Today we welcome Abby Seymour and Katherine Wheeler, the amazing ladies behind Golden Ink Collaborative. Abby and Katherine are both talented artists in their own right and together have created a unique jewellery and homewares business. This week we will get an exclusive glimpse into the life of the Golden Ink Collaborative- be sure to check out Golden Ink on Twitter and Facebook too!! -Jenny x
Some of the Golden Ink Collaborative Range – images by Olga Bennentt
Behind the small bespoke porcelain jewellery and object business, ‘Golden Ink Collaborative,’ are two artists, Abby and Katherine, who together handmake and design all Golden Ink creations.
Abby and Katherine
Abby has a printmaking background, and I (Katherine) have a gold and silversmithing background. We met and studied at art school (RMIT) together, and through visiting each other’s studios and lots of coffees, found that we both had the same passion for detail, perfection, beauty, the handmade – and hard work.
Some examples of Katherine‘s silversmithing work
Some examples of Abby‘s illustration and installation pieces
After graduating, we embarked on the adventure of merging our respective skills and aesthetics to create wearable art works. We wanted to find a way to merge Abby’s imagery / illustration with my three dimensional / jewellery works, and make the work in a way that was wearable and durable, without compromising on the quality of artistry or our integrity as artists.
Through years of talking, making and experimenting we trialled different mediums, until we found the happy and successful medium of porcelain, and Golden Ink Collaborative was born.
The first Collaborative exhibition between Abby and myself was ‘Hidden Facets‘‚ shown at Hand Held Gallery in Melbourne, which then traveled to Gaffa Gallery in Sydney in 2010. This initial joint exhibition consisted of large‚ exhibition works that subsequently formed the basis of the aesthetic for the first range of wearable porcelain jewellery.
Such beautiful designs!
Gorgeous such clever ladies!!
Abby and Katherine are a match made in porcelain heaven!
Very pretty!
Stunning Pieces of wearable Art!!!
Love the porcelain jewelery, a little piece of art to wear.
Such beautiful pieces. That blue and white…..LOVE.
Hi ladies. Congrats on your wonderful work. Great to see how two artist can create together bringing each of themselves so distinctively to the work.
It is so good to see something different and with such amazing colours.
Yay very excited.
Those blue and white bracelets are just lovely!
Oh my goodness ladies, the colours and textures you have created on porcelain is amazing. The vibrancy and depth of the colour on your pieces is definitely warming me up on this chilly Melbourne morning! :)
Oh to be young and free and so very creative and working with such a wonderful medium as porcelain AND being so splendidly creative. Well done.
Absolutely gorgeous! I want one of those bracelets badly.
beautiful! i want it to be mine!
oh simply divine work
Beautiful works of art!
I have quite literally never seen anything like this before. Golden Ink ladies, you are so creative – keep it up! And thanks Design Files for drawing my attention to these beautiful works – I’ll need one of my own very soon, methinks.
Lovely warm colors for summer time…..
Those rings are so pretty!
I would love to add some of those gorgeous arty creations to my summer wardrobe!
oh how divine…..the orange bangle is just gorgeous
So wish I could get to Melbourne for the workshop. Alas, I’ll be in Sydney as the youngest of our 3 children prepares to do his HSC. My turn will come.
Gorgeous stuff! Thanks for sharing!
The orange and yellow tones are so nice, their jewellery is amazing.
so beautiful. like nothing i’ve seen before!
So quirky and beautiful.
Gorgeous use of porcelain!
How incredibly organic! And such great Summer colours!
Mx
Amazing.
That is all.
absolutely stunning and innovative.xx
Beautiful work!
Two very talented girls.
A wonderful “find” once again.
gorgeous pieces…
so beautiful. I look forward to seeing more over the week.
absolutely stunning pieces!
Wow! THese are amazing!
Stunning detailed work, love it!
The attention to detail on these unique pieces is just delighful. Each piece seems to tell its own story. There is nothing like having an indicidual piece like no other worn. Amazing work lovelys! Bxx
Love your work.. and would love to wear it too!
Wow, what stunning details!
It is so difficult to come across quality and truly unique jewellery these days. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. And Golden Ink – Congratulations on magnificent work. Thanks x
How unique are your pieces. Love the prints, love the colours, just love it all. Thanks Lucy for showing us something else out of this world!!
lovely
Congratulations on a wonderful result. Hope to see more amazing things from you.
Oh, I love that b&w pendant at the bottom! Gorgeous :-)
Amazing work girls! The little cups are gorgeous!
These works are amazing! Just beautiful- all of it :) x
I’ve loved this jewellery since you first featured it. Its actually already on my Christmas list but to win this would be brilliant!
