General news and information regarding Hammer & Hand in Hobart or Bangalow.

http://www.tascraftfair.com.au/pages/exhibitions/blacksmith-showcase.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/08/090811_gold_1.shtml

Great to have Rich on-board !

Here are a couple of pictures of the Transformed Hammer and Hand In Hobart ..!

Big effort put in to bring this about !! Well done Ben Beames and crew !1

Hammer and hand (Hobart) has just been renovated and is back in business with a new look and paint job, So for those of you who know of us please drop by and say g’day.

Richard Martin has just joined the team and he will be there on Wednesdays if you want to catch up with him and have a look around.

Cheers

www.sac.org.au/portfolio/hammer-and-hand-jewellery-and-metal-collective/

As I sit her with my cat on my knee to keep me warm, I’m thinking very fondly of Bruce’s fire drums and the cosy, cheerfulness of that night a few weeks ago that was our last exhibition….and remembering that I haven’t posted pictures of my work for the occasion – so here they are!

Click this link to see more of his amazing work:

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

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.