10 June – 18 July 2010 
GeoMorphing at JamFactory Studio works gallery

GeoMorphing: notions of preciousness in reference to gems, minerals and rocks.

Living in Australia has influenced my work profoundly. I discovered my passion for rocks and minerals which occur in abundance here. For a number of years I have been processing and cutting the stones I use in myself.
While I have a strong background in technical processes, I experiment with these, applying them in new ways.
It is a selection and design process from the beginning. Combinations of materials are selected, perceptible by the senses, tangible structures opposing internal lines and formations, colours harmonising with each other.
Visual uniqueness gives value to common materials that are often overlooked or disregarded, which I sourced in the Australian outback as well as at mineral and rock collectors’ exhibitions. By slicing into the materials I discovered structures, patterns and colours, traces of their geological history hidden in the layers. By combining known with unknown, the so-called precious with the ’worthless’, I intend to question the concept of preciousness.

By designing and constructing both jewellery and objects that reference and utilize gems and minerals I investigate the term precious as it is often attributed to certain materials.

Regine Schwarzer, 1961, Germany.
Living now in the Adelaide Hills Australia


Education:
2009 Masters in visual arts and applied design Uni SA
1986 Fachhochschule Hildesheim guest studies silversmithing under Professor Bunk
1979 – 1983 Staatliche Zeichenakademie, Hanau

Professional experience:
2007 Masterclass with Gijs Bakker | Mentorship with Frank Bauer
2005 – current Lecturer in jewellery making, AC Arts, Adelaide
1993 – current Established and operating own studio in South Australia
1993 Arrived in Australia and established studio in the Adelaide Hills
1988 – 1993 Worked and displayed in Gallery in Bremen Germany
1983 –1988 Own studio in Hannover Germany 

Grants and Awards:
2007 Arts SA Grant Project Development and Presentation
2001 Arts SA Grant New Work
1994 Highly Commended, National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith NSW | Finalist Awards for Excellence, Goldsmith Guild SA | Arts SA Project Grant

Solo exhibitions:
2009 GeoMorphing Zu Design Jewellery and Objects Adelaide SA
2008 Informing Facets Jam Factory Adelaide SA, Framed NT, Studio Ingot VIC
2004 Southern Bite 1000C, Sydney NSW
2003 Inside SAM‘s Place Gem cutting display, South Australian Museum, Adelaide | Purple Space Jam Factory, Adelaide SA
2002 Design Within Makers Mark Sydney and Melbourne | Design Within Zu Design Jewellery and Objects, Adelaide SA

Selected exhibitions:
2009 Winter brooches studio 2017 Sydney NSW
2008 Christmas Rocks Metalab Sydney NSW | Interpretation of Place Hahndorf Academy SA | refigured/refined Hahndorf Academy and Craftsouth SA | Off the Hook Zu Designs Jewellery and Objects SA
2007 Contemporary Wearables Toowoomba NSW | Wish List Craft South Adelaide SA | OnThe Cuff Zu Designs Jewellery and Objects Adelaide SA
2005 Full circle Zu Design Jewellery and Objects, Adelaide SA
1998 Ring show Zu Design Jewellery and Object, Adelaide SA
1997 Tresors Australian Craft in Singapore, with Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT | Up Front, The Door Exhibition Space, Fremantle WA
1996 Vincenca Oro in Association with Jam Factory Gallery