Anita van Doorn

Cast in Brisbane, forged in Melbourne and currently tempering in Sweden

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Things, becoming other things. The hand holds the hammer that nudges and forms material, following the material, rather than coercing it. It knows where it wants to go, I just help it along. #silversmith #silverring #recycledsilver #treebranch #naturejewellery #weartheplanet #newmaterialism #weddingring #vigselring

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An old hammer made new, oh how it gleams! I also re-fixed the head to the handle, which was loose. #remake #recycle #silversmith #usewhatyouhave

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Not just a pretty pair of hands. #silver #shine #silverring #simpleelegance #whatgivesyoujoy

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A different kind of creativity for the festivities last weekend.

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I had an assistant in the workshop today! He did stuff! @karlholmqvist

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Copy of “Ajax and Cassandra”, by Solomon J. Solomon. oil on card.

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Untitled, graphite on paper.

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“Dancers”. Acrylic on canvas, 150 cm x 200cm

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After a 2-year hiatus I've made something in silver again, just for fun. I think I will call it spoolery (spoon jewellery). Great for spooning coffee into your stove-top espresso pot and pacing yourself with the whisky on a night out...or a night in;-)

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Impulse sawpiercing, the best kind!

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Somethings coming but I #cantseetheforestforthetrees

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My new bench sander #brajobbat #welldone Artwork by #subtleceiling

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I’m doing an introductory course in stone setting over the summer...

Sterling silver ring with garnet

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A boat, bereft and broken, also from my master exam work. 

Materials: egg membrane, hair.

Photography by Anna Classon

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Something from my master exam work at Konstfack, a small box containing smooth space in a striated exterior. Yes it is...dare I say it, a little Deleuzian.

Materials are steel, silver plated brass, eggshell with membrane attached.

Photography by Anna Classon

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This is how you wear a crown made of reflections.

Model: Morgan Coole

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Something from a few years ago, where I like the quality of the differences in appearance depending on the angle you look at it. There are some similarities here to my latest work, which I’ll be posting soon!

The material is anodised aluminium.