CRYSTAL

Feeling kinda powerless at the moment, have been doing a lot of crystal to help me get through this shit. Bought this pure uncut Amethyst pendant online this morning - man I know this has gotta help.

DWELL

Have you ever been through a dead relatives house shortly after they passed away? It's a tableau of sadness seeing how they lived and died - all the things they collected and chose to keep a story in itself. Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller's installation at 'The Dwelling' at ACCA feels like a room that was recently vacated - all the record players left playing, starting and stopping in an hypnotically creepy rhythm building to dramatic climaxes.

This is the room of an obsessive collector, someone who lived by themselves - no space left or created for visitors. The entire exhibition is built around this installation - it is quite simply the most beautiful thing in Melbourne at this moment. Go and see it as soon as you can.

It stirred up so many feelings of longing that I couldn't shake even after we left.

PLAY

Jeremy and I recently attended the VCA graduate play "Invisible Stains" starring Annie Last, which is a "A collage of images and events from the 20th Century, traced through intergenerational memory, impact upon a group of contemporary youth caught in a culture of instant gratification."

Lead Actress Annie Last kindly allowed us backstage to take this stunning portrait of her holding a rose.

PIPE

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New Native American Clay pipes available at Corky Saint Clair. The last lot sold out on the day we put them on the floor.

These ones are even more stunning than the last lot, if that were even possible.

I remember in the 90s alot of my feminist friends wore whistles around their necks, but this seems like a much nicer, hipper, hippier version of that.

MCNEIL

Dear Readers and Customers

The MCNEILLS PORCELAIN project continues. The first lot of samples have come back after four months (thanks Northcote Pottery).

The Sarah's original drawings are so delicate it's hard to reproduce them accurately onto porcelain, but that's half the charm and half the challenge. When I nail it, I will totally own it and it won't be easy for anyone else to copy.

xx
Christopher-Hussein

KATSU

yeah I posted this new necklace last week, but I like this photo better

WOOD

Dear Customers & Readers

I have designed and produce a new range of wood jewellery for Xmas 010. They will start appearing in the shop over the next few days.

This is a wood version of Hootie. They turned beautifully but I only made seven of them, so it'll be first come, first serve.

There is another range of wood jewellery arriving soon - I did cute drawings of analogue items from the 80s - VHS video camera, cassettes, an old school film camera, nerdy glasses...

We are polishing them by hand to make them x-tra classy looking.  Hope you like the new range.

Love
Christopher-Hussein
Designer
CORKY

ORACLE

I used to be like you, I fell into a world of pretend. That's when you gotta smarten up and cut somebody a little. You might think I float, you might even think I walk on water but I am here to tell you that sometimes I drink out of volcanoes; I know how to deal with the system, how to fuck with it. I just gotta ask you: are you willing to accept what I have to teach?

i'll give anyone a free oracle necklace if you can tell me where that quote is from....

KARLOFF

Ugh, this took a million years to get right.

This is the sample of Mini Karloff in 3D. We managed to get his tiny microphone looking sweet.

ORACLE

Material: Sterling Silver
Dimensions: 20mm high x 18mm wide x 1.2mm deep
Chain: 80cm Sterling Silver chain
Designer: Christopher-Hussein Bril

Will I marry my best friend?
Should I drop out of Art School again?
Am I bicurious?
Should I keep this baby?
Should I buy this necklace?
Do members of the opposite sex find me physically attractive?
Will there ever be peace in the Middle East?
Should I have another drink?

Ask The Oracle any question, spin its chunky little disc and it will deliver the truth with 100% accuracy. Let the The Oracle guide you in all of your life decisions!

available from Corky Saint Clair, Lenko and Kids in Berlin

JEREMY

This is the sample from my new Jeremy-mini necklace. The final version has a line above the teeth line.

I kinda promised this to someone but then after I got it back and tried it on, I didn't want to take it off, so I've been wearing it non-stop for two weeks, which for me is a record.

Basically the main thing I learnt this year is that all of the characters become cuter as they get smaller, rounder and denser.

Available now from Corky Saint Clair and TNK $79Au RRP

ACORN

Picture all the cute treats you could squirrel away in this bone china trinket box...little shiny things, party treats or tiny love letters from boys you met last summer

Available from Corky Saint Clair $18Au