my Jewellery study I immediately moved to a bench space at Gray Street Workshop. I was fortunate enough to work there for over four years, and feel very lucky to have been able to create in a collective space with other jewellers; established as well as emerging. Gray Street Workshop has an inspiring atmosphere, and it gave me the confidence to trust my artistic direction and my work.

I take inspiration from many different things; clever graphic design, picture books, colour, emotions, memory, patterns, the work of various contemporary jewellers and artists, as well as unique materials and experimental techniques.

Thank you for visiting my site.

Alice