Objects and jewellery exploring the depiction and view of landscape

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Research Background This research is situated in contemporary jewellery and object making. This research was the first project where a jeweller explored and interpreted a personal experience of Antarctica to produce jewellery objects that depicted the landscape. These objects reveal new interpretations of Antarctica that engage with the viewer through the recognisable personal jewellery and object. The works have been curated into this international exhibition that observes and documents the traditions of jewellery and its depiction of landscape from antiquity to the present by comparing jewellery objects to the traditions of painting. Research Significance This research was presented at the Shmuckmuseum, Pforzheim. The permanent collection at the Schmuckmuseum focuses on treasures from Greco-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance and Jugendstil/Art Nouveau as well as contemporary art jewellery. The Shmuckmuseum is the only museum internationally dedicated to the history of jewellery. This temporary exhibition was accompanied by a 168 page catalogue. Research Contribution The work was selected and included in what was the first international survey of contemporary and historic jewellery to explore the notion of landscape. This group of work was the only contribution from AU/NZ. Harold Stahl states in the publication: "Haydon's Antarctic industrial landscapes radiate a strangely remote aura. People and machines blend with their surroundings into an indistinct unity, shapes and colours into abstract entities. Incorporated in jewellery these Antarctic impressions stand in stark contrast to the image repertoire of the souvenir jewellery of the past." This exhibition and publication situate this research, which has produced objects and representations of Antarctica by investigating new and innovative ways to interpret historical techniques and draw on the notion of the souvenir.