Join us for a casual Wednedsay Talk with Gray Street Workshop at these free weekly lunchtime talks.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jess Dare is a skilled jeweller and flameworker renowned for working in both metal and glass. Drawn to flowers as a bittersweet reminder of life’s transience, Jess frequently uses the potent symbolism of flowers to explore themes of family, loss, grief, impermanence, memory and time. In her most recent work, Jess has also drawn upon her extensive research into local cemeteries and cultural traditions of memorial and remembrance.

Lisa Furno integrates photography, objects, performance, moving image and contemporary jewellery into her creative practice. Her practice draws attention to environmental issues and social concerns of our longstanding relationship with overconsumption, waste and single-use plastics. Playfully serious and darkly political, Lisa creates work from used and scavenged plastics evolved intuitively through lighthearted exploration, interrogation and play.

Sue Lorraine is a maker of jewellery and objects with a career spanning nearly five decades. Utilising a variety of materials and found objects, Sue’s practice revolves around her relationship with these objects and their potential and power to hold and assign meaning and memory. She often draws upon personal experiences to explore her ever-changing relationship to the measurable and unmeasurable aspects of memory and the passage of time.

Catherine Truman is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is renowned for its longevity and diversity incorporating, objects, installation, contemporary jewellery, digital imagery and film. In her practice, Catherine is focused on the nexus between artistic and scientific approaches to research and enquiry. She has undertaken creative residencies within the scientific fields of neuroscience, biomedicine, histology, microscopy, ophthalmology and plant science, as well as forging collaborations with scientists, researchers and technicians.

ABOUT US

JamFactory is a unique not-for-profit organisation that champions the social, cultural, and economic value of craft and design in daily life. Through our programs we inspire audiences, build careers, and extend contemporary craft and design into new markets.

*Please be advised, photography, filming or recording of the Wednesday Talks Series is not permitted*