Emma Davies: Morphed

On Sunday evening, the very lovely (and dextrous) Emma Davies was featured on ABC's Sunday Arts program. You can view her segment shortly on the ABC website and you'll be sure to hear from us when it's up and running.

In the meantime, have a peek at Emma's Gallery 2 exhibition Morphed which features anthropomorphic creatures made from her signature material, polypropylene.

From left to right: Enitan, Ntombi, Kgosi, Nkosana, Lucky, Alaba

Mosadi Wakonokono - means 'woman of substance'

Lucky

Nkosana - means 'prince'

Nkosana (detail)

Ntombi - means 'lady'

Enitan - means 'person of story'

Enitan (detail)

Zola, means 'quiet, tranquil' (sold)

Titandure - means 'loving one'



Tariro - means 'hope' (sold)


Rutendo (detail)

All work is for sale and come with either their respective recycled tin or timber fixture. Made from black polypropylene, these sculptures measure approximately 44cm high though this changes depending on the posture of each. The price range of the works are between $1,500 and $1,800.

To find out more, please give us a call on 03 9650 7775.

Photography by the lovely Alexia Skok - thank you Alexia!

New exhibitions open tonight!

Installation view for The World of Small Things

We've been an excitable lot here at CVHQ for the past few days and it all boils down to this evening. Tonight is the launch of our new exhibition program featuring a wonderful group exhibition curated by former CVHQ Head Honcho Kevin Murray, a series of figurative sculptures inspired by the artist Emma Davies' recent trip to Johannesburg, and Alana Clifton-Cunningham's exquisitely crafted knitwear designed to examine the ability of knitwear to function as a 'second skin'.

As usual, artist talks will begin this evening at 5.30pm with the official opening to commence from 6pm till 8pm. Do join us to celebrate yet another fabulously curated exhibition schedule. Featuring opening speakers Soumitri Varadarajan (Associate Professor at RMIT's Industrial Design course), Julia Raath (from RMIT's Textiles department) and Magdalena Moreno (Director, The South Project and CEO of Kultour), we promise you good company, plenty of inspiring conversation, and of course a great time.

See you tonight!

Lisa Walker 'Unwearable'

As promised, here are some images of Lisa Walker's work in the current CVHQ exhibition Unwearable, in gallery 1. She has a very intriguing collection which will leave you questioning what your jewellery says about you. Perhaps it might even make you reconsider what you pin to your shirts or hang around your neck...

Fresh! 2008

As promised, here are some images from current exhibition Fresh! for all of you who aren't able to make it down to CVHQ. Fresh! is also our last exhibition for the year and closes this Saturday, 20 December, so it's well worth dropping by for a gander!

For more images and information as well as a pricelist, click here.

Valissa Butterworth, Diploma of Arts (Ceramics), Holmesglen Institute of TAFE

Paddy Melons, black porcelain, nylon rope

Functionalitea series, porcelain

Stephanie Martin, Diploma of Arts (Furniture Design), RMIT University

Skirted Seating, sheet aluminium and leather

Alyshia Boddenberg, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), VCA, University of Melbourne

Untitled (3 works using a variety of materials such as blu-tack, carpet, pins, paper clips, rubber bands and bandaids)

Crystal Dunn, Bachelor of Design (Fashion), RMIT University

Imagine Luxury (Part of Lifestyling Project), Supre singlets and book

Ka Ho Li, Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design), RMIT University

White Widow Jewellery Collection, teflon tape and silver

Robert Dumaresq, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Monash University

Switch Commuter Bike, aluminium and carbon fibre (it folds to a third its size in under a minute!)

Amanda McKenzie, Bachelor of Fine Art (Glass), Monash University

Stilled Life 1 and Polemic, cast glass

Kate Vivian, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Ballarat

Modified Landscape

Aly Aitken, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art - Painting), RMIT University

Tobi Clark, Bachelor of Design (Fashion) (Honours), RMIT University

Tyvek garments

Chloe McColl, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Metal and Jewellery), Monash University

Untitled, found porcelain

Tim Smullen, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art - Gold and Silversmithing), RMIT University

Sarah Deed, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), RMIT University

From left: Resin Duck, Wax Bunny, Plaster Kitty, Bronze Bunny, Wax Kitty