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The decision by the authors, two Australian contemporary designers, to collaborate in a joint exhibition initiates a process of retrospective reflection as a preliminary strategy to identify common interests and to establish conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Underpinning their project is a mutual understanding and passion for contemporary jewellery forged by many years of academic study and teaching experience in the area of jewellery design at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. This paper signals the first collaborative venture between the two designers who have witnessed the gradual evolution of each other’s distinctive design language over many years. As a means to extrapolate potential frameworks for the exhibition and to highlight the impact of transnational influences in the context of contemporary design practice, two case studies are presented that include personal accounts by the authors of key research experiences in the Netherlands and Japan. Through these design conversations the authors hope new and serendipitous avenues unfold.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	Contemporary jewellery, reflective practice, comparative analysis, museum archives, contemporary and traditional craft methodologies
Research Division:	Creative Arts and Writing
Research Group:	Visual arts
Research Field:	Visual arts not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies
UTAS Author:	Veness, Z (Dr Zoe Veness)
ID Code:	114347
Year Published:	2016
Deposited By:	School of Creative Arts and Media
Deposited On:	2017-02-14
Last Modified:	2018-03-20
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