Articles - 23 August 2008
Talente 2004 - 2008
The International Craft Initiative (ICI) 2003 - 2008 was an Australia Council for the Arts strategic program that boosted opportunities for Australian craft and design practitioners in the international market. ICI was managed by the JamFactory on behalf of the Australian Craft and Design Centres network and showcased the best of Australia's artists at the leading events of Collect and SOFA, while highlighting emerging practitioners in the juried event of Talente.
Talente is a prestigious international competitive exhibition, showcasing the work of the very best young and emerging designer/makers selected by the German judges. The following is a selection of images from Australian artists represented at Talente 2004 to 2008.
Talente 2004
Tim Leaversuch
Cradle
Zara Collins
Spike
Kate Milenkovic
Talente 2005
Kristy Toepfer
Elliat Rich
Tarp
Emily O'Brien
Chip on the shoulder brooches
Anette Wiguna
Talente 2006
Jennifer Brennan
Wind Bowls, 2005
Clear squatted spherical vessel with tag, hand blown glass
Dimensions variable
Jane Millard
Spot and Crumple, 2005
Silver, copper, nickel, enamel, paint, folded metal, soldered and painted
H6xW8xD4cm
Aly De Groot
Too hard basket (1-5), 2005
coil stitched, recycled car tyre and metal, plant materials, tree sap, dyed feathers, bush dye, linen thread
Tomoko Taira
Dew Screen, 2005
Stainless steel, crotcheted with beads
H140xW140xD15cm
Nina Ellis
Fossil find Bowl: cliffs, 2005
Mild steel, fine silver and fine gold, scored, folded and heat coloured
H25xW30xD30cm
Christine Cholewa
The Whole Bowl, 2005
Blown glass and cold worked
Dimensions variable
Carmen Laing
Insect Garden 1+2, 2005
Polypropolene, metal paperclips, stainless steel, paint, plastic nut/screw, light fitting
H37xW30XD92cm
H30xW26xD27cm
Jasmine Scheidler
Teabowl in Glaze, 2005
Glaze and clay moulded and cut and polished
H7xW12XD12cm
Talente 2007
Cobi Cockburn
Winner of the international Grand Talente Prize, 2007
Seeding Phalaris
Glass, fused, roll-up cane pulled, re-fused, cold worked, slumped, and hot formed
Ruth Andell
Sculpture Spatial Dynamics
White earthernware with ceramic decals slipcast
H15xW17xD9cm
Lucy Blackmore
Bark Vessels
Hollow-ware, bark vessels, copper and paint, hammered,
Dimension variable max height 37cm
Kim Goldsmith
Icicles
southern ice porcelain, celadon and talc glaze, handbuilt an glazed porcelain
H24xD30cm
Michelle Taylor
Within You See
Plywood, glass mirror, aluminium, stainless steel, sterling silver and enamel paint
H6.5xD9.8cm
Danielle Lott
Jewellery Brut series
Casting, blackening and fabrication
H2.5xW6xD2.5cm
Mardi Nowak
Playing the game
Woven tapestry, wool, cotton, and linen Gobelin technique
H60xW90xD.5cm
Nina Oikawa
Fossil Bangle
Fine silver, sterling silver, polyurethane resin, synthetic gems, collected material
Talente 2008
Vuong Vo
Sculpture of Kim Jong II, 2006
Handbuilt ceramic
H37xW15xD10cm
Nicole Polentas
Bracelet Daskalo Gianni, 2007
Sterling silver, plastic, copper
H11xW14.5xD8cm
Anita van Doorn
Rock pools series 2, 2007
Fine silver, sterling silver, enable, acrylic paint
Ring: H4xW3xD2.5cm
Locket: H3.5xW2.5xD2cm
Tassia Joannides
Rubber Links, 2005
Rubber, plastic coated copper wire
H25xW30xD3cm
Andrea Kannon Barrett
G.Y.O (Grown Your Own) Jewellery 'William', 2007
Prosthetic skin silicone
Masahiro Asaka
Surge
Cast glass, cold worked
