The Gold and Silversmithing Workshop is staffed by practising professional artists with national and international reputations. They bring to the Workshop a contemporary approach to design and making, based on the highest standards demanded by the traditions of the craft. The Art Theory Workshop, Art Forum public lecture program, SOA Gallery, Foyer Gallery and Photospace offer additional stimulus from a wide range of visiting artists, crafts people and theorists.

Johannes Kuhnen
After more than twenty years of work with anodised aluminium in jewellery and hollow ware I am looking again for an alternative material to complement the silver in my utilitarian work and for the coloured elements in my jewellery. So far monel and stainless steel have partly taken this place. The latest teapot, in its vessel form, closely relates to the earlier teapot of the Powerhouse collection. It is the starting point of a series of vessels exploring the more linear elements of stainless steel in combination with sterling silver. The penetration of the stainless steel through the vessel permits a considerable reduction in visible fasteners and structural elements.

In the past my fascination with the colour options of the aluminium have kept me working with it, and have also inspired many others to do so, despite its restrictive qualities.

I have exhibited widely throughout Australia and overseas in both group and solo exhibitions. In 1999 I held a solo exhibition at Gallery Funaki in Melbourne. My work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Museum Boymans-van-Beunigen, Rotterdam, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

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by Johannes Kuhnen

Cinnamon Lee
A short while after completing a Diploma in Jewellery Design at the Sydney Institute — Enmore Design Centre, I enrolled in the undergraduate program at the ANU School of Art to study in the Gold and Silversmithing Workshop, where I completed my honours degree in 2001.

After graduating, a return to Sydney allowed me to gain teaching experience in various Sydney institutions while continuing my practice as a visual artist and designer. Commission work during 2002 included completing the metal work for a ceremonial mace for the Australasian College of Dermatologists.

My work has been represented in a number of exhibitions both nationally and internationally over the last eight years and has recently been included in the National Gallery of Australia’s collection.

In the past my work has focused primarily around an investigation into light and illuminated objects, and continues to address ‘the light’ as an interactive object, rather than a passive accessory. During my time at the Art School as an undergraduate I became intrigued by the possibilities presented by the technology of the Rapid Prototyping Machine and look forward to the opportunity to further this exploration with particular reference to my interest in light.

Having only recently accepted the appointment of Lecturer in the Gold and Silversmithing Workshop I am delighted to be returning to the school and assuming a new role on staff.

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by Cinnamon Lee

The academic staff of the Workshop are supported by Roger Hutchinson and Sally Musset both longstanding practitioners.

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by Roger Hutchinson

by Sally Musset