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Funaki has been recognised as a driving force in the promotion of contemporary jewellery in Australia for 25 years. Our physical location is currently closed but we will reopen in a new Melbourne location in the second half of 2021. The artists we represent are carefully selected on the basis of their personal approach to making. This approach is apparent through their sensitivity, their careful selection of materials and their skillful, appropriate use of these in line with a clear concept. As well as showing jewellery, Funaki stocks a range of catalogues by represented artists.

The gallery will be closed Wed, Thu and Fri this week as we prepare for Lin Cheung’s inaugural Australian solo exhibitio...
20/10/2026

The gallery will be closed Wed, Thu and Fri this week as we prepare for Lin Cheung’s inaugural Australian solo exhibition, ‘Pleased to see you’. ⁠
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We’ll be open on Saturday and ready to welcome you from 12 - 4pm. ⁠
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I can’t not mention the deep shock and dismay we’re all feeling following the attack on MP Helen Haines in Wangaratta yesterday. Helen, you are a shining example of decency in politics and I am so, so sorry you are a victim of such vicious violence. Your life is forever changed, but I hope your light will be undimmed. ⁠
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Never has a piece of jewellery more perfectly captured a political moment as this Lin Cheung work. ⁠
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Lin Cheung⁠
Delayed Reactions: Disturb⁠
2017⁠
Belgian black marble, howlite, gold⁠
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Lin Cheung Helen Haines MP

If you’re in Naarm, head along to visit Cara Johnson as she works alongside her sculptural installation ‘Pastures’, whic...
09/10/2026

If you’re in Naarm, head along to visit Cara Johnson as she works alongside her sculptural installation ‘Pastures’, which transforms a familiar hay farm cradle into a place of care and comfort. Cara will gradually fill the cradle with hand-sewn pillows stuffed with grass clippings collected from Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.⁠
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Made from reclaimed wool bale sacks and stitched together using salvaged agricultural materials, each pillow reflects on the connections between cultivated gardens and agricultural landscapes, and the care required to sustain both. Visitors are invited to observe the artist’s slow, repetitive process, ask questions about the work, and witness the installation evolve over time. Drawing together materials from the Gardens and rural landscapes, Pastures offers a quiet reflection on tending, shelter and the relationships between people, animals and the landscapes they shape.⁠
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This event is part of Design X Nature and Melbourne Fringe Festival until 16 October. ⁠
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Photographs by Fred Kroh⁠
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Cara Johnson Melbourne Fringe

Carlier Makigawa is one of Australia’s most recognised and revered jewellers - she was instrumental in putting Australia...
08/10/2026

Carlier Makigawa is one of Australia’s most recognised and revered jewellers - she was instrumental in putting Australian makers on the international map in the early 1980s, exhibiting in Schmuck for the first time in 1982, followed in short order by shows in London, Tokyo and New York through the mid 1980s. She was instrumental in pioneering the gold and silversmithing course at RMIT and has left an indelible mark on our field. An absolute legend of contemporary jewellery. ⁠
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This rare, remarkable mid 1990s ring is available in the gallery now. Such gorgeous works hardly ever appear on the secondary market - get in touch. ⁠
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Carlier Makigawa artjewelry

07/10/2026

We’re in the final week of David Clarke’s playful and funny exhibition ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’. The gallery is open this Saturday 12-4 in addition to our usual hours - we look forward to seeing you!

The wattle is almost gone from our trees by now, but you can keep that beautiful early spring moment alive with this gor...
05/10/2026

The wattle is almost gone from our trees by now, but you can keep that beautiful early spring moment alive with this gorgeous new necklace by Tartanya/Adelaide artist Jess Dare. It combines her classic ‘Leaf’ and ‘Wattle’ necklaces and is an absolute corker as we move into summer. ⁠
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The gallery is open this Saturday was we wind up David Clarke’s exhibition ‘Pick ‘n’ ‘Mix’ - come and visit 12-4pm. ⁠
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Jess Dare

