Philip Noakes, one of the foremost silversmiths working and teaching in Australia, has dedicated much of the past few years to his passion for silversmithing. Focusing on form and enlivening his work with textures created by hammering, engraving and filing, he has produced a magnificent and varied collection of new […]
Philip Noakes was chosen as one of 11 Australian Artists and the only Western Australian to exhibit at The Masters: Art of the Precious Metal Object exhibition, Victoria from the 14th September 2018 to the 29th January 2019. Eight pieces of his recent sculptural silver works have been selected for the […]
PHILIP NOAKES FIPG A Passion for Silversmithing Philip is one of the foremost silversmiths working and teaching in Australia. In recognition of this the Institute of Professional Goldsmith’s in London granted him Fellowship status in 2016. The only Australian fellow, he is a maker of fine hollowware and exquisite jewellery […]
Contemporary Metal student and studio maker, Tony Holly, documented the making of a copper vessel and produced a short video to demonstrate the stages of hand raising. The work piece begins as a flat disc of metal that is hammered with domed wooden mallets on either a sandbag or […]
Brenda Ridgewell is the former Director of Jewellery and 3 Design at Curtin University, Western Australia, and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards. She has exhibited her work throughout Australia, as well as in the USA, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. She is leading a two-day […]
We regularly invite acclaimed jewellers to visit our studio and provide specialised workshops in specific aspects of jewellery making. In September 2016, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen visited us and ran two three-day workshops in enamelling. Helen is an acclaimed Enameller and artist. With a career spanning 35 years, she is well known […]
On March 23, 2017, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (UWA) played host to a thought-provoking and informative four-person panel discussion entitle ‘Jewellery Today’. The panel of respected and established contemporary jewellers included Contemporary Metal’s Philip Noakes, who was joined by co-presenters Jacquie Sprogoe, Christel van der Laan and Bethamy Linton and […]
Dr Robert Bell, Professor Ted Snell and Philip Noakes at the Contemporary Metal opening on the 17 Feb. 2017. Contemporary Metal’s new studio was opened on Friday 17 Feb. 2017 and over 200 people attended the event. It was officiated by Professor Ted Snell, Director of UWA Cultural Precinct and […]
Date and Time -Thu. 23 March 2017 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm AWST Location – Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery 35 Stirling Highway University of Western Australia Crawley, WA 6009 Description The nature of jewellery training, practice, exhibition and professional development means that strong international networks underpin successful national practices. But what […]
Thank you for your support in 2016. 2016 has been an eventful year for Contemporary Metal. Claire Townsend (co-founder of Contemporary Metal) and her family moved to the Gold Coast. Claire is truly missed at the studio. Philip Noakes was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths (London) […]
