TROVE

Trove showcases a curated collection of works created by 22 forward-thinking artisans working in jewellery. The exhibition contemplates the significant role jewellery plays in conveying messages about the relationships between people and the things they value – communicating across cultural, social, personal and political levels.

Artists: Roseanne Bartley, Liv Boyle, Lorraine Brigdale, Christine Collins, Laila Marie Costa, Laura Deakin, Samantha Dennis, Carly Tarkari Dodd, Anna Davern, Polly Dymond, Kirsten Haydon, Inari Kiuru, Anke Kindle, Sarah Lockey, Sim Luttin, Leslie Matthews, Belinda Newick, Emily O'Brien, Gabbee Stolp, Blanche Tilden, Zoe Veness, Melinda Young

Image featuring work by Gabbee Stolp, Emily O’Brien, Samantha Dennis, Liv Boyle, courtesy Craft Victoria. Photographer: Claire Armstrong

‘Walking’ is a reflection on the act of fieldwork – a remote beach measured in paces and millimetres, observations and quantities, for the dual purpose of art and science.

This iteration of Liv’s collaboration with eco-toxicologist Dr Jennifer Lavers reinforces the value of repetition over time. Alternating sections of white plastic and blackened silver are threaded into a wearable continuum, allowing movement and pause in equal parts. These sun-bleached lollipop sticks were collected from Henderson Island’s East Beach during Adrift Lab’s groundbreaking Research Expedition and major beach clean-up in 2019. Henderson Island is an uninhabited coral atoll near the centre of the South Pacific Gyre – a UNESCO World Heritage Site, now known to harbour the highest concentration of plastic pollution on the planet.