Kate Allbon Sargeant - Jewellery Artist

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December 2015

This has been a busy year with many custom orders being sent around the globe. The design process via email and photos has proved successful for custom requests from afar. I am based in Australia again, enjoying the sunshine and my studio, situated in a cosy corner of West End.

March 2014

February was a productive month in Australia, I have returned to Montreal and am setting up the studio again. See below the latest pieces; Sugarskull Pendant, Tea of Champions and the three pieces from the Home Series.

Feburary 2014

A small selection of valentine inspired pieces from the Home Hearts series. This series encompasses all sterling pieces as well as sterling silver teamed with textured materials. The pieces explore contrasts, negative space and expressive lines. for more info and purchasing opportunities please contact me via allbons_art@hotmail.com

July 2012

I have been enjoying working with cold connections and exploring alternative materials in my new pieces, straying slightly from the gemstones and semi precious materials.

July 2011

What a year so far! Settled in to my new studio in Montreal, and promptly broke my hand. Now I'm healed and ready to pump out the new jewellery pieces! Salvaged findings from my new environment have made their way into my new pieces, check them out below.

September 2010

New Works! It's a great feeling to have completed pieces in my new studio set up. Check out the new pictures below!

August 2010

Find a selection of my pieces at 4Elements boutique, 4326 St Denis, Montreal. The delightful little shop has a great selection of eco-inspired homewares, gifts, fashion and jewellery.

July 2010

18th July - 25th August. Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland; Re-visiting the Australian Landscape: interpreting the landscape on an intimate scale exhibition.

July 12:

I have begun a work and study stint in Montreal, Canada. My studio is almost set up, there is lots of new stimuli to work from and I can't wait to get started on my new pieces. I will be sending jewellery back to Australia at regular intervals.

April 2010

Second prize in the 2010 D.I.A Australasian Student Design Awards for the 21 piece necklace All the Colours Fade to One.

I am a Jewellery Artist based in Brisbane, Australia.

I am conscious of the environmental and cultural impacts of obtaining materials for the jewellery industry. In my practice, my works are predominantly created with reclaimed metals that I have sourced and salvaged, while aiming to keep a small part of their previous life intact in their new form. I create energetic pieces of jewellery that are to be comfortable, cherished and shared over time.

In early 2009 I was drawn to the statement ‘everything is devoured, nothing is savoured’ referencing the constant consuming by society, the hunger for ‘bigger and better’ and the sweeping-aside of history and tradition. By making works that encourages one to take a moment and pause, I want to draw attention back to the experience and appreciation for simple things and the value of it in our society. The pieces that stemmed from this period featured clusters of silver with shards of bubble glass, concrete, hand polished rocks and salvaged metals. Necklaces and pendants were predominantly the outcome, to be worn close to the body and as a little reminder of weight of our decisions on the environments around us.

In the second half of 2009 I was working on a large necklace that could encapsulate the idea of Oneness; the inter relations of each ecosystem and circle of life. Created entirely from recycled sterling silver the necklace titled All the Colours Fade to One became a multi component work that represents the synergy and co-dependence of all things in the world. The aim was to inspire a drawing together of people to think responsibly about the environment we live in.

In 2010 I have been working on diffusions of this necklace, making jewellery pieces that reflect the energy and visual elements which inspired the original.

contact: allbons_art@hotmail.com

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Revisiting the Australian Landscape: interpreting the landscape on an intimate scale. Redlands Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD.

2010 Design Institute of Australia, Australasian Student Design Awards Winners

DesignEX, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney NSW

2010 Jewellers Association of Australia Fair

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Southbank QLD

2010 Wilston Fine Art Show, Windsor, Brisbane

2009 Jewellery & Small Objects Graduate Exhibition

Queensland College of Art Project Gallery, Southbank QLD

2009 Craft + Design = Art,

Dogwood Crossing @ Miles Gallery, Miles QLD

2009 I AM Woman,

Studio 13, West End

Fundraising Exhibition for not-for-profit Woman’s Legal Service

2009 Fine Art Fundraising Exhibition,

QCA, Southbank

2009 Brisbane Grammar School Fine Art Exhibition, Brisbane

2009 Demolition Brunswick,

782 Brunswick St, New Farm

2008-2009 Q150 Medallion Project, Museum of Brisbane

2008 J&SO Student Collective Exhibition, Queensland College of Art

2007 ACAD Show and Sale, Alberta College of Art + Design,

Calgary, Canada

2010 D.I.A. Australasian Student Design Awards, Jewellery Design Second Place sponsored by P.W.Beck

2009 QCA Graduate Exhibition, Outstanding Individual Piece sponsored by Palloys AGS