Zoe Brand (2009-2010)

365 Brooches - only 124 were actually made (selection shown below) full list and details on my abandoned blog (link)

Zoe Brand (2011)

'82 pieces of jewellery’ - incomplete

found commercial packaging, laminated, sterling silver jump rings

Zoe Brand - 2011
Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine.
Pages from a 1970's Penguin publication of George Orwell's 'Nineteen
Eighty-Four', ink

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
As the saying goes, ʻthe movie is never as good as the bookʼ. There is just
something about the written word that allows such personal interpretation
and makes it so powerfully evocative. Not surprisingly, the film Fahrenheit
451 is not as good as the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury upon which it is
based. Ironically, there is something quite apt about this. The movie
presents a future where a literate populace poses a threat to the prevailing
order and Firemen are employed to burn all books. Montag, the main
protagonist, is one such Fireman, and his encounter with a condemned book
hoarder, an old lady who would rather burn with her books than live without
them, leads him to question the idea of book burning. Interestingly, the title
refers to the supposed temperature at which books burn. I have quite a
penchant for text and the written word, and this is often reflected in my work.
Needless to say, I thought this film was a rather appropriate choice.

Zoe Brand - 2012
Sometimes there really is nothing to 'get' and the King is simply naked.
Fancy ring boxes and plastic price tags (actual)
18k gold, Diamonds, Sterling Silver, Emerald and 9k Rose gold (imagined)
$7350.00 (total)

Zoe Brand – 2012
The Waltons (Department Store) Chain
paper bag from Waltons with a receipt for cards/wrap totaling
$1.84 purchased on 30/05/1983, laminate, glue
$199,000,000.00

Statement:
On the 30th May 1983, I was twelve months and 7 days away from
being born. On this day my grandmother was purchasing
cards/wrap for the grand total of $1.84. In 1981 the infamous Alan
Bond had purchased Waltons Ltd, a department store chain that
had over 60 stores throughout Australia. By 1983 Waltons had
become a financial disaster, losing $199 million, in 1987 Waltons
was no more.

Zoe Brand - 2012
Pace Men (Three Neckpieces)
Three found hubcap attachment rings, laminated figures of Jeff Thompson, an
unidentified umpire and Denis Lillee cut from the pages of ʻThe Wisden Illustrated
History of Cricketʼ published 1988, aluminum and potbelly black paint.

Statement:
Jewellers, in my experience, look at the world differently. Itʼs in our nature to think that
almost everything ʻcould beʼ a piece of jewellery. Perhaps that bit of roadside detritus,
already heavy with history, ʻcould beʼ a ready-made neckpiece. Pace Men is a nod to
the work of luminary Dutch jeweller Gijs Bakker, and combines the jewellerʼs readymade
with a jocular love of Australiaʼs summer religion; Cricket.

Zoe Brand - 2012
Between Sydney/Canberra $6.60
Used regular post satchel

Zoe Brand - 2012
Craft Samples $6.60
Used regular post satchel

Zoe Brand - 2012
Signed by a famous Artist (100 times the price) $660.00
Used Regular post satchel, ink (Simon Cottrellʼs signature)