'Coastal' brooch

Brooch, 2017
Heat patinated and untreated silver, steel pin
9cm diameter

From Marian's 2017 exhibition 'Weathered and worn', the Coastal brooch is hand cut in sheet silver and heat patinated. This piece weighs 80 grams, and is best suited to a jacket or thicker material. 

For over 40 years, Marian Hosking has interpreted the Australian landscape through silver jewellery and vessel work. Her practice focuses upon the embodiment of the personal meaning of place and landscape in intimate objects, with work characterised by research into the history, languages and processes of jewellery and silversmithing. In particular, Hosking explores the potential for the miniature to act as a ‘souvenir’ or paradigm for such ideas.