Laura Deakin
Jeweller
Published: 07.10.2020
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Laura Deakin is an Australian-born contemporary jeweller whose work combines traditional jewellery techniques with modern and classic materials. Using this contrast, her work focuses on contemporary and political issues in the context of the body. Laura completed her undergraduate (Bachelor of Fine Art) with Honours at Monash University in 2004 and in 2010 a Masters at Munich’s Academy of Fine Art. She currently lives and works in Melbourne. Laura is a lecturer at RMIT University and the CEO of Coral Covey Jewellery.
Statement
Each series of my work focuses on a particular contemporary issue. This is the seed – my starting point. From there, I delve into this issue and ask questions about why this is important and to whom. With this knowledge, I can then create a strategy to make the work and explore the materiality behind it.This new body of work, Mygration, explores notions behind human migration and the connections we all have to it. Nowhere in the world is free of questions around immigration and our political leaders use it as a tool for their own gain. As the child of a foreigner, I was taught about those subtle differences from home one can long for in a new place. The bread is different, the smells, the tastes, and the sounds are different. This new work, Mygration, Yourgration, Ourgration, asks questions about what is it like to be lost in a landscape and why our memories of home flavour our experience of a new place.
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