Each piece reflects a process of gathering of holding onto traces, impressions and experiences that shape identity over time. Fragments may appear as physical elements, layered surfaces or repeated motifs, while echoes emerge through the quiet persistence of ideas, histories and connections to place.

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Working across a range of materials and techniques, the exhibiting artists translate these ideas into wearable and object-based forms. Some works draw on personal or cultural histories, others respond to the natural environment or the passage of time, but all share an interest in how meaning can be embedded within making.

Together, the exhibition offers a considered and intimate view of contemporary practice in Western Australia, where jewellery extends beyond adornment to become a vessel for memory, reflection and storytelling.

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The exhibition also celebrates excellence in contemporary practice through a series of sponsored awards:

• BEST INTERPRETATION OF THE THEME
  For outstanding conceptual development related to the exhibition theme
  Winner: Radka Passianova
  $500 cash prize sponsored by JMGA WA
• TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
  Winner: Barbara Cotter
  5.3 Carat gold-in-quartz cabochon stone (valued at $1,600) sponsored by Desert Fire Designs
• TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE - RUNNER UP
  Winner: Claire Townsend
  $200 cash prize sponsored by Contemporary Metal
• COMMENDATION FOR CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT (1)
  Winner: Sarah Elson
  $100 voucher sponsored by Australian Jewellers Supplies (AJS)
• COMMENDATION FOR CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT (2)
  Winner: Kate Faulds
  $100 voucher sponsored by Australian Jewellers Supplies (AJS)
• COMMENDATION FOR CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT (3)
  Winner: Erin Cheng
  $100 cash sponsored by Mundaring Arts Centre
• PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
  Voted by members of the public who visit during the dates of the exhibition
  Winner: TBA
  $250 voucher sponsored by Jewellery Training Solutions @peterkeep.jts

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JMGA WA gratefully acknowledges the support of exhibition sponsors Australian Jewellers Supplies, Contemporary Metal, Desert Fire Designs, Mundaring Arts Centre, and Jewellery Training Solutions.

An independent panel of judges will select the awards:

• Helen Curtis - Director, Apparatus
• Gillian Rainer - Jeweller
• Jennifer Haynes - Executive Director Mundaring Arts Centre & Midland Junction Art Centre