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Edie BLACK Bounds of Possibility Cuff
22 karat gold fusion and steel
When: Wednesday 7th December 2022, 3PM
Where: Ledger Gallery
Price: This is a FREE event
Bookings: Numbers are strictly limited. To secure your place, email the gallery on gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Benalla Art Gallery will host an afternoon with some of the region’s talented artists from 3PM on Wednesday 7 December, 2022. Gallery Shop exhibitor for December, Edie Black, will headline the afternoon with her presentation Enchantment and Relationships to Land discussing cultural and sensory ways of understanding her obsession with landscape.
Edie Black is a multidisciplinary artist with over 20 years’ experience. Her mediums span photorealist painting, textiles, and public installations. Her jewellery practice draws from ancient blacksmithing and armoury techniques and is concerned with the Australian landscape, and the ways in which we attach value. Edie explains she is “the only artist in the world fusing 24 carat gold with steel and iron—a technique I was told was impossible. Each piece is unique and cannot be replicated.”
Edie’s presentation will be immediately followed by the Gallery Shop Soiree, where previous Gallery Shop exhibitors will have their latest work on display and available for purchase. This will be a lovely opportunity to meet the artists face to face in a relaxed setting, and to find unique, locally made Christmas gifts. Featured artists include, Pauline Fraser, Maggie Hollins, North East Basketmakers, Juliet Ferguson, Joan Mullarvey, Lorna Hobbs, Susie Buykx and Melanie Ball (Appliquez Moi), Mel Dosser (The Papered Tree) and Bill Harris (Birds in Focus).
Guests will also be treated to refreshments and can take advantage of an additional 10% off selected shop items (10% additional discount for Gallery members).