I find it really interesting that you were both so keen to collaborate, adapting your practices so that was possible.
You’ve got some really lovely, wearable stuff. Well done!
such fine work, so lovely.
love the stack of blue and white bangles
I love your designs! They are so clever and unique
such beautiful and intricate pieces
Just gorgeous. The ceramic rings look like artifacts you would see in a museum from a Roman bowl or dish and the blue and white bangles are stunning.
OMG! What a beautiful pieces of art! The ceramic rings are just gorgeous!!!
Fabulous Aussie talent! These are great.
Mmmm wearable art – gotta love that
Wow these pieces are amazing! I’ve admired their work for a long time now and have their intricate little biz card pinned up near my desk. The beautiful warm spring / summer tones on the bangle and pendant are gorgeous. Lovely, thankyou for this post, very inspiring, they’re so incredibly talented! x
Every time I see your lovely art I want to buy and wear everything!
just beautiful designs -xx-
my oh my how gorgeous are the designs!
wow, just beautiful girls. can’t wait to see some in the flesh at a market soon x
Loving all the beautifully created pieces!! Gorgeous arm candy !!
finders keepers…all losers will be weepers, me included
so damn cool!
wow these are so great! love it!
I purchased a piece for a friends birthday – addicted since!!!!
Love the new bright orange…
I think I just died and went to porcelain jewellery heaven! Thanks Design Files and Abby and Katherine for showcasing this loveliness on a Monday ;-)
The work is exquisite. Thankyou for sharing.
Amazing local talent, womderful to see!
Love the detail and gentle colours, would love to attend a workshop!
oooooo, love the porcelain bangles! So pretty!! Congrats on the beautiful work!
Yay for abby and kate!
So many lovely creative things you can do with porcelain.
Absolutely exquisite – so feminine, so delicate and yet so modern
beautiful, beautiful product!
talented ladies..lovely work
An an amazing team – go girls!
Simply gorgeous! I have lusted after golden ink items for some time. I hope I win!
Ethereal, whimsical, gorgeous!
I comment here not just to be in the win of one of the awesome bangle and pendant of Golden Ink because I need a present for my sister´s birthday but also to make some of masculine representation.
Please tell me the ceramic bangles are not breakable, they look fragile…. it would be such a shame as they are so beautiful.
wow, so pretty!
Ah so delicate. I’m envious and also happy for you that you get to spend your time creating this beautiful jewellery.
Holey moley! these are sure some creative ladies. i love what they are doing, the designs are so pretty!
My my! The combined texture and colours are absolutely amazing!
wow, these are gorgeous. I especially love the rings and the combo of illustration and jewelry. Lovely!
I love the jewelry… so original! Congratulations
stunning
such elegant work.
Love you’re work ladies, have added numerous items to my christmas wishlist and can’t wait to get my first piece. So unique and so beautiful made of porcelain. There are so many pieces I love, it’s hard to choose. You two make a great team, truly talented.
Every single one of these patterns, colours, textures and shapes……are beautiful in every way.
What a wonderful collection! You both must be proud!
I would cherish one of these pieces for years to come…
Oh how sweet!!! The colours are just like a summer cocktail!
I love the combination of colors and textures – beautiful!
I absolutely love your pieces! I came across your jewelry on a blog & immediately signed up for updates. I wish you both tons of success in your whimsical creations.
each piece is more beautiful than the last!
I love your designs!
The blue bracelets are a dream!
LOVE the new spring colourways. So fresh and pretty!
Absolutely lovely!
Beautiful!
this jewelry is so amazing! it has such a nice character… i could by all of those!
Melbourne is so full of the creative types – loving your work.
Mango sorbet on a bangle! Love how the work is developing! A great success! Can’t wait to see it at Heide!
I love their individual and their collaborative work. Their jewellery is just so illustrative, funky and fun. Gorgeous :)
what beautiful watercolour jewellery, loving that it’s local talent.
I’m a long-time lover of Katherine and Abby’s work … so happy they are being more widely appreciated and loved!
For interested readers, see my post about their first exhibition: http://melbournejeweller.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/katherine-wheeler-abby-seymour-hidden-facets-part-2/
Happy reading!
Karen
How artistic and unique with a playful balance of modern elegance. Your collaboration work is lovely
Thanks for sharing. So inspiring to see the whole process. Your work is beautiful!
I love Golden Ink Collaborative!! I’ve blogged about your gorgeous rings on my blog just recently.
I love your work! Greetings from Spain!
Having been introduced to Golden Ink Collaborative just recently, I have been inspired to learn more about the art of porcelain! From reading blogs to taking out library books and finally to enrolling in a short day course at CAE to learn about porcelain!
Thank you for the introduction!!!
goldenink is so incredible :)