Hammer and Hand

Stunning Sculpture by UK artist Rob Mulholland

Jen Banks — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:55:10 +0000

Click this link to see more of his amazing work:

http://www.robmulholland.co.uk/#

Trinity visits Hammer and Hand

Eve — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:31:53 +0000

Trinity College visit

Yesterday a delightful group of Year 9 students from Trinity Catholic College Lismore visited Hammer and Hand in Byron Bay. The visit was organised by Trinity’s Science and Technology teacher Col Ferderer who is introducing the students to jewellery making. The students interviewed Bruce, Jen, Lucille and myself about our metal and jewellery making practice and hopefully they left inspired to explore jewellery making beyond the classroom.

More from ‘The Inverted World’ .. A mask is a sort of inversion and sometimes a subversion .. How we write ourselves into the world. These pieces by Bruce Pringle.

Bruce Pringle — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:33:17 +0000

Mask 1

Mask for Living in the World

The Inverted World – exhibition pieces by Eve

Eve — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:44:14 +0000

Here are the 4 pieces I made for the exhibition. It was a great night with top music and lovely people. I’m already wondering what we might have as our theme for our next exhibition. (if you can’t see the full picture just click on it)

Thanks Everyone for a Beautiful Exhibition ! The Weather was Great , the moon was on High, the Fire Burned Bright as a Twinkle in the Eye ! Marshmellows were Toasted , the Music was Fine and Faces were Lit by the Glow of Mulled Wine..

Bruce Pringle — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:29:08 +0000

The Inverted World Exhibition ..Opening Friday 4th May 5pm till 8pm Byron Bay Hammer and Hand

Bruce Pringle — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:20:03 +0000

Hammer and Hand’s latest exhibition is taking a literary, indeed poetic slant, with members of the collective finding inspiration from the words of the South Australian poet, Graeme Catt. His poem, “The inverted world”, lists a reversal of situations where anything is possible: “the sky flies in the bird” to “the mind drifts across a thought” and it is these possibilities that have been given a visual representation in metal by the artists.

Works include intriguing upside down gem settings by Julian de Saxe, exquisitely crafted pieces by Jen Banks that reflect each line of the poem, Bruce Pringle’s humorous take on the hidden world of the mask wearer, Rachel Horsfall’s whimsical creations of dragons and upside down worlds, WiHihanni’s use of Japanese marbles placed in silver eyes to create a visual complexity and Lucille Atkins’ statement in metal about the windows that frame women. All pieces will be for sale at the exhibition along with booklets of Graeme Catt’s poetry.

Join us for a night of visual delight and literary splendor as well as the usual Hammer and Hand specialties of live music, nibbles, drinks, open fire and good company.

Friday 4^th May, 5pm – 8pm, 1/4 Ti Tree Place, Arts & Industry Estate, Byron Bay.

Made about 30 years ago at Dingo Creek..reacquainted today !

Bruce Pringle — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:50:48 +0000

Made from a 30ft band-saw blade from the manning valley ..Brushbox handle I think

A funny thing happened in the shop the other day…

Jen Banks — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:39:40 +0000

…a chap came in and was looking at a pair of earrings for his wife and wanted to know what they might look like on; so in all innocence asked if I had my ears pierced (I’m assuming that somewhere out there, there is a female jeweller who doesn’t?). Would be that on this particular day, I had my hair down…and instead of replying, I just lifted up my thatched tresses with a wry smile and asked him to take his pick…..of the mass of metal studs, chains, rings and balls that decorate, very musically, my ears.

Perhaps you had to be there – and in case you haven’t – here is a selection of earrings I have created since my last earrings post.

(It was quite a vicarious thing to create the clip on earrings for my Aunty-out-law recently, I can tell you)!

Enjoy

outsideinsideout….inverted

Bruce Pringle — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:30:56 +0000

inverted

Bruce Pringle — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:27:27 +0000

Friday May 5th ….5pm, Hammer and Hand Byron Bay