Stackable Bangles
Kangaroo Leather

Roz Fenson's art practice is an explorative journey in the adaptation of this ancient technique and its design potential as a contemporary craft medium. Her usage of color, texture and even translucency is innovative. Roz's work under the label ROOBAND has broken all the boundaries of both traditional and modern leather production techniques, and given her global ownership of an art form that is truly unique. As a result, in 2009, Roz Fensons work was chosen along with five other Australian Artists to represent Australian Craft and Design at L'ARTIGIANO FEIRA in Milan, Italy.

Brooches
Ceramic

The aim is to create individual pieces of handmade jewellery and home ware that are decorative, functional and affordable.

"My work is about mixing classic styles with a contemporary slant, vintage to tattoo designs, kitsch to comics and a bit of everything in between."

Clay is a medium with endless possibilities and its history and tradition is a long and rich one. All ceramic work is lovingly hand built and kiln fired up to three times.

High Tea Earrings
Vintage Tea Trays & Stainless Steel

Wire Bird Pendants
Sterling Silver

Alice Potter is an Adelaide based jeweller working out of the celebrated studio Gray Street Workshop. Her work is an eclectic mix of found objects, precious metals and clean design. She has studied both Visual Communication and Visual Arts, allowing her art practice to benefit from the graphic design base. Her work is bright and bold of colour, fun in aesthetics and meaningful in concept.

Foxy Brooch
Sterling Silver

"My subjects of curiosity and craftsmanship are often plants, birds and animals, inspired by childhood memories and travels to exotic, far away places. My jewellery aims to preserve these memories and pay homage to the exquisiteness of the natural environment. I try to illuminate the delicacy of nature by observing and crafting even the tiniest anatomical details, hence my art making has developed into an elaborate repertoire of mark making. I use jewellery making techniques such as hand engraving, punching, cold forming and hammering to actualise my memories. As a result, my work is often complex and detailed on a minute scale, just like nature itself." - Georgia Gabrielle

Bangles
Anodised Aluminum

Anodising is an electrochemical process that gives rise to the existence of microscopic creatures who live inside the aluminium surface. Each one has its own tiny coloured wand which it will wave around very quickly helping to draw magical pictures in the living oxide layer. It happens sometimes that all the little buggers have the same colour wand in which case the surface is evenly covered in one beautiful shimmering anodised colour. They are shy but friendly creatures and are said to bring good luck to whoever they come near. They are probably the main reason i enjoy anodising so much.
- Ken Baker

Sandcast Cufflinks
Sterling Silver

Mark works out of his home studio in Adelaide. He began his exploration into the various jewellery designs and mediums whilst travelling extensively overseas and was inspired by the simple forms, designs and the manufacturing processes used. He returned to Australia and completed his training at NMIT in Melbourne. Whilst in Melbourne Mark experimented with many old jewellery techniques such as sand casting, which is the primary focus in many of his pieces. Mark's vision to create unique designs and his skills in quality craftsmanship has seen him commissioned to make unique pieces ranging from engagement and wedding jewellery to "one off" pieces.

Heart Brooches
Vintage Fabric, Polyester Resin & Nickle Silver

Minnette Michael explores various materials such as vintage fabrics, recycled plastics & resin to create wonderfully nostalgic, whimsical and colourful jewellery that often looks sweet enough to eat.

Jali Rings (2008)
Hand-Dyed Aluminium

Local contemporary jeweller and metalsmith Meghan O'Rourke creates precious objects for the body that are both playful and ornate. Following several years as an associate designer and tenant within the JamFactory's prominent Metal Design Studio, she now works from her own beachside studio. Meghan has also gained recognition in various fine art awards and international residencies; these include working in New Delhi, India & winning the 2008 National Contemporary Jewellery Award.

Meghan's jewellery often combines traditional precious metals with the vivid colour palate of anodised titanium and aluminium. She has developed specialised hand dying and texturing techniques to achieve distinctive colour blends and fascinating optical effects. Her refined jewellery often explores the use of colours and patterns derived from the delicate structures found in nature & the decorative imagery of India.

Kandinsky Pendants
Flameworked glass

Julie Frahm is a South Australian glass bead artist who individually makes gorgeous beads using a technique known as lampworking or flameworking, and then uses them in the unique jewellery that she creates herself. She has recently started thinking about reducing her carbon footprint, and has been seeking alternative sources of glass including recycled wine and beer bottles, and Depression glass from the 1930's. Julie won second prize in the 2009 SALA Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design Award for her exhibition that featured her new passion for recycled glass.

