Tessa Blazey

Many of my pieces reflect the personas of my favourite film characters, echoing the feel and aesthetic of the films they reference. The gemstones capture the essence of a character's personality, and the sculptural settings reflect the mood of the films they exist within, evoking the nostalgia and admiration we feel for cinema's most beloved personas. My designs feel at once ancient and futuristic, as if unearthed artefacts and relics from an imagined future.

Tessa Blazey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (Honours) from RMIT University, and an Advanced Diploma in Jewellery from Melbourne Polytechnic. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia, and she is the recipient of two grants from the Australia Council for the Arts.

She has held four solo exhibitions at Pieces of Eight: Fabrication (2009), Romancing the Stone (2013), Heroes and Villains (2016) and Kindred Spirits (2024) — alongside participating in numerous group shows. Tessa's jewellery has also been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the NGV, Craft Victoria, Business of Design Week (Hong Kong), the Australian Design Centre (Sydney), the Australian Embassy (Washington, DC), NYC Jewellery Week (New York), Schmuck (Munich) and the Powerhouse Museum (Sydney).