sarah farquhar-still ― new jewellery
Just in time for Christmas, we introduce the newest member of the Handmark family – jeweller extraordinaire, Sarah Farquhar-Still. Informed by her passion for history, Sarah’s wearable art is bold and beautiful.
A student of archaeology before moving into museum curation, Sarah melds old world form with contemporary minimalism. Since moving to Launceston four years ago, the layered history of the city’s urban environment has been her inspiration. Floral motifs that decorate Victorian terrace houses are a recurring theme.
For Sarah’s inaugural Handmark collection, we enjoy striking sculptural pieces crafted from recycled silver, including blackened and 24-carat gold plated. In her Field Notes Necklace the fleur-de-lis pattern, common on balustrading, is given a decidedly modern twist. While blackened pendant earrings are dotted with small pearls – new buds of spring growth.
Sarah is passionate about using recycled metals: “A decade ago I started playing with metal on the dining room table and couldn’t put them down. I love the way metals can be melted down and re-used again and again to create something goes on to live many lives.”
Sarah Farquhar-Still’s inaugural Handmark jewellery collection is on show at the Gallery.