{"title":"An Orchid Dreams...","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eContemporary jewellery artist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/collections\/michaela-pegum\" title=\"Contemporary jewellery by Australian artist and designer Michaela Pegum for Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne.\"\u003eMichaela Pegum\u003c\/a\u003e presents an extension of her acclaimed body of work, \u003cem\u003eFamiliars\u003c\/em\u003e, presented as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale, held in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion \u003cspan\u003eContemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese re-constructed glass works explore transfigurations of form, that follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e19 - 31 October, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePieces of Eight Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e28 Russell Place\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"embrace-ii-pendant","title":"Embrace II Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made through a monolithic or one piece casting method, synthesising reclaimed glass, bioresin and pigments. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ that follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. It is showing as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"The Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michaela Pegum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41743926263866,"sku":"MP018","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MP018.jpg?v=1791885949"},{"product_id":"nascent-ii-pendant","title":"Nascent II Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made through a monolithic or one piece casting method, synthesising reclaimed glass, bioresin and pigments. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ that follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. It is showing as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"The Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michaela Pegum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41743964340282,"sku":"MP019","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MP019_squared_web.jpg?v=1791886245"},{"product_id":"embrace-i-pendant","title":"Embrace I Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made through a monolithic or one piece casting method, synthesising reclaimed glass, bioresin and pigments. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ \u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ethat follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. It is showing as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"The Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michaela Pegum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41743979937850,"sku":"MP020","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MP020_sq_web.jpg?v=1791886592"},{"product_id":"nascent-i-pendant","title":"Nascent I Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made through a monolithic or one piece casting method, synthesising reclaimed glass, bioresin and pigments. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ that follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. It is showing as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"The Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michaela Pegum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41744061399098,"sku":"MP021","price":900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MP021_squared_web.jpg?v=1791887018"},{"product_id":"embrace-iii-pendant","title":"Embrace III Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made through a monolithic or one piece casting method, synthesising reclaimed glass, bioresin and pigments. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ that follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. It is showing as part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radiantpavilion.com.au\/\" title=\"The Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial in Melbourne, Australia.\"\u003eRadiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michaela Pegum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41744075489338,"sku":"MP022","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MP022_on_body.jpg?v=1792369076"},{"product_id":"deep-time-pendant","title":"Deep Time Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An orchid dreams they are a woman, who dreams she is becoming the ocean with skin like radiolaria, who dream they are a statue of a small rare bird, who dreams they are a cloud of perfume…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis reconstructed glass pendant was made by casting reclaimed glass and bioresin with pigments, earth and cubic zirconia. It is part of a range titled ‘An orchid dreams…’ \u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ethat follow imaginative and material threads of continuity between animal, plant, object, and our perceptions of animate and in-animate. By tracing silica as a compositional component of the bodies of plants, the bones of animals, the exo-skeletons of marine organisms, and cultural objects such as glass ornaments, these sculptures and jewellery pieces suggest an expanded locus of subjectivity, and a shared universal body, as they materialise a flow of becoming across and between forms of life and objects of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn Orchid Dreams is on display at Pieces of Eight Gallery from October 19-31, 2026. 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