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Elizabeth Shaw

Jeweller
Published: 01.09.2025

Bio

Elizabeth Shaw’s studio is in Brisbane Australia. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Research Masters from Queensland College of Art Griffith University and a Bachelor Degree with Honours in Gold and Silversmithing (QCA) and an Associate Diploma of Silversmithing  (QUT). She prioritises ethical and environmental concerns in her studio informing her materials choice, technical approaches and work methodology. She exhibits regularly and has been the recipient of grants, residencies and awards.
 

Statement

I am interested in the societal and cultural values that are reflected in the objects we surround ourselves with. I particularly like jewellery for its rich history, its portability and its close association with the wearer and its role in communicating to the viewer. I am intrigued by how quickly something that was once valued can become ‘valueless’. A collected or found broken part of an object destined for or retrieved from landfill is quite often the starting point for my work. These ‘unvalued’ parts bring with them a history and I construct around them to embellish their story through additions. I draw on an aesthetic of repair and value honesty in materials.  Ethical and environmental concerns are central to my studio practice and these inform how I approach my work.


Compression Series: 
These works were developed in response to the torn and ripped aluminium that I have collected over time from the same railway underpass. These are the physical traces that are left behind after the cleanup after a Pantech Truck has crashed into the guard that protects the low clearance railway bridge. The ripples in the metal capture the moment of impact. They appear natural and calm, but were formed in what was undoubtedly a distressing incident.
 

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2024:
Exhibitions  01 Jul 2024 - 29 Jul 2024  No Laughing Matter.
School of Jewellery, Birmingham
Exhibition  15 Mar 2024 - 24 Mar 2024  No Laughing Matter.
Ferrous Festival, Hereford
2023:
Book presentation  15 Sep 2023 - 15 Sep 2023  Merv Muhling: Collected Works 1929-2003. Publication launch and panel discussion.
2022:
Exhibition  30 Apr 2022 - 29 May 2022  Meanings and Messages. ACJ's 25th anniversary touring exhibition.
Exhibition  30 Jan 2022 - 18 Mar 2022  Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw.
2021:
Exhibition  06 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2021  Tincal lab Challenge 2021. Jewelry and Nature.
Exhibition  20 Feb 2021 - 03 Apr 2021  Shaw & Shaw: Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw and Jeff Shaw.
2020:
Exhibition  12 Sep 2020 - 05 Dec 2020  Precious Places.
2019:
Exhibition  09 Nov 2019 - 31 Dec 2019  Tincal lab Challenge 2019: Jewelry and Anatomy.
Exhibition  20 Sep 2019 - 28 Sep 2019  Why Jewellery? III.
Exhibition  07 Sep 2019 - 27 Sep 2019  In The Drawer.
Meeting  07 Sep 2019 - 15 Sep 2019  Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019.
Exhibition  10 May 2019 - 11 Aug 2019  Elizabeth Shaw at BAD@Mob.
2018:
Exhibition  10 Nov 2018 - 31 Dec 2018  Tincal Lab Challenge 2018. Jewelry and Technology.
Exhibition  06 Nov 2018 - 01 Dec 2018  Debra Porch and Friends.
Meeting  20 Oct 2018 - 20 Oct 2018  TRIPLE PARADE 2018 Symposium.
Meeting  19 Oct 2018 - 06 Jan 2019  TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition.
Exhibition  06 Mar 2018 - 31 Mar 2018  Recycled Narratives by Elizabeth Shaw.
2017:
Exhibition  11 Nov 2017 - 31 Dec 2017  Tincal lab Challenge 2017. Jewelry and Music.
Exhibition  08 Nov 2017 - 25 Nov 2017  Exhibition in Print: Repair and Renewal.
Exhibition  16 Sep 2017 - 23 Sep 2017  Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong.
Exhibition  11 Sep 2017 - 23 Oct 2017  20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery at The Goldmsiths Centre.
Exhibition  08 Sep 2017 - 25 Nov 2017  Contemporary Craft.
Meeting  07 Jul 2017 - 09 Jul 2017  20:20 Visions Conference.
Exhibition  13 Jun 2017 - 01 Jul 2017  Why Jewellery? 2.
Exhibition  18 Mar 2017 - 29 Apr 2017  Scents of Life.
Exhibition  10 Mar 2017 - 01 Apr 2017  The impression of our arteries.
Exhibition  14 Jan 2017 - 12 Mar 2017  20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery.
2016:
Exhibition  12 Nov 2016 - 31 Dec 2016  Tincal Lab Challenge 2016. Jewelry and Cinema.
Conference  19 Apr 2016 - 19 Apr 2016  FLUX – FAIR LUXURY.
Goldsmiths Centre, London, United Kingdom, I am participating in and delivering a workshop at the one day conference
2012:
Exhibition  02 Oct 2012 - 13 Oct 2012  For The Love of COFFEE.

