BIANCA MAVRICK
If you are in the market for accessories with high visual impact and that individual touch then look no further than Brisbane-based jeweller, Bianca Mavrick. “I just want people to know it’s ok to feel like a bit of a peacock every now again,” she tells me over iced coffee.
Heavily inspired by the likes of Peter Tully and passionate about collaborative creation, Bianca seeks to activate vivid memories from deep in the minds of those who adorn themselves with her wears. The goals of her pieces intend to reconnect people to lost feelings of youthful carelessness and freedom in order to create an optimistic interaction between the wearer and viewer.
Through exaggerated motifs and psycho sub-tropical colour, it’s not hard to be transported back to a sun-soaked holiday on an Australian beach. A place of great personal significance after demanding her parent’s help her set up a market stall at the Broadbeach markets in her youth, an early sign of her underlying passion for creating.
Each work is made to order; something Bianca told me is to enable her clients with the opportunity to embed their own collection of memories into the pieces while not compromising her aesthetic integrity. Creating the works is a labour intensive process but, having come from an industrial design background, it remains as sustainable as possible.
Every component from the resin motifs and carved wood to enamelling and powder-coated metal is hand crafted. Once complete, it’s a matter of working through the huge number of potential component arrangement to find the combination that works best. The final decision being based entirely on instinct further reinforcing those central themes surrounding
She has recently accepted a studio space at Metro Arts so expect her presence to continue to grow within the community. Her pieces will be stocked at the Artisan Gallery in Fortitude Valley and has plans in motion to create a window installation there later in the year.
Bianca isn’t shy and is passionate about growing her creative tribe both locally and nationally, so don’t be scared to get in touch. Trust me, her personality is as bright and friendly as the jewellery she creates.
http://www.biancamavrick.com/
Words / Anthony Thomas
Heavily inspired by the likes of Peter Tully and passionate about collaborative creation, Bianca seeks to activate vivid memories from deep in the minds of those who adorn themselves with her wears. The goals of her pieces intend to reconnect people to lost feelings of youthful carelessness and freedom in order to create an optimistic interaction between the wearer and viewer.
Through exaggerated motifs and psycho sub-tropical colour, it’s not hard to be transported back to a sun-soaked holiday on an Australian beach. A place of great personal significance after demanding her parent’s help her set up a market stall at the Broadbeach markets in her youth, an early sign of her underlying passion for creating.
Each work is made to order; something Bianca told me is to enable her clients with the opportunity to embed their own collection of memories into the pieces while not compromising her aesthetic integrity. Creating the works is a labour intensive process but, having come from an industrial design background, it remains as sustainable as possible.
Every component from the resin motifs and carved wood to enamelling and powder-coated metal is hand crafted. Once complete, it’s a matter of working through the huge number of potential component arrangement to find the combination that works best. The final decision being based entirely on instinct further reinforcing those central themes surrounding
She has recently accepted a studio space at Metro Arts so expect her presence to continue to grow within the community. Her pieces will be stocked at the Artisan Gallery in Fortitude Valley and has plans in motion to create a window installation there later in the year.
Bianca isn’t shy and is passionate about growing her creative tribe both locally and nationally, so don’t be scared to get in touch. Trust me, her personality is as bright and friendly as the jewellery she creates.
http://www.biancamavrick.com/
Words / Anthony Thomas
