Vicki Mason

Jeweller

Published: 07.11.2017

Vicki Mason

: 3168 VIC - Melbourne
AUSTRALIA

: Website Vicki Mason

Mail:: vickijewelhotmail.com

Vicki Mason
Brooch: Birds eye drooping she-oak pod 3, 2017
Powder-coated brass/nickel silver/sterling silver, hand-dyed-cotton, sterling silver.
4.9 x 4.9 x 1.3 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Drooping She-oak pods, 2017
Powder coated brass/nickel silver/sterling silver, cotton, hand-dyed cotton & leather, sterling silver.
Largest: 6.8 x 6.8 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Big eucalypt flowers 1, 2017
Powder-coated brass, linen, fabric pen, cotton.
Largest - 14.3 x 14.3 x 4.6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Drying eucalypt flower, 2017
Powder-coated brass, linen, fabric pen, cotton.
14.3 x 14.3 x 4.6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Bushy eucalypt flower, 2017
Sterling silver, linen, fabric pen, cotton.
16 x 16 x 7 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Pendant: Pinus pinea, 2017
Powder coated brass, cotton, oxidised nickel silver.
Including cord 61 x 28.2 x 1.3 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
From series: Totems
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Vicki Mason
Pendant: The Ambassadors, 2017
Powder coated brass, cotton, oxidised nickel silver.
Largest: 66 x 27 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Piece: Things trees do for us votives, 2017
Powder-coated brass, sterling silver, polypropylene.
Largest: 6.8 x 3.1 x 0.6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham

Pins or pendants.

Vicki Mason
Piece: Three things trees do for us, 2017
Powder-coated brass, sterling silver, polypropylene.
Largest: 6.1 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham

Pins or pendants.

Vicki Mason
Piece: Tree litterfall collection 2 - detail, 2017
Powder coated brass/copper/nickel silver/sterling silver, sterling silver, oxidised copper/bronze/sterling silver/9ct yellow gold.
Largest: 13 x 3.9 x 0.6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
Pins/pendants/earrings.
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Vicki Mason
Set: The trees have names, 2017
Sterling silver, linen, fabric pen, cotton, powder coated brass/sterling silver/nickel silver/copper, oxidised nickel silver.
66 x 27.3 x 0.8 cm
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Multi budding cluster, 2014
Powder coated brass, cotton, leather, silk, hand-dyed linen
7,2 x 8,2 x 2 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Bouquet spray, 2014
Powder coated brass, cotton, hand-dyed cotton and leather
6,8 x 5,6 x 1,6 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Necklace: Corona cluster, 2014
Powder coated brass, sterling silver, cotton, silk, hand-dyed cotton, linen, leather
12 x 1,3 x 22 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Corona, 2014
Powder coated brass and sterling silver, sterling silver, hand-dyed cotton, leather, cotton
3.3 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm (Largest )
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Leaves as flower, 2014
powder coated, brass, Cotton
7,2 x 7,2 x 1,7 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Flower cluster, 2015
Powder coated brass, cotton, hand-dyed leather
7,5 x 9 x 2,5 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Whorling sprouting corona, 2014
Powder coated brass, cotton, hand-dyed cotton, linen, leather
5,7 x 5,7 x 2,7 cm
Photo by: Andrew Barcham
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Flecked Corona, 2012
Powder coated brass, silk, waxed cotton, cotton thread
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Photographer: Grant Hancock
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Chrysanthemum and Bud Bouquet, 2012
Powder coated brass, cotton
5.5 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm
Photographer: Grant Hancock
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Starburst Chrysanthemum Cluster, 2012
Powder coated brass, cotton
5 x 5.8 x 2 cm
Photographer: Grant Hancock
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Vicki Mason
Brooch: Grass and Flower Bouquet, 2012
Powder coated brass, cotton
6.7 x 7.7 x 1.8 cm
Photographer: Grant Hancock
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Vicki Mason has been wearing jewellery since she was two and making it since she was 6 or 7. Born in New Zealand she lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She completed her undergraduate studies in New Zealand and her masters degree (Research) in Australia at ANU. She teaches, exhibits both nationally and internationally, likes to write and has works in both public and private collections. Mason has received a variety of awards and prizes, most recently she was awarded the Australia Council for the Arts Barcelona studio residency.

Statement

Making jewellery fulfils a need I have to create objects that can be worn, that hold special meanings and can potentially provoke in the wearer and viewer a need for a response or interaction of some kind. A dialogue is opened up – jewellery then acts as a portable tool for the communication of ideas. My work references my passion for plants allowing me to explore notions of place, belonging and the life cycle. Plants native to Australia, exotic plants, plant forms found in the fine/decorative arts and plants used in gardens are just some sources referenced and researched. Botanical motifs have a long history within jewellery’s imagery so are a rich source for reinterpretation and investigation. I’m interested in cross media/material discourses and utilising processes/techniques that range from the low tech and domestic through to the industrial.

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Publications

2014 Place and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, D Skinner & K Murray, David Bateman Ltd, 2014, pp 205, 227–229
2013 Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, Editor Damian Skinner, Art Jewelry Forum, 2013, p 60, 243 - 244 and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand, D Skinner & K Murray, David Bateman Ltd, 2014, pp 205, 227–229
2013 The Age newspaper, 22nd June, The nature of adornment
2011 Art of Jewelry Today 3, Jeffery B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2011 pp 163–164
2010 Craft Arts International, Softer Options, Issue 79, 2010, p 47 - 50
2009 Saturated: Metal and Color, Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith, August issue, SNAG, USA
2009 Handmade In Melbourne, Nancy Ianni et al, Geoff Slattery Publishing, 2009, Melbourne, Australia (contributing artist)
2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, Altamont Press Inc, USA (contributing artist)
2009 Off the wall - Australian Art Review, Issue 20, Aug – Oct 2009 p.20
2009 Momentum, the 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial 2008, review, Object, issue 58, 2009 p.56
2008 The Age, 24 May, 2008, My Career - ‘Ring Cycle’ by Yvonne Nicolas

On sale at

e.g.etal, Melbourne, Australia
Studio Ingot, Melbourne, Australia
Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
Bilk, Canberra, Australia
Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA
Quoil, New Zealand
Craft, Melbourne, Australia
Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia
Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Fingers, Auckland, New Zealand
Form, Christchurch, New Zealand
Fio, Brisbane, Australia

Events

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Vicki Mason

: 3168 VIC - Melbourne
AUSTRALIA

: Website Vicki Mason

Mail:: vickijewelhotmail.com

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