Cuckoo
earrings; 18ct red gold, copper, freshwater pearls; 24 x 15 x 15mm (each)
$800 pair
Bubble (level 3) & Bubble (level 4) Image: Haru Sameshima
Bubble (level 4)
brooch; paua shell, sterling silver, freshwater pearls; 35 x 35 x 20mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$800
Bubble (level 3)
brooch; paua shell, sterling silver, freshwater pearls; 46 x 42 x 20mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$900
Earworms
Earworms
earrings; freshwater pearls. sterling silver, nail polish; 111 x 9 x 14mm (each) Images: Haru Sameshima
$600 pair
Ok starfish
brooch; ebony, sterling silver, marcasite; 50 x 43 x 10mm
$600
Supervision
ring; ebony, sterling silver, paua shell; 32 x 33 x 26mm; Ring size R 1/2 Images: Haru Sameshima
$750
Frogging
ring; deer antler, peridot, fine silver; 30 x 25 x 22mm; M narrow, N wide Image: Haru Sameshima
$800
Pupurangi and Jellybox. Image: Haru Sameshima
Jellybox
hair pin; Kauri gum, sterling silver; 128 x 30 x 30mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$800
Pupurangi
hair pin; Kauri gum, sterling silver; 132 x 38 x 38mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$900
The sting
pendant; ebony, sterling silver, cord; 65 x 45 x 10mm (+ cord)
$900
Pile of snake
ring; lignum vitae, sterling silver; 44 x 32 x 24mm; R narrow, S wide
$900
Proboscis problem
brooch; mother of pearl, freshwater pearl, spessartite garnet, sterling silver, 18ct gold; 40 x 45 x 20mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
Trouble
brooch; ebony, sterling silver, freshwater pearls; 65 x 55 x 20mm
$1,200
Ursula
brooch; paua shell, beef bone, sterling silver, ebony, iolite, paint; 65 x 59 x 21mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,300
Moth-er
brooch; lignum vitae, beef bone, sterling silver, copper; 74 x 40 x 22mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,200
Dandelion (cow) Freesia (sheep)
vase; beef bone, lignum vitae, glass; 80 x 41 x 68mm vase; beef bone, lignum vitae, glass; 115 x 37 x 51mm
$1,200 $1,200
Platyhelminth
pendant; lignum vitae, sterling silver; 100 x 42 x 15mm (+ chain) Image: Haru Sameshima
$1,300
The finger
pendant; lignum vitae, sterling silver; 76 x 28 x 27mm (+ chain) $1,300 Images: Haru Sameshima
Ooo ooo
brooch; Ebony, sterling silver, marcasite, onyx; 53 x 48 x 20mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$ 1,400
Opeful
brooch; Hardwood (African), sterling silver; 72 x 30 x 25mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$900
Wild horses
brooch; ebony, sterling silver; 57 x 76 x 14mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
Heaven
brooch; beef bone, lignum vitae, sterling silver, paint, 18ct gold; 50 x 77 x 19mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$1,500
When every tusk is gone
pendant; ebony, sterling silver, cord; 73 x 51 x 42mm (+ cord)
$1,300
No evil
brooch
lignum vitae, sterling silver, biron emerald; 58 x 48 x 23mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
Shrewballyhoo
brooch; box wood, pearls, garnet, sterling silver; 50 x 58 x 21mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
Crabby nonsense
pendant; dyed beef bone, deer antler, 9ct gold, sterling silver; 82 x 25 x 20mm (+ chain) Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
kawau
pendant; dyed beef bone, sterling silver; 95 x 54 x 32mm (+ chain) Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,400
Moa
Anomalopteryx didiformis (Extinct)
brooch; dyed cow bone, sterling silver; 60 x 53 x 25mm Image: Haru Sameshima.
$900
Sing song
brooch; paua shell, beef bone, sterling silver, sapphires; 69 x 58 x 30mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,600
Pauapus
brooch; paua shell, pearls, sterling silver; 76 x 50 x 25mm
$1,500
Cinders
brooch; beef bone, sterling silver; 50 x 43 x 18mm Images: Haru Sameshima
$1,700
Mates
necklace; sterling silver, enamel paint; 2440 x 20 x 10mm Image: Haru Sameshima
$2,800
The Family - Kingdom Taxonomically speaking “Kingdom” refers to a broad division of all earth’s lifeforms. Plants and Fungi are 2 such kingdoms, as is Animalia, or “The Animal Kingdom” as we often call it. Within Animalia are dozens of sub-divisions or phyla, branches of the tree of life, each containing a myriad of species. The most populous nine phyla are represented in works in this family tree of jewels. In The Family Jane Dodd positions the human species within the Animal Kingdom. She began this project with an exhibition at Te Uru in June 2019, portraying our closest relatives, the taxonomic order of Primates. The next level, shown at The National in Christchurch in November 2019, explored the broader class of Mammals. The current exhibition at Masterworks looks wider still. Character and narrative are given to humans, fellow simians, other mammals, fish, molluscs, worms, insects, sponges, and other animals alike. It is certainly not pure science, license is taken, comedy is king and story-telling trumps fact. But the device gives a framework to assert that humans are just another twig of a gloriously rich and diverse tree. In recent years Jane Dodd’s jewellery practice has pivoted around the portrayal of animals. With a subtext of human impact and interaction she has explored issues of extinction and infestation, cruelty, and conflict. Strongly influenced by historic European craft traditions but mindful of the plunder of the natural world that enabled and sanctioned such exuberant work, Dodd, with her compulsion for crafting and her love of materials, channels these contradictory emotions into works of tension, humour and intrigue.