30/09/2026

📍COMING SOON📍⁠
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We are tremendously excited to welcome award-winning British artist Lin Cheung to Australia in October, for her first solo exhibition at Funaki đŸ’«â  ⁠
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Showing as part of Radiant Pavilion 2026, ‘Pleased to see you’ will showcase a survey of Lin’s deeply thoughtful works that explore themes of politics, labour, semiotics and personal history.
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Lin Cheung graduated in 1997 from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery. Her work was awarded an Arts Foundation Award in 2001 and a Jerwood Contemporary Makers Award in 2008. Cheung has been shortlisted for the Women’s Hour Crafts Prize in 2017 at the V&A Museum, London. She is the recipient of the prestigious Françoise van den Bosch Award 2018 as well as the Herbert Hofmann Award 2018.⁠
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The exhibition will run from 24 October til 28 November. An artist lecture will be given at RMIT University on 27 October at 5.30pm, to which all are welcome. See the Radiant Pavilion program - link in bio - and/or stayed tuned here for more information.⁠ We can’t wait for you to meet Lin!⁠
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Video courtesy of the artist, featuring a new pendant carved in the making, from rock crystal. ⁠
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Shelley Norton, in her brilliant Box brooch series (2016), uses melted plastic from discarded shopping bags. She ingenio...
29/09/2026

Shelley Norton, in her brilliant Box brooch series (2016), uses melted plastic from discarded shopping bags. She ingeniously knits this reconstituted material into patterns reminiscent of 1940s floral motifs, the kind you’d find lining the cupboards and drawers of an old kitchen cabinet. There is also reference here to Otto KĂŒnzli’s 1982 ‘Wallpaper’ brooches (pictured image 5), which you can find in the National Gallery of Victoria collection, among others. ⁠
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‘The notion of meaning and how we construct it is the foundation of my work. This is a fascinating process, where often to cushion ourselves from the absurdity of human existence we construct cultural narratives around objects and ways of being that both define, support and constrain us. ⁠
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The little thought about floral sprays adorning humans like fancy packaging. A nod to Otto KĂŒnzli’s Wallpaper brooches, one to Edouard Manet’s small paintings of floral bouquets, another to fancy chocolate box packaging. Pimping the package, plastic, the great imitator, still leveling and flattening the hierarchies of value.’ ⁠
Shelley Norton, from Masterworks website⁠
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Shelley Norton⁠
Box brooch, 2016⁠
melted plastic, stainless steel⁠
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Otto KĂŒnzli⁠
Wallpaper brooch, 1982⁠
paper, hard foam⁠
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National Gallery of Victoria

David Clarke⁠Flamin’ Bunnies⁠2026⁠Porcelain, wax, electroformed copper, pewter, silverplate⁠⁠“Actual failures, these rem...
24/09/2026

David Clarke⁠
Flamin’ Bunnies⁠
2026⁠
Porcelain, wax, electroformed copper, pewter, silverplate⁠
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“Actual failures, these remnants of exploded and shattered bunnies were sitting on my bench for months. These hopeless souls ended up being dipped in the wax. Copper flames now shooting up from their heads, these countryside pests are now finished oïŹ€. However, like animal trophies, individual plinths elevate them slightly from the ground. Failed objects from another project. Reimagined through play and chance. The hot wax does all the work. I’m dipping dipping until I feel they are expressing an attitude. OïŹ€ to the factory for electroforming. The plinths are old teapot bases chopped and a pewter sheet soldered on.”⁠
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David Clarke, 2026⁠
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On show until 10 October⁠. ⁠
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David Clarke

COLOUR 🌈 COLOUR 🌈 COLOUR⁠Makes everything better. ⁠⁠Marcos Guzman modelling his lovely necklace ‘Urban birds have wild r...
22/09/2026

COLOUR 🌈 COLOUR 🌈 COLOUR⁠
Makes everything better. ⁠
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Marcos Guzman modelling his lovely necklace ‘Urban birds have wild rhythms’ from 2025. ⁠
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Marcos

Three deliciously simple pendants from young German artist Katrin Feulner. Katrin first exhibited at Funaki in the 2016 ...
21/09/2026

Three deliciously simple pendants from young German artist Katrin Feulner. Katrin first exhibited at Funaki in the 2016 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery, and has presented two exhibitions with us since then - 2019s ‘Visitors’ (with Jo Scicluna) and 2024s ‘Silent Sequence’, from which came these pieces. Katrin is known for her use of found steel, refinished with various hand-applied surfaces, in combination with gold and other materials. Refined, minimalist and sharply elegant, her work has been awarded the Herbert Hoffman Prize and the BKV Prize for Young Applied Arts, among others. ⁠
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1. Cycle 31, 2024, found metal objects, hand cut, cast in bronze, powder coated, 18k gold, linen ribbon⁠
2. Cycle 32, 2024, found metal object, hand cut, powder coated, 18k gold, linen ribbon⁠
3. Cycle 30, 2024, found metal object, 18k gold, linen ribbon⁠
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Available online now. ⁠
Images courtesy of the artist. ⁠
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