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Book:  New Bracelets: 400+ Contemporary Jewelry Designs. Estrada, Nicolas.  Promopress:  Barcelona,  2021
Book:  Spirit of Luxury and Design. A Perspective from Contemporary Fashion and Jewellery. ORO Editions:  San Francisco,  2021
Magazine:  Repair and Renewal: Making Things Whole Again. Metalsmith Magazine:  2017
Exhibition in Print
Catalogue:  Contemporary Craft. Pittsburgh USA,  2017
Book:  Narrative Jewelry. Fenn, Mark.  Schiffer Publishing:  New York,  2017
Website:  Repurposing and Recycling: The Small Objects of Elizabeth Shaw. Charles Zuber.  2016
Website:  Yang/Shaw: Tales from the Studio. Charles Zuber.  2016
Magazine:  Susanne Hammer, FAULT LINES. 2012
Schmuckmagazin online
Magazine:  Ketten. Susanne Hammer. 2011
Nevertheless, Vienna, S.124 - 131
Website:  Women are True Gems. 2011
The Courier Mail, Fiona Purdon, Brisbane
Book:  Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor. 2011
Dorothy Erickson, Kirsten Fitzpatrick, Evie Franzidis , Artisan: Brisbane, p54, 131 (reprint 2012)
Website:  Mining the Community’s Jewellery Box. Luise Straker.  2010
Catalogue:  The Miniature Museum. 2009
Michael Hawker, Blindside: Melbourne
Catalogue:  Ornamentomology. 2008
Kirsten Fitzpatrick, Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group Australia Queensland (Inc.): Brisbane.
Book:  De Omkering. 2003
Numbered edition, 500 copies, 35 euro shipping included
Book:  Less is More / Less is a Bore. 2002
Craft Arts International, K. Fitzpatrick, Sydney, no.56, pp98 -103.

Related Forum:

Hold Me as I Land: I Love it When We're Cruising Together.

Hold Me as I Land: I Love it When We're Cruising Together

matt lambert
Article
 / 18Sep2023
Recycled Narratives: Interview with Elizabeth Shaw.

Recycled Narratives: Interview with Elizabeth Shaw

Helen Wyatt
Interview
 / 23Apr2018

Related Events:

Merv Muhling: Collected Works 1929-2003. Publication launch and panel discussion.

Merv Muhling: Collected Works 1929-2003. Publication launch and panel discussion

Book presentation
 / 15Sep2023
QUT Art Museum
Brisbane, Australia
Meanings and Messages. ACJ's 25th anniversary touring exhibition.

Meanings and Messages. ACJ's 25th anniversary touring exhibition

Exhibition
 / 30Apr2022 - 29May2022
St George's Arts Centre
Gravesend, United Kingdom
Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw.

Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw

Exhibition
 / 30Jan2022 - 18Mar2022
Redland Art Gallery
Cleveland, Australia
Tincal lab Challenge 2021. Jewelry and Nature.

Tincal lab Challenge 2021. Jewelry and Nature

Exhibition
 / 06Nov2021 - 31Dec2021
Tincal lab
Porto, Portugal
Shaw & Shaw: Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw and Jeff Shaw.

Shaw & Shaw: Radical Localism by Elizabeth Shaw and Jeff Shaw

Exhibition
 / 20Feb2021 - 03Apr2021
Artisan
Brisbane, Australia
Precious Places.