Twiggy Pendant
Anodised titanium and sterling silver

Sarah Rothe is an exciting emerging jeweller and designer based in Adelaide, SA. Drawn to working with the tough and demanding material of titanium and the rich colours available through anodising, Sarah is able to create eye-catching pieces in a striking range of colours that will please any aesthetic taste.

Currently working from a studio at the JamFactory, Sarah has completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design, a two-year associate position in the Metal Studio at the JamFactory and spent two months in Jingdezhen, China as part of a residency through the Helpmann Academy.

Crash Blossoms Bike Brooch
Sterling Silver and Recycled Car Lights

Juju has been on the jewellery scene for 5 years and is currently making her mark with jewellery made from recycled car lights, entitled Crash Blossoms'. She officially opened a contemporary jewellery & design business in 2008 called 'Good Juju' with the aim of creating an eco-friendly line of contemporary jewellery that focuses on the innovative use of recycled materials to create a unique body of work.

Dichroic Pendants
Dichroic Glass

Adelaide born artist, Ivana Di Stasio, has been designing and creating exquisite glass artworks and Dichroic glass jewellery since 2004.
Her parents, Italian immigrants, who taught her to value the 'simple things' in life, were a great source of inspiration for her creative and unique artwork and jewellery.
Ivana's ideas stem from experiencing those simple 'things' and events throughout her life that has formed and shaped the artist that she is today.

Butterfly Pendant
Sterling Silver

"I have been handmaking a diverse array of jewellery and art objects since the early 1990s.

My production range of handmade jewellery is made using a variety of metalwork techniques, including detailed sawpiercing, etching, repousse, casting and more. Materials I use include sterling silver, gold, silk, gemstones, vintage beads and more. My jewellery range is often inspired by nature, pattern and ornament.

These days I rarely aim for perfection in my jewellery, instead preferring for people to be able to see at least a little bit evidence of my having worked on it, with the hope that this will be something they treasure."
- Simone Walsh

Purple Ogee Pendant
Recycled Materials & Sterling Silver

"I have an unwavering passion for the variety of patterns, shapes, colours and textures I see in the flora and fauna of the Aldinga Scrub. These aspects of design combined with a desire to understand human patterns throughout history informs my works in contemporary ethical jewellery.

As a reaction to popular culture I strive to create an inventory of modern iconography aligned with a concentrated sustainable ethos.

Several factors are considered in the manufacture of my works including; use of basic techniques, no harsh chemical use, 95% reuse of materials, minimal use of recycled precious metals and the use of green energy where possible.

I am particularly interested in creating a sense of contentment in the wearer of my works."
-Kim Thomson

Circular Tantalum Choker
Sterling Silver & Titanium

"As a jewellery designer I enjoy seeing a design evolve and transform into an object that presents itself as something that generates tactile and visual stimulation. It is also about creating an object that becomes a part of your life and is with you always throughout your lifetime evoking memories and thoughts." - Haidee Laws

Sterling Silver

Rebecca's interest in Arts started from an early age, taking her first art lessons at age 11 in oil paintings and drawing. Continuing this interest throughout high school, she has studied at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2000 and graduated in 2006 with a Visual Arts Degree from Adelaide Centre for the Arts. During her studies at ACarts, Rebecca majored in Painting and minored in Jewellery, however her interest in the working and representation of styles in the 3D form, gave her great satisfaction and she took on extra classes in her final year to double major in jewellery. Her style combines contemporary materials and techniques, with classic styles from Celtic designs and Art Nouveau. Materials that she uses include silver, copper, Perspex and natural stones.

Waratah, Rings, Scribble and Flower Broooches
Powder-coated stainless steel

In-sync design is a partnership built on friendship, combining the skills and strengths of two creative women to produce a bold range of contemporary jewellery. Iris Saar Isaacs, a graphic designer, and Jane Barwick, a contemporary jeweller, explore modern materials, colour and methods of construction in a range of brooches, bangles, earrings and necklaces.
Their designs evolve from line drawings and come to life in stainless steel, sterling silver and neoprene 'rubber'.
Clever, yet simple, construction is important. Brooch pins are integrated into the pieces and match in colour. Drawn lines continue seamlessly from the body of the earrings to become hooks. Stainless steel prongs are inserted into neoprene tubing to create flexible, versatile necklaces and the illusion of a continuous line where one material blends into another.