Make:waste

Make:waste is an exhibition that includes twelve emerging jewellers and metal artists, utilising circular practices to explore themes of recycling, repair and reimagining. Participants reflect on their practices and what it means to be a maker in an economically uncertain time.

Dates

24 Oct.—31 Oct.

Hours

Sat. 24 Oct. 5pm—8pm
Sun.—Sat. 12pm—4pm

Opening

Sat. 24 Oct., 5pm—8pm

Address

CLAW Creative

120-122 Alexandra Pde,
Ngár-go/Fitzroy 3065

Accessibility

Not wheelchair accessible

Artists

ANGELICA ZUMPO is an emerging jeweller and multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Narrm. Utilising precious metals, semi-precious gemstones, and found fabric and ephemera, she creates bespoke jewellery and small scale objects inspired by her interest in ancient worlds. Specifically, the juxtaposition of ancient motifs and symbols with contemporary insights, intertwining them with precious metals and found fabrics and materials. Through the wearable and hand-held objects she creates, she investigates community and intergenerational connections. With a first class honours degree in Fine Art from RMIT university, she has developed a diverse practice that responds to themes of distorted memory, place and personhood in the contemporary landscape.

ANGELIQUE OGIERMAN is a jewellery and small object artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. Her work focuses on exploring the close, personal connection made between the wearer and their jewellery piece. In recent works, she focused on creating objects with mobile joints that would flow with the body.

ASH MORAN is an emerging object maker and jeweller. Their works are often born from listening to the metals they are working with. When Ash moves metal into a new form, they sense a pull from the piece that dictates its own shape, they will guide it but never push. Raising, forging and forming are the practices Ash is most drawn to.

BREE WILSON is a multidisciplinary artist based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). Her work explores themes around place, sustainability, trauma and identity, with a focus on deep material exploration and silversmithing techniques, such as fusion and patination. Bree draws on her experiences surrounding grief and personal healing, as well as her deep connections to poetry, symbolism and nature, to inform her concepts and materials. She sees the connection between emotions, ideas, forms and substances and seeks to nurture those relationships at each step of her process.

HANNAH LUK-FINUCANE is a Cantonese/ ‘Australian’ artist currently living and working from Naarm (Melbourne). Through their practice they explore layered diasporic experiences in relation to the body, working to create spaces of ritual intimacy. After recently receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts (Gold & Silversmithing) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, they are looking to continue developing their expanded jewellery and object practice.

JUSTINE HIOSAN entered the jewellery world in 2021, completing a Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design and Manufacturing at Melbourne Polytechnic, followed by an Advanced Diploma, cramming 6 years part-time into 4. In 2025, they began a BA Fine Art: Gold and Silversmithing. They continue to explore their identity as an artist, focusing on how culture and personal history shape their jewellery. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age while trying to succeed in a world of words with a mind full of pictures, they are enjoying the chance to explore creatively and release the pictures from their mind.

LOU WHEELER is a Narrm/Melbourne based emerging metalwork artist with a special interest in ancient and traditional craft practices. Lou was trained by their father in traditional ironwork and is a third generation gold/silver/blacksmith with extensive experience in machining, tool making and engraving. Lou’s work currently appears primarily among small private collections throughout Victoria.

MACY PAGE’S motivation for creating jewellery stemmed from curiosity and as a creative outlet. She sees jewellery as a powerful form of self-expression where each piece tells a story through its aesthetics and craftsmanship. She is fascinated by solving the puzzle of making, navigating technical challenges, and organising processes. Each piece is visually captivating and invites curiosity about its creation. She aims to balance beauty and complexity, reflecting thought as much as the final form. Through her work, she wants to create meaningful connections between the wearer, the piece, and the craft, encouraging reflection on the artistry and effort involved.

MIRANDA QUIRK is a metal artist, jeweller and object maker. She is focused on representations of the Australian environment. This manifests through work that showcases species native to Australia. The form of the moth is a key motif in her work, connecting to a symbolic nature of change, rebirth and transformation.

Her work often reflects on her neurodiversity, seen in the repetition of forms, themes, and in the inclusion of various kinetic and body focused features.

NOAH SCHNEIDER is a jeweller and metal sculpture artist whose practice centres on connection, bodily autonomy and storytelling. Inspired by organic materials and the natural world, his work explores how we come to understand our surroundings, considering the ways in which meaning is constructed and embedded within our environments. By creating jewellery as sites of connection and memory, Noah reflects on how we relate to our bodies and to one another, positioning the body as both subject and site, a medium through which personal and collective narratives intersect and take form.

PETER HIOSAN is a jeweller living and working in Narrm/Melbourne. With a background in lapidary, Peter explores the myriad ways in which stones can be cut and used in jewellery, utilsing locally sourced materials and natural Australian gemstones. He incorporates sand and cuttlefish casting in his practice to create natural and organic textures in his work. Peter has a Diploma in Jewellery and Object Design form Melbourne Polytechnic is currently undertaking a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Jewellery and Material Practice at RMIT.

RUBY HUGHES is a contemporary jewellery artist whose practice explores the relationship between body, material, and environment. Inspired by underwater landscapes and natural textures, she translates drawn gestures into metal using traditional gold and silversmithing techniques. Spontaneity within the making process is balanced by careful attention to detail, allowing intuitive forms to evolve with precision and intention. Her work embraces organic movement and subtle luminosity through the considered setting of precious stones, creating pieces that invite closer observation. Each work acts as a quiet reminder to slow down, lean in, and discover beauty within the smallest details.