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Artists | Rachel Gorman
"My jewellery practice is largely based on natural forms, particularly flowers found historically in jewellery and ornamental production. I enjoy making pretty things, feminine things: delicate and sometimes fragile forms.

Costume jewellery, Greek and Roman ornamental tiles, petals and rosettes and Indian textile prints are some of the places I have sought inspiration.

The joy of making for me is in the process; in collating images and collecting objects. A segment, an outline, a detail from these sources becomes the basis for a particular piece of jewellery.

Whether it is metal, ceramic or enamelling processes that articulate these forms, they carry with them some trace of obsession, some kind of infatuation with a subject, form or material."

Exhibitions at Pieces of Eight
Twice Bitten
April 1 - April 26, 2008

Recent Press
Twice Bitten
The Age, April 25-26, 2008

Twice as Nice
Handmadelife, April 07, 2008

Featured Artist: Rachel Gorman
Pieces of Eight Blog, March 16 2008

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Artist History
Rachel Gorman: Brooch, enamelled copper, silver.
Rachel Gorman: Brooch, enamelled copper, silver and ceramic. Rachel Gorman: Brooch, enamelled copper, silver and ceramic. Rachel Gorman: A series of earrings, The Quiet Flowers, enamel, copper and silver.
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