elizabeth shaw   jewellery objects
  • Home
  • jewellery and objects
    • Charred Koala - hanging on 2022
    • Radical Localism 2022
    • SHAW & SHAW 2021
    • Precious Places 2020
    • Pincer Grip 2019
    • Hand-Saw-Horse 2019
    • Urban Origins 2019
    • Rotary Wheel Rings 2018
    • Debra Porch and Friends 2018
    • Recycled Narratives 2018
    • Nail Heads 2017 - 2018
    • Mortar Heads 2017
    • Rescued Pets 2017
    • Visions Exhibition 2017
    • Rings for Mary Shelley 2016
    • Yang 杨 + Shaw 肖 2015-2016
    • The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2015-2016
    • Sleight of Hand 2015
    • Why Jewellery? 2015
    • Greensmith 2014+2016
    • Icons 2014
    • Tool 2011 & 2012
    • Inundation 2011
    • Evidence 2010
    • The Miniature Museum 2009
  • studio
  • bio
  • contact
  • blog

​Nail Heads

Picture
Head Shakers, Found nail, steel and brass nuts, bronze, cotton. 2017. Image: Michelle Bowden.

As a fastener nails have had little variation since their first invention. An ancient Roman nail does not differ considerably from a modern machine produced one. They continue to serve a vital purpose in a wide range of applications such as horse shoeing, building, picture hanging, upholstery, but are easily discarded as valueless once removed or if bent while hammering. I work with nails that I find. My interest in them is once they have been discarded, when they no longer hold 'value' or 'purpose'.  

The first works in the Nail Head series were exhibited in Why Jewellery? 2 2017 which showed in the Project Gallery at Queensland College of Art Griffith University before touring to Hong Kong. www.why-jewellery.com  

A series of three Head Shakers, also featuring found nails, were exhibited in Jewelry and Music curated by Ana Pina at Tincal Lab Portugal. www.tincallab.tictail.com

Three works from the series were included in the JMGQ exhibition USE curated by Lisa Bryan-Brown. The exhibition showed at the POP Gallery Woolloongabba in February 2018 and is on an extensive tour 2019-2020.www.JMGQ.com.au/use
Picture
Nail Head Ring. Found nail, reused sterling silver, 2017. Image: Michelle Bowden.
Picture
Nail Head Bracelet. Found nails, steel wire, reused sterling silver, 2017. Image: Michelle Bowden.
Picture
Nail Head Ring. Found nail, reused sterling silver, 2017. Image: Michelle Bowden.
Picture
Head Ring, Reused sterling silver, 2017. Image: Michelle Bowden.
  • Home
  • jewellery and objects
    • Charred Koala - hanging on 2022
    • Radical Localism 2022
    • SHAW & SHAW 2021
    • Precious Places 2020
    • Pincer Grip 2019
    • Hand-Saw-Horse 2019
    • Urban Origins 2019
    • Rotary Wheel Rings 2018
    • Debra Porch and Friends 2018
    • Recycled Narratives 2018
    • Nail Heads 2017 - 2018
    • Mortar Heads 2017
    • Rescued Pets 2017
    • Visions Exhibition 2017
    • Rings for Mary Shelley 2016
    • Yang 杨 + Shaw 肖 2015-2016
    • The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2015-2016
    • Sleight of Hand 2015
    • Why Jewellery? 2015
    • Greensmith 2014+2016
    • Icons 2014
    • Tool 2011 & 2012
    • Inundation 2011
    • Evidence 2010
    • The Miniature Museum 2009
  • studio
  • bio
  • contact
  • blog