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Funaki is a driving force in the promotion of contemporary jewellery internationally. Shop online or contact us for personal service by email.

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 s

election 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.

18/06/2026

This SATURDAY join us to celebrate the launch of Helen Britton: The Story So Far at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. And then on WEDNESDAY 24 June for the artist in-conversation!⁠
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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft is an initiative of the Australian Design Centre. The series aims to celebrate the achievements of Australia’s most iconic crafts practitioners, through a touring exhibition and a major monograph publication. ⁠
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Helen Britton, an exceptional Australian artist of international reputation, is the tenth artist in this exhibition series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft.⁠
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Details of both events can be found at MPRG’s website (link in bio). ⁠
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Helen Britton⁠
Shades of Difference, 2023⁠
shells, puffball dyed silk⁠
100 x 45 x 3cm⁠
Photo by Dirk Eisel⁠
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Helen Britton Mornington Peninsula Gallery Australian Design Centre

17/06/2026

These Marcos Guzman earrings are oldies but goodies, and they’re unexpectedly back in stock - ‘Yellow Vinyl and Grey Weather’ date from 2016 and are online now. Don’t miss them. ⁠
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Marcos

15/06/2026

JOIN US
‘Helen Britton: The Story So Far’ opens this Saturday 20 June at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Mornington Peninsula Gallery⁠
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Gallery details via link in bio - RSVP requested if you’d like to attend the opening. ⁠
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Living Treasures is a series of solo exhibitions honouring eminent Australian crafts people, celebrating their mastery of skill, their achievements, and the unique place they occupy in the national design culture. Helen Britton, an exceptional Australian artist of international reputation, is the tenth artist in the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series.⁠
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Between 2017 and 2019 Helen travelled three times to Australia to document the house of her great Aunt and Godmother Kath Carr on the Clarence river (Ngunitiji, Yaegl Country). Kath taught Helen how to make collages with pressed Australian flowers that she had collected, or with metal fillings from the lathe in the shed, to paint on porcelain which was her greatest hobby, and to make jewellery.⁠
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The Story So Far traces the rich and complex world of country women and the creativity that shaped Helen’s early experience of Australia. The exhibition features new works including painting, installation, jewellery, drawings and objects alongside the first showing of the photographic work My Godmother’s House.⁠
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Image: Helen Britton, Junkyard 3 (in progress), Necklace and hook, 2025, Silver, paint, velvet, wood, copper, steel, 70 x 30 x 10cm, photo by Dirk Eisel⁠
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Helen Britton

14/06/2026

My favourite earrings from our current exhibition - Helen Britton’s glorious ‘Swirls’. Made using a technique Helen developed, with crushed glass shards and opals set within a complex silver frame. We’re open from Wednesday, come and try these beauties on!⁠
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Photo by Dirk Eisel⁠
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Helen Britton

12/06/2026

A snapshot of our current exhibition, ‘Things I Love, Things I Fear’ by Helen Britton. ⁠
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This intimate group of works tells many stories. It’s a fascinating and timely presentation to see alongside Britton’s Living Treasure touring exhibition ‘The Story So Far’, which opens on 20 June at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. More details to come, but head to MPRG’s website to find out more. Link in bio. ⁠
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Photography by andrewcurtis.art.doc ⁠
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Helen Britton Mornington Peninsula Gallery

10/06/2026

‘Things I Love, Things I Fear’ by iconic Australian artist (and Living Treasure!) Helen Britton is now open - come and explore her compelling storytelling through miniature paintings and jewellery. ⁠
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Helen Britton⁠
Childhood Apparition 2⁠
Gouache and Tusche on paper, framed⁠
20 x 29cm⁠
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05/06/2026

NOW OPEN ⁠Helen Britton | Things I Love, Things I Fear⁠
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Helen will be in the gallery tomorrow (Saturday 6th) 2-4pm. Come and have a cup of tea and a chat with her about this most intimate and collection of jewellery and paintings. We also have copies of her luscious book ‘The Story So Far’ for sale, grab a copy and have it signed!⁠
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Helen Britton⁠
Lucky Donkey⁠
Brooch, 2024⁠
silver, glass, diamonds, paint⁠
110 x 80 x 7mm⁠
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Happy Green Butterfly⁠
Brooch, 2024⁠
silver, glass, diamonds, paint⁠
75 x 65 x 7mm⁠
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03/06/2026

We’ve had a brilliant day installing Helen Britton’s new exhibition ‘Things I Love, Things I Fear’, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all at the opening tomorrow evening.

Thanks Helen for your brilliant energy and engineering skills even having just got off a plane! ✈️

30/05/2026

Today is your last chance to see Julie Blyfield’s ‘Silver is the Moon’ - the gallery is open from 12-4pm. ⁠
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We’ll be closed on Wednesday next week for install, and we look forward to welcoming you on Thursday evening for the opening of Helen Britton’s new exhibition ‘Things I Love, Things I Fear’. ⁠
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Julie Blyfield⁠
Lotus Flower & Cotton Leaf Strands of Beads⁠
2025-26⁠
Australian Keshi Pearls, Indian Lava beads, glass beads, sterling silver⁠
Each 300 x 155 x 6mm⁠
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28/05/2026

OPENING
Thursday 4 June | Helen Britton ‘Things I Love, Things I Fear’⁠
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Please join us for the opening from 5.30 - 7.30pm⁠
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Exhibition runs until Saturday 11 July and the gallery is open Saturday 6 June 1-4pm, with further Saturdays to be announced. ⁠
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‘In this exhibition I am presenting small paintings and jewellery. The paintings were made on Awabakal Country at the beginning of the year and are studies of childhood mementos, favourite chocolates, common seashells, from the coast where I grew up. All these things are connected by being ubiquitous or familiar but also slightly uncanny. The jewellery is playful and direct. I have invented a technique to make drawings with fine wires and fill them in with glass I crush in different ways to create a palette of colour, sprinkled here and there with diamonds. Can these paintings and jewels offer companionship, provoke a smile, simply be beautiful? Generated from the child’s wonder within me and reflecting on childhood trinkets, the works relate in their subject matter and way of being made; meditative, intense observations of things I love, and in loving fear for.’⁠
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Helen Britton, May 2026⁠
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Pictured:⁠
Helen Britton⁠
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Happy Koala, ring, 2026, glass, silver, diamonds, paint⁠
Wildschwein, painting, 2026, gouache and tusche on paper, framed⁠
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Kangaroo with Carrot, 2026, glass, silver, diamonds, paint⁠
Childhood Apparition, 2026, gouache and tusche on paper, framed⁠
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Photographs by Dirk Eisel ⁠
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