Exhibitions

Crafts – Indian Ocean Arts Festival, Concert Hall, Perth, 1979.

Craftsmen in Focus, Allendale Square, Perth, 1979. (with Robert Bell)

From the West - WA Jewellers Group – Touring Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, 1979-1981.

Jewellery from Western Australia, Gryphon Gallery Melbourne, 1980.

Themes, Gallery 52, Claremont, 1981.

Flux: International Jewellery, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, for the Festival of Perth 1986.

Four Ways West, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

"Design in Western Australia 1895-1945" Exhibition Proposal for WA Art Gallery, 1994.

"Australian Gold, Silver & Jewellery" Exhibition Feasibility Study for Art Exhibitions Australia., 1994.

Australian Jewellery and Objects Today, Galerie Tiller, Vienna, Austria 1998 and touring Klagenfurt, Villach, Salzburg 1999.

Artisans of the Sea – permanent changing display 1980s-1990s.

Contemporary Viennese Jewellery, Katherine Kalaf Gallery, Cottesloe 2006.

Cinderella’s Stories: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia,  Beaver Galleries Canberra, Artsite Sydney, Lesley Craze Gallery London, 2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor, Artisan, Brisbane and touring Australia for three years, 2011-2014. (researcher, selector, essayist)

WAnt: contemporary jewellery from WA, Brunswick Street, Gallery, Melbourne, The Gallery, Ellenbrook and Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, 2018. (co-selector and mentor with Brenda Ridgewell)

 

Catalogue Essays

Ed. 'Crafts' — A Guide To Makers, Sellers & Associations in Western Australia. Perth: CCWA, 1982.

Essay 'More Than a Maker' for David Walker catalogue More Than a Maker.  Perth: CUT, 1991.

Essay "Introduction", The West Australian Neckworks Award Exhibition  Perth: JMGA WA, 1992.

Essay "Listen to One's Own Music: 10 Years of the City of Perth Craft Awards", The City of Perth Craft Award.  Perth: CCWA/PCC, 1992.

Essay "Post-Impressions of Turkey"  in Bizarre Bazaar  Edith Cowan University 1996

Essay “What Wonderful Women”, in Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Sailor. Artisan, Brisbane 2011 and touring Australia for three years.

Essay “In the beginning”, Convergence catalogue Percolator Gallery, Brisbane 2013.

Essay “Touched by Gold: ‘Bounty Lass’ Phoebe Morgan and Her Legacy” in Bling 19th Century Goldfields Jewellery.  Ballarat: MADE, 2016.

Essay “19th Century Australian Goldrush Jewellery” in Bling 19th Century Goldfields Jewellery.  Ballarat: MADE, 2016.

Essay “Introduction” in Want: contemporary jewellery from WA, JMGA catalogue for Melbourne, Ellenbrook and Bunbury 2017-18.

Ed. Focus Exhibitions Catalogues (Touring) for Craft Council of Western Australia: –

Focus on Country Crafts,        Focus on Metal,

Focus on Clay,                        Focus on Printed Textiles

Focus on Woven Textiles,       Focus on Wood

 

Collections Research and Auditing

Expert Examiner for the Government of Australia for Portable Heritage.

Collections advice for State and National galleries, councils and private individuals on art and design.

Currently auditing the paintings, drawings, prints, commercial art, metalwork, ceramics, embroidery and lace collections of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society.

Significance Assessment of the City of South Perth Art Collections 2020.