Daniel Emma
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Amy Renshaw, Anna Marrone, Georgie Harrison, Julia Storey, Karla Way, Kim Victoria, Luke Hammond, Michaela Pegum, Seb Brown, Shimara Carlow, Tilda Cole
May 14-30, 2026
What happens when jewellers and product designers sit together at the table? La Grande Fête (The Grand Feast) invites you to find out.
Presented by Pieces of Eight Gallery as part of Melbourne Design Week 2026, this curated contemporary jewellery exhibition brings together makers and designers in conversation with a collection of sculptural, food-inspired jewellery boxes by celebrated Australian design duo Daniel Emma.
Each participating jewellery artist was invited to select a single design from Daniel Emma and respond to it with one ring — interpreting its form, colour, and materiality to create something wearable. With complete freedom of materials and technique, artists moved between precious metals and gemstones to the unconventional, guided only by curiosity for the object before them.
Food is fleeting; consumed, enjoyed, and gone the moment it is savoured. In contrast, jewellery endures. La Grande Fête lives in the space between — where an ephemeral reference becomes a permanent object, and a shared table becomes a collective body of work. The result is a feast worth wearing.