Kyoko HASHIMOTO (designer)<br/> <em>Coal musubi neckpiece from the Musubi Neckpiece series</em> 2019 <!-- (front) --><br /> coal, vegetable tanned kangaroo skin, eucalyptus wood, waxed linen<br /> 25.0 x 25.0 x 4.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019<br /> 2019.254<br /> © Kyoko Hashimoto <!--140925-->
Kyoko HASHIMOTO (designer)
Coal musubi neckpiece from the Musubi Neckpiece series 2019
coal, vegetable tanned kangaroo skin, eucalyptus wood, waxed linen
25.0 x 25.0 x 4.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019
2019.254
© Kyoko Hashimoto
Activism

Beyond Pretty: The possibilities of contemporary jewellery

Listen to Myf Doughty

‘Designers are challenging and expanding contemporary jewellery practice to tell new stories and act as a medium of social and political critique.’
Myf Doughty

Beyond Pretty: The possibilities of contemporary jewellery

For as long as humans have been engaging in cultural and symbolic practice, the making and wearing of jewellery and body adornments have been central to the expression of identity, status and values.

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Collection

Kyoko HASHIMOTO (designer)<br/> <em>Coal musubi neckpiece from the Musubi Neckpiece series</em> 2019 <!-- (front) --><br /> coal, vegetable tanned kangaroo skin, eucalyptus wood, waxed linen<br /> 25.0 x 25.0 x 4.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019<br /> 2019.254<br /> © Kyoko Hashimoto <!--140925--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/140925"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Kyoko HASHIMOTO (designer)
Coal musubi neckpiece from the Musubi Neckpiece series
 2019 Susan Cohn<br/> born Australia 1952<br/> <em>Last the blast</em> 2006 (detail)<br/> stainless steel, ceramic fibre, ceramic cement, titanium, silk cord, digital prints on aluminium and plastic<br/> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br/> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2007 (2007.3.a-b)<br/> © Susan Cohn<br/>
Susan Cohn
born Australia 1952
Last the blast 2006 (detail)
stainless steel, ceramic fibre, ceramic cement, titanium, silk cord, digital prints on aluminium and plastic
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2007 (2007.3.a-b)
© Susan Cohn