Making Jewellery Like An Urban Flaneur

To respond to this year’s theme — ‘Living Local’, you will be guided to use your 5 senses to explore the local area like an urban flaneur. You will wander aimlessly to find inspiration for your jewellery, such as the smell in the air, the sound from the tree, or the colour from an artwork in Immigration Museum. The inspiration will be the design decision for your jewellery. Jewellery designer(s) will be there to assist you to make and assemble your jewellery. All materials including recycled and sustainable materials are provided. Beginners and intermediate levels are welcomed.

Host

Vivian Qiu is a sentimental jewellery designer and teaching artist with a fashion design background. Her jewellery practice focuses on reflective design based on sentiment, memory and cultural identity. She makes materials for her own jewellery and artwork, such as rice fabric and rice clay. Her Sentimental Rice Jewellery project has been presented as part of Melbourne Fashion Festival and Melbourne Design Week 2021. Vivian has worked as an artist-in-residence at McKinnon Secondary College, as part of the Creative Workers in Schools program initiated by Regional Arts Victoria in 2021. See more of her jewellery work at Instagram: vivian_qiu_studio