ARCHIVE: JUNK: rubbish to gold Exhibition

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THIS CRAFTHAUS EXHIBITION IS NOW ARCHIVED AND THE AUCTION OVER.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART IN OUR NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION AND AUCTION PLEASE GO TO  www.rubbishtogold.com

ARCHIVE:

JUNK: rubbish to gold playfully explores ideas of exchange, bartering, gathering, earning and giving by putting on display the entire process of creating the ‘work-of-art’.

All works available to bid on via a silent auction right NOW.    

 

Partnering charities supplied the masses of JUNK jewellery (750kgs in total). Local businesses provided tools and equipment. The School of Jewellery provided a venue for the performance. Jewellers and makers worldwide ‘gifted’ their skills. The participating jewellers and makers by selecting pieces of jewellery from the mountain of JUNK, (re)constructed them into reimagined artworks.

By displaying the process of making as it happens at the School of Jewellery and via live-streams, we sought to shift the focus from finished object to the processes and social interactions that go into the creation of the ‘work-of-art’. The objects we present here are the results of this week-long performance.

Due to the high volume of work created, the exhibition/auction is shown in multiple parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

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  • Brigitte Martin

    Nisa: Hm, I am sure you'll hear from the organizers soon. I was successful and even received my piece just yesterday. Maybe you were overbid?

    Dec 18, 2015

  • nisa blackmon

    Brigitte,

    Thanks for your reply!  I didn't know if they would notify the unsuccessful bidders or not; maybe they are still working on things.

    Dec 18, 2015

  • JUNK: rubbish to gold

    Hello From JUNK: rubbish to gold! We hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year.


    We have now finally sent all of the sold auction pieces to their new owners. This means if you have not been contacted by us then we are very sorry, but you were not successful in the auction.


    Although we had hoped to send out emails to those unsuccessful, due to the huge amount of bids we received this has proven a logistical nightmare and completely unfeasible.


    However, if you were not successful then please fear not- we have some exciting announcements for the near future! Watch this space :)

    Jan 6, 2016