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Contemporary Jeweller based in Peramangk country (Adelaide Hills - South Australia)

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Last two days to see Island Welcome @polygonartspace thank you so much Kirrily & Helen for such a warm welcome & most wonderful time in Copenhagen. Such a joy to spend time and work with you both. 🙏🏼 Thank you to all the artists: Anna Davern, Lauren Simeoni, Kath Inglis, Jess Dare, Inari Kiuru, Helen Clara Hemsley, Vicki Mason, Liv Boyle & Manon Van Kouswijk, it’s been a journey for nearly 10 years. Thank you @radiantpavilion. Please check @polygonartspace for opening times today & tomorrow. Der er kun to dage tilbage til at se “Island Welcome” hos @polygonartspace – tusind tak til Kirrily og Helen for en så varm velkomst og en helt fantastisk tid i København. Tak til alle kunstnerne: Anna Davern, Lauren Simeoni, Kath Inglis, Jess Dare, Inari Kiuru, Helen Clara Hemsley, Vicki Mason, Liv Boyle og Manon Van Kouswijk – det har været en rejse på næsten 10 år. Tak til @radiantpavilion. Tjek venligst @polygonartspace for åbningstider i dag og i morgen.

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Tomorrow night we have our final celebration for Kate Ballis and her ground-breaking exhibition, Sculpted Garden. If you’re in the hood, drop in between 5.30-7.30 on Thursday, October 1st.

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What an opportunity to tour Island Welcome to the island nation of Denmark 🇩🇰 so grateful to all the artists, who have been on the journey of this shared project all along the way, to the transportable scale of art jewellery to the warmth and support of old & new friends 🙏🏼 to being welcomed in new places that now feel familiar & like home. To the generosity of spirit in the contemporary jewellery community of friendship, warmth, joy & practice. In these times when the world & sadly my home country has divisive voices, experiencing the opposite of this, warmth welcome & inclusion. Tusind tak Kirrily @polygonartspace & Helen @helenclarahemsley 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Kath Inglis
A lei from the welcome mat

In my hometown on Darwin, it is customary for everyone to remove shoes when entering a house. Often the welcome mat is circled, almost lei like, with an eclectic collection of footwear – the most frequent of course being the thong.

While making this piece, I was also thinking about the old saying ‘to walk a mile in another’s shoes. The thinking I have for this Lei is to welcome with empathy.
Materials: Faceted segments hand cut from used thongs, silk thread, sterling silver + patina
Photo credit: Kath Inglis
Date: 2017
Size: 450mm x 130mm x 25mm

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Lauren Simeoni
Girt

What if I become a refugee? Would I be welcomed by another country?

 There are currently 65 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people around the world. Prime Minister Turnbull says Australia will permanently boost its annual refugee intake to 18,750. However between 2014-2015, there were a total of 195,099 permanent migrants, of whom 3.2 percent were resettled refugees the lowest in 20 years. 

I appreciate this is a complex situation. However, I cannot accept 1400 refugees being detained on our shores, including Christmas Island, with an additional 1186 taken to Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The average time period for people detained on our shores being 443 days.

 Proud Aussies wear the flag on Australia Day as a symbol of their patriotism.

 I feel deeply uncomfortable with Australia’s migration history past and present, our flag and our national anthem.

 I wanted to transform the flag to look more like a net, not aggressively slashed, but unpredictable and full of holes representing the uncertainty of the process of coming to Australia as a refugee.

 Deconstructing the flag into this not-so-welcoming lei has been much more time consuming than expected. Whist unpicking and beading I reflected on how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful country, and the inequality for people that are forced out of theirs.

 I just felt so strongly about this subject/situation I was unable to make anything attractive, a departure from my predominantly playful jewellery pieces. (This may be my own undoing…)

In my Australia, refugees are welcome – ‘Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free; we’ve golden soil and wealth for toil; our home is girt by sea’.
Materials: Flag, beads, thread
Photo credit: Fred Kroh

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Manon van Kouswijk
Holding Us, Holding Oz, Holding You

Having moved from The Netherlands to Australia entirely voluntarily and for personal reasons 10 years ago I can only try to imagine how hard it would be to be forced to leave your country because of the dangers of war and to arrive here as a refugee…

In the making of my lei for Island Welcome I have asked my partner and a few of my friends to contribute to it with the imprint of their hands in Australian clay, alongside my own. When wearing this lei you can hold us, hold Oz and be in our circle – held by us as a gesture of welcome and support.
Materials: Clay, thread
Photo credit: Fred Kroh
Date: 2018

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more than the pieces….
we asked each artist to write about their work, their practice or their processes - a statement for stateMEANT

There’s still time to visit Zu design to read these heartfelt statements - see makers and their pieces in a new light…...

stateMEANT is a contemporary jewellery exhibition that brings together bold, thoughtful work with something to say. The focus is on pieces that make a statement, whether that sits in the social, political or environmental space, or speaks more quietly about materials, process, sustainability, art and craft, or the realities of everyday life.

