Jill Edwards
mixed media art
bookbinding
jewellery
leather bags

all created in the artist's delightful garden setting, Port Fairy
GARDEN STUDIO 70
70 Model Lane, Port Fairy. Victoria
Gallery
Jill very much enjoys creating work for exhibitions. The challenge, the focus, the discoveries and learnings are rewarding and necessary for her creative soul.
Each season in her gallery at Garden Studio 70 Jill presents a new collection of works. See Special Events Page for details of these exhibitions.
In the gallery you will delight in the creative range of her hand bound books, leather bags, jewellery and mixed media works on paper...
"AN OPEN BOOK"
A Winter Exhibition
Concertina and Vertical books
-It's all about visual storytelling-
"AN OPEN BOOK"
My visual writing style is to...
Walk, see, photograph, edit, deconstruct, reconstruct, draw, wash
Images of Griffiths Island
Wait, see, forage, dye, press, enhance, draw
The seasonal leaves in our garden
Travel, explore, take time, feel, photograph, stitch draw
Remote and historical towns
My forever process is entrenched in ...
Learning, selecting, layering of diverse techniques
The format of this exhibition is of books that are multi dimensional
They can be viewed in many ways....
One page, one chapter, vertical or horizontal, and in alternate reverse view
It is an open book
There are many chapters in the making of this series
And there will more to come
Each book has its own custom made box
Helleborus Bags
Leather, tweed and suede lined.
Images from my garden printed and stitched on canvas.
$190, $235.
Only a few left in this series.
Raw
A very popular range of Australian leather bags.
Loads of character, tough and practical.
$120
All sold at the moment. More coming soon.
Brooches.
Each of my brooches is stitched or wired one bead at a time, rhythmically and decisively. Each one evolves in the making and so is always original and definitely a one off. This ensures that the next one I make is a joyful new discovery!!
Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style
Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style
Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style
Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style
SOLD
Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style
Pendants
Found jewellery is reloved and introduced to my treasured collection of beads.
This combination evokes a notion of history and elegance of times past and is set with a contemporary freedom in design.
The fact that I will only "find these objects" once makes each combination and pendant unique.
Wired beadwork with vintage jewels, chains & found objects $130,
All pendants come in a custom made, vintage book covered box Pendant & Box $130
jewellery elements refound, redesigned, reloved $130
jewellery elements refound, redesigned, reloved $130
wired beadwork with reclaimed jewels & chains $130
jewellery elements refound, redesigned, reloved Pendant $130
Books
The art of bookbinding and visual storytelling.
With her lifetime love of books and illustrative storytelling, Jill is now immersing herself into this wonderfullly creative mixed media process.
She is exploring the many forms the book can present and always enjoys the visual sequencing of her stories. Drawing, printing, stitching drawing and eco printing are some of the techniques she uses.
"A Place to Rest"
"A Place to Rest"
Inspired by "The Price of Two Sparrows"
written by Christy Collins
Jill's response has been a coptic bound book of 21 images
altered photographs, prints, drawings
Habitat images are of Griffiths Island, Port Fairy
$350
Biblio Art Prize 2021
Blarney Books & Art , Port Fairy
Shortlisted for the Major Prize