Amilia Adams - Artist - Jewellery

Artist Statement

With over 20 years experience as a jeweller, Amilia Adams draws from nature as inspiration for her colourful jewellery. Growing up on a farm in country Victoria, Amilia uses images of Dragonflies, Flowers, Horses and many more. Using highly polished Silver or Gold as the motif which sits as a silhouette on the vividly coloured Titanium background, makes for beautiful pieces of wearable jewellery art. My childhood was spent in country Victoria living in a mud brick house built by my artist father on our bush block. The natural environment has provided the major motifs of my work and when possible I head away from the city to relax and recharge my inspiration. Many years in jewellery design and production has exposed me to a great variety of materials and techniques which excites me with their possibilities. In my recent work I am exploring the range of vivid colours resulting from heating Titanium. I enjoy combining this with highly polished silver and gold to evoke Australian fauna and flora whether it be the wings of dragon flies, gum leaves or the petals of a flower.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2008     Setup custom design and manufacturing jewellery business Amillion Designs, Canterbury Vic
• 2008     Exhibition Adams + Boron, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, Vic
• 2008     Cert IV Business - Small Business Management, Box Hill Tafe, Vic
• 2007     Exhibition Three Generations Continued, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Vic
• 2007     August 2007 - March 2009 Collins Street Jewellery Retail, CBD, Vic
• 2006     Exhibition Three Generations, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Vic
• 2006     Exhibition Three Generations, Pyrenees Information Centre , Avoca, Vic
• 2003 - 2005   Jewellery Trade School - N.M.I.T, Fairfield, Vic
• 2003     Exhibition Top End Treasures, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery, Vic
• 2002     September 2002 - October 2006 Jewellery Apprenticeship, Canterbury, Vic
• 2002     Won the Banyule City Council 2002 Young Artist Award - Jewellery
• 2002     Exhibition 'From Red Hill to the Red Centre', Gallery 313 Red Hill, Vic
• 2002     May 2002 - September 2002 Junior Jeweller, CBD, Vic
• 2002     Basic Welding - C.A.E, Brunswick, Vic
• 2001     Runners up with Beer Can Dress, Flash Trash RMIT fashion competition
• 2001     Exhibited in NMIT's final year exhibition for advanced diploma
• 2001     Won 1st prize, High Fashion RMIT's Wear Where Ware 2001 Fashion Show
• 2000 - 2001   Advanced Diploma Jewellery & Goldsmithing, N.M.I.T, Collingwood, Vic
• 2000     Entered 3 outfits in RMIT's Wear Where Ware 2000 Fashion Show
• 1995 - 1999   Yr 7 - Yr 11 Maryborough Regional College, Maryborough, Vic
• 1982     Born to Pat and Philip Adams, Avoca, Vic