#melbournedesignweek

The latest iteration of my biomaterial research is currently exhibited @craftvictoria in a group show titled ‘Alternative Provisions’, curated by @elizatiernan, featuring the works of @Ella_Saddington, James Walsh, @Frenchjessie @_NarelleWhite and Yu-Fang Chi. There will be a finissage on the final day, 2 - 4pm on Saturday, March 26, 2022. All welcome. Alternative Provisions presents the work of designers and makers expanding material practice as an act of making good. The exhibition explores how unexpected and under-utilised materials, driven by the notion of ‘reuse’, are developed and used in interesting ways by today’s makers.

The exhibitors each forage for their material, whether organic matter or discarded waste product, to create works that offer production alternatives, as well as a means to tell new stories.

By joining these makers in their search for more mindful provisions, we are lead to re-evaluate how we engage with materials for production and the potential presented by seeking conscious alternatives.

Presented as part of @ngvmelbourne Design Week, Alternative Provisions joins the broader conversation on the environmental implications of human presence and the revaluation of our actions. Let’s make good on our responsibilities to the environment through creative innovation. (Text via Craft Victoria website). #elizatiernan #EllaSaddington #JamesWalsh #JessieFrench #NarelleWhite #YuFangChi #melbournedesignweek #biomaterial #biodesign #bioart #bacterialcellulose #ecotextiles #melbournedesign #ecodesign #craftvictoria (at Craft) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbL9eTBvbOq/?utm_medium=tumblr

#VinceFrost from @frost_collective as part as ##melbournedesignweek . Inspirational talk about designing a business and designing your life. Generous. (at RMIT University)

This gif shows all the frames that were in my final video, with the first frame being an introductory slide including text about my name & course: “Gwyneth Lee, RMIT Bachelor of Communication Design”. This is also supported with two photos from the RMIT Design Archive building, as well as a photo of myself. The second frame showed large text “Process”, and 4 snaps of black and white photos showing the process of silk screen printing. The final slide shows two photos of the front and the back of my messy research poster, along with the subtitle “Week One Completed Object”.

My work included in @clay.connected as part of #melbournedesignweek Opening tonight 6-9pm at @1280.gallery. Until 27th March. “Painting Clay”, 2022, slip, ceramic stain, 192 x 192 x 15mm. Beautiful photograph of my work by Kevin Li @kevin.h.li Madeleine Thornton-Smith has a background in painting and ceramics and is interested in the tension between these forms of art making. She uses remediation as a method of investigating medium specificity - where one art form ends and another begins. Thornton-Smith uses slip-casting to bring together commonplace studio surfaces with archetypal forms from fine arts and ceramics, challenging the hierarchy that exists between mediums, materials, art and craft. She is a strong advocate for fair working conditions in the ceramics and wider visual arts communities. For this exhibition Thornton-Smith is continuing to explore her interest in slip-casting, examining archetypes found in the Western art canon such as the canvas. Paintings are traditionally considered ‘fine art’ objects. Casting canvases using ‘craft’-based materials like plaster and clay questions the meaning and value of these art objects. (at 1280 / Ceramics gallery + co-making space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbOpVZBBCob/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm in this art show opening tomorrow night! @clay.connected - an experimental ceramics exhibition born in lockdown Opening Friday 18th March 6-9pm at @1280.gallery on Sydney Road, Brunswick As part of #melbournedesignweek in collaboration with @ngvmelbourne (at 1280 / Ceramics gallery + co-making space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbL69ZbhGZS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

So glad I made it on the last day of this wonderful exhibition by jewellery artist @katherynleopoldseder #part1 @abbotsfordconvent #melbournedesignweek #nunnery (at Abbotsford Convent) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb4iiayv9jB/?utm_medium=tumblr

At the rather seductive @attheabove gallery space in Gertrude Street there is a show on and called Material Culture for @ngvmelbourne’s Design Week. It’s good. Well, patchy. But almost, sadly, instantly forgettable. Maybe I’m missing something… #attheabove #gertrudestreet #fitzroy #jfn_fitzroyalty #melbournedesignweek (at At the above) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbcP56MpaGB/?utm_medium=tumblr

We are so stoked to be participating in this year’s #melbournedesignweek with some amazing people and talented artists showing at the Centre for Contemporary Photography @ccp_australia Curated by @rohanhutchinson, the exhibition showcases Japanese photographic publication design between 1960's and 70's with a focus on Mountaineer Photographer Yukio Tabuchi and editor of Camera Mainichi Magazine Shoji Yamagishi. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbWvBGNFqnZ/?utm_medium=tumblr