Current Events Sim Luttin Exhibition Baked, Not Fried Past Events New Works My Pet Rock Through the Window Transitions Twice Bitten Sweet Dominance New, Used and Fused Portals and Night Vision Teresa Lane Nibbles Welcome to Gemrock Goodbye Robot Correlation Fever Opening Party An Exhibition by Michelle Cangiano August 9 - September 1, 2007 New:  Nature is an important point of reference in this new work. My observations are first documented as line drawings, then as cut-out paper shapes before being constructed into wearable forms. This process of making governs the outcomes, where the finished piece hints at a memory of its origin. Used:  Donated and found materials such as buffalo horn, charcoal, Huon pine, gold jewellery and wooden beads are combined with the new to produce this series. Fused:  Applied to some of these pieces is the ancient and (to me) mysterious technique of fusing, where high heat is used to bond metals together. – Michelle Cangiano, July 2007 Michelle Cangiano graduated from RMIT Gold and Silversmithing in 2001 and began work as a production assistant to jeweller Sally Marsland. Since 2002 she has returned to the department at RMIT as a sessional lecturer. Cangiano has been in a number of group shows since graduating, the most recent being the Hobart Art Prize and Buda Contemporary Australian Silver and Metalwork Exhibition. This is her first solo exhibition.