Gay’s Arcade, balcony level
off Adelaide Arcade

Monday: 10 am - 5 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 10 am - 5 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6:30 pm
Other times by appointment

At Zu design

Julie Blyfield
Kath Inglis
Katherine Grocott
Kristy McConchie
Leonie Westbrook
Leslie Matthews

@giulianidesign @briony_v @catherinetruman @christinecollinsjewellery @daniellebarrie @_yo.dan_ @frankbauer915 @janebowden_zu @jessdare_artist @jesservin @urjewelleryandobjects @julieblyfield @kath_inglis @katherinegrocott @kristymcconchie @lonejeweller @leslieamatthews @renaiperkas.design @usebysimonwilliams @sue__lorraine @susannah_gai @vanessaraewilliams

@zudesignjewellery @adelaidearcade @rundlemall @artjewelryforum @cityofadelaide @brandsouthaus
#gaysarcadeadelaide #zudesignmakers

One-off pieces and limited editions by passionate, hand-making creatives.

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Welcoming @helenclarahemsley to Island Welcome Helen Clara Hemsley
Away (neckpiece)

I am inspired by the everyday, the familiar and the collision of culture and form.

Often crafted in mundane materials, my jewellery is a way of communicating the observations I make, my love of words and sayings, and my incurable need to process and understand the world around me. This results in work that is matter-of-fact, amusing and even silly and light, but always with a twist of critical observation.

I tell stories that are essentially mine, but with a hope that they can also touch others, bring a smile to their faces and get them thinking.

My work is about passion, love and curiosity and it mirrors my desire for answers to endless questions.
Materials: South African passport, plastic beads, electro galvanised steel, brass bulldog clip, cotton cord.
Photo credit: James Bates Photography
Date: 2024
Size: 42 x 14 x 0.8 cm

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Opening next Friday @polygonartspace Frederiksburg Denmark @livboylejeweller @annadavern @manonvankouswijk @helenclarahemsley @vickimasonjeweller @ordinari_observer @laurensimeoni @jessdare_artist @kath_inglis @belindanewick

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Such a wonderful project 💚
@island_welcome @polygonartspace @statenskunstfond @danishcraftsanddesign @guldsmedelauget @klimt02_barcelona #islandwelcome #polygonartspace #contemporaryjewelry #groupexhibition

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Island Welcome is touring to @polygonartspace in Frederiksberg Denmark. With contemporary artists @livboylejeweller @annadavern @helenclarahemsley @inari_kiuru_art_and_design @kath_inglis @jessdare_artist @manonvankouswijk @belindanewick @vickimasonjeweller @laurensimeoni Contemporary jewellers & artists’ neckpieces made in response to immigration policy.
Curated by Belinda Newick. 11.09.2026-10.10.2026

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In the cabinets - stateMEANT

Kath Inglis - ‘Chaetomorpha’

stateMEANT is a contemporary jewellery exhibition that brings together bold, thoughtful work with something to say. The focus is on pieces that make a statement, whether that sits in the social, political or environmental space, or speaks more quietly about materials, process, sustainability, art and craft, or the realities of everyday life.

Gay’s Arcade, balcony level
off Adelaide Arcade

Monday: 10 am - 5 pm
Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 10 am - 5 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6:30 pm
Other times by appointment

At Zu design
@giulianidesign @briony_v @catherinetruman @christinecollinsjewellery @daniellebarrie @_yo.dan_ @frankbauer915 @janebowden_zu @jessdare_artist @jesservin @urjewelleryandobjects @julieblyfield @kath_inglis @katherinegrocott @kristymcconchie @lonejeweller @leslieamatthews @renaiperkas.design @usebysimonwilliams @sue__lorraine @susannah_gai @vanessaraewilliams

@zudesignjewellery @adelaidearcade @rundlemall @artjewelryforum @cityofadelaide @brandsouthaus
#gaysarcadeadelaide #zudesignmakers

One-off pieces and limited editions by passionate, hand-making creatives.

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