An Exhibition by jeweller Tessa Blazey  August 18 - September 12 2009 In ‘Fabrication’ Tessa Blazey creates intimate sci-fi worlds and geometric wearables through a series of new jewellery pieces for Pieces of Eight Gallery.  Exhibited are two collections exploring her concepts of fabrication; the invention of a story or fiction and the process of manufacturing.  The collection is highly sculptural and unified by its common conceptual origins- Blazey’s fascination with mineral specimens, their formal geometries and structures.  There is a striking contradiction of scale in the work which is both clever and playful.  The ring series uses the process of casting, transforming complex and beautiful mineral specimens into miniature architectural worlds.  In contrast to this, her series of bold chains manipulate crystalline structures and geometric forms to monumentalise the language of chain-making. In this body of work which is exclusive to Pieces of Eight Gallery, Blazey invites us to marvel and delight in the beautiful forms fabricated by both geological forces as well as the artist’s hand.  Read an interview with the artist on our blog