Carole-Anne Fooks Jewellery "Australian Image Originals"

The Australian landscape is a recurring theme in my jewellery. Silver is my main jewellery material, although you will see from the photographs that a wide range of materials and techniques are brought together in its fabrication. All the jewellery is designed to be worn.
Souvenirs Other Gifts SlideShow1 SlideShow2 SlideShow3 SideShow4 SlideShow5 SlideShow6
	There were no workshops, no known practitioners, no glossy journals and hardly a book on contemporary crafts/applied arts. It was the early 60's and I was a young art teacher whose training had been almost entirely in 2D areas such as drawing, painting, technical drawing and lettering; certainly no jewellery. But the early 60's was a time of exploration and experimentation. Where information was not available we experimented and learnt through trial and error. In many facets of craft we were a generation who were self-taught and we banded together for mutual support. Out of that environment the Craft Associations (now Craft Councils) were born, as were groups for potters, jewellers, weavers and others.

It was in those times of experimentation that I first tried out jewellery and enamelling. It was fun! At the time I was also exploring clay, various textile media and glass, and for a while jewellery was sidelined as I concentrated on clay and textiles.

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During the mid 70's after studying in the USA with Robert von Neumann my interest in jewellery was revived (and along with it enamelling). Other digressions and explorations have occurred along the way, especially electroforming on clay, computer generated images and papermaking, but jewellery is now my focus.

I see myself as an artist/designer with specialisations in teaching and jewellery - a veritable jill-of-all-trades.

Thematically through all these media I have tended to deal with two main areas: an examination of the minutiae of nature and paradoxically the broader landscape. Although I live in suburbia like many Australians I seem to be drawn to the land. I also have an interest in ethnographical cultures and their jewellery.

In all cases I like to interpret in a semi-abstract way. For example the designs in the first 5 slide-shows are drawn from the natural and worked land both from Australian derivation ( eg Golden Sands, Silver Skies, Urban Landscape and Estuary Series) and from overseas experiences (eg Volcano and Nazca Lines Series).

In the case of works derived from ethnographical sources I endeavour to evoke the 'primitive' without copying a particular society (slide-show 6, the Artefact and Colours of the Land Series).

Please E-mail your comments or questions to
carolefooks@designerjewellery.com.au
or phone +61 (0)8 8365 4240

Sterling silver is my main material. It is used in a range of processes including cuttlebone casting, fabrication and patination. A wide range of other traditional and non-traditional materials are also used such as gold plating, gold leaf, cattle bone, buffalo horn, paua shell, copper (often in an electroforming process) and enamels.

Sometimes the diversity of materials require complex technical solutions which hopefully do not overpower the aesthetics of the works. All pieces are designed to be worn.

Jewellery is available directly from the artist at
20 Willow Crescent, Campbelltown, South Australia 5074
phone or fax +61 (0)8 8365 4240
e-mail carolefooks@designerjewellery.com.au

Apart from the "gifts and souvenirs" mentioned below, individually designed pieces are: rings from $60, brooches from $150, neckpieces and pendants from $210.

Private and corporate commissions are welcomed.