More Designersblock images

Crowd shots during the Designersblock 08 show:

More to come soon... stay tuned...








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Designersblock 08 images

A few select images of my work and (Con)temporary Collective as a whole (Rosary Coloma, Patrick McMillan, Sam Morgan of Spinifex and Ben Tindale of Mergatroid) during Designersblock 08.

Some of my new contemporary jewellery work.


An image of the whole shelf - Patrick McMillan's work is underneath.

Back view of my side table/bookshelf/storage unit, standing upright (it can also be used lying lengthwise - stay tuned for more demo images)


Side view, standing upright, beside a new children's seating piece by Sam Morgan of Spinifex.

General overview of the (Con)temporary Collective installation.

London Design Festival 08 update

Find a brief update on my everyday life amidst the madness of London Design Festival 08 here!

WWW

Forgot to tell you all - check out www.rosarycoloma.com - it is now live! But unfortunately still half under construction. Hope to be fully functional soon.

Would like to take this opportunity to say a massive THANK YOU to Molin Iglesia, Trish Ngo and Sebastian Stoj. I am extremely grateful!

Designersblock @ London Design Festival 08

As previously mentioned, I will be taking part in the Designersblock 08 exhibition as part of London Design Festival 08. I will be exhibiting with colleagues/friends Ben Tindale (of Mergatroid), Sam Morgan (of Spinifex) and Patrick McMillan.

This year's Designersblock exhibition has moved to a new venue, right in the heart of Covent Garden. Please find details below:

Hope to see you there!

p.s.
The Designersblock08 official launch party is the evening of September 18th (also when a lot of the other launch parties for the other LDF08 events/exhibitions are, so you'll have to do a lot of running around). Come party with us!
Designersblock is also having one on Sept. 17, hosted by the Norwegian Embassy and another on Sept. 20, hosted by Kithkin - but I think those two are private, invitation only ones sorry.

Busy London Design Festival Bees

This weekend (Sept. 7) is probably the last time my contemporary jewellery work will be making an appearance at The Backyard Markets for the time being (well indefinitely). I probably won't even be there this weekend, but hopefully my pieces will be, care of one of the other girls.
Stay tuned to find out if you'll still be seeing Joyce Wan and Bow Wasinondh at the art markets.

I'm just too busy with other projects at the moment, to make the art markets worth my while. This has been in the works for a while now but I just haven't been very good at updating news on the blog promptly. Apologies for not keeping the Aussies back home, in the loop, but I have been extremely busy with the madness that is the lead up to the London Design Festival 08.

Here's what I've been busy with:
- I have been undertaking an exciting internship at Established & Sons, who relocated to a new studio about a month ago. The brand spanking new 6000 sq foot studio + exhibition space/showroom will be officially launched during London Design Festival with a new exhibition/installation.
- I'm also working for renowned gallerist/curator, Libby Sellers (former Design Museum curator, now of Gallery Libby Sellers) for her "guerilla" gallery's exhibition 'Beau Sauvage' at Liberty, as part of London Design Festival and Frieze Art Fair.
- Last but not least... I have been accepted to participate, along with three other colleagues/friends in the famed Designersblock exhibition as part of London Design Festival.

More details soon.

New fun stuff

Here's a glimpse of a new, fun and playful production series of brooches and rings that I launched when we started the art markets. I don't know if they have an official title, but I guess I've affectionately been calling them my 'Stitch' series.

Stitch
Polypropylene, cotton thread, stainless steel
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

Stitch
Polypropylene, cotton thread
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

The work lives

I have pieces/bodies of work that I felt had run their course in Sydney, but it's as if they had a mind of their own and breathed new life in London. Here is some of the work that was revived for the Backyard Markets (one of the East London Art Markets - find out here):

Articulated Brooches
perspex, sterling silver, nickel
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

Communication Rings
Magnets, sterling silver
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

Communication Brooches
Magnets, sterling silver
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

Empathy Bands
silicone rubber
[photography: Steffan Smith]

Experience The World Through Other Eyes
Braille brooches and pins in copper
[photography: Rosary Coloma]

NB: There are new, 2nd generation versions of the braille brooches that were born in London. They now also come as pendants. They are wooden, CNC routed pieces. You can find them at The Backyard Markets. Unfortunately, lazy me hasn't organized proper studio shots of that new series yet. Stay tuned...