Precious Places

Exhibition
 / 12Sep2020 - 05Dec2020
Alliages
Lille, France
Tincal lab Challenge 2019: Jewelry and Anatomy.

Tincal lab Challenge 2019: Jewelry and Anatomy

Exhibition
 / 09Nov2019 - 31Dec2019
Tincal Lab
Porto, Portugal
Why Jewellery? III.

Why Jewellery? III

Exhibition
 / 20Sep2019 - 28Sep2019
Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
In The Drawer.

In The Drawer

Exhibition
 / 07Sep2019 - 27Sep2019
Small Space Jewellery
Melbourne, Australia
Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019.

Radiant Pavilion. Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial 2019

Meeting
 / 07Sep2019 - 15Sep2019
Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Elizabeth Shaw at BAD@Mob.

Elizabeth Shaw at BAD@Mob

Exhibition
 / 10May2019 - 11Aug2019
Museum of Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia
Tincal Lab Challenge 2018. Jewelry and Technology.

Tincal Lab Challenge 2018. Jewelry and Technology

Exhibition
 / 10Nov2018 - 31Dec2018
Tincal Lab
Porto, Portugal
Debra Porch and Friends.

Debra Porch and Friends

Exhibition
 / 06Nov2018 - 01Dec2018
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
Brisbane, Australia
TRIPLE PARADE 2018 Symposium.

TRIPLE PARADE 2018 Symposium

Meeting
 / 20Oct2018
HOW Art Museum
Shanghai, China
TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition.

TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition

Meeting
 / 19Oct2018 - 06Jan2019
HOW Art Museum
Shanghai, China
Recycled Narratives by Elizabeth Shaw.

Recycled Narratives by Elizabeth Shaw

Exhibition
 / 06Mar2018 - 31Mar2018
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
Brisbane, Australia
Tincal lab Challenge 2017. Jewelry and Music.

Tincal lab Challenge 2017. Jewelry and Music

Exhibition
 / 11Nov2017 - 31Dec2017
Tincal Lab
Porto, Portugal
Exhibition in Print: Repair and Renewal.

Exhibition in Print: Repair and Renewal

Exhibition
 / 08Nov2017 - 25Nov2017
SNAG. Society of North American Goldsmiths
Eugene, United States
Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong.

Why Jewellery? 2 in Hong Kong

Exhibition
 / 16Sep2017 - 23Sep2017
Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery at The Goldmsiths Centre.

20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery at The Goldmsiths Centre

Exhibition
 / 11Sep2017 - 23Oct2017
The Goldmsiths Centre
London, United Kingdom
20:20 Visions Conference.

20:20 Visions Conference

Meeting
 / 07Jul2017 - 09Jul2017
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, United Kingdom
APPLICATION CLOSED
Why Jewellery? 2.

Why Jewellery? 2

Exhibition
 / 13Jun2017 - 01Jul2017
Queensland College of Art Griffith University
Southbank, Australia
Scents of Life.

Scents of Life

Exhibition
 / 18Mar2017 - 29Apr2017
AME Gallery
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The impression of our arteries.

The impression of our arteries

Exhibition
 / 10Mar2017 - 01Apr2017
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
Brisbane, Australia
20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery.

20:20 Visions. Celebrating twenty years of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery

Exhibition
 / 14Jan2017 - 12Mar2017
NCCD Roof Gallery
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Tincal Lab Challenge 2016. Jewelry and Cinema.

Tincal Lab Challenge 2016. Jewelry and Cinema

Exhibition
 / 12Nov2016 - 31Dec2016
Tincal Lab
Porto, Portugal
For The Love of COFFEE.

For The Love of COFFEE

Exhibition
 / 02Oct2012 - 13Oct2012
Studio 20/17
Waterloo, Australia

Related Publications:

Spirit of Luxury and Design. A Perspective from Contemporary Fashion and Jewellery.

Spirit of Luxury and Design. A Perspective from Contemporary Fashion and Jewellery

ORO Editions
Book
New Bracelets: 400+ Contemporary Jewelry Designs.

New Bracelets: 400+ Contemporary Jewelry Designs

Nicolas Estrada
Book
Narrative Jewelry.

Narrative Jewelry

Mark Fenn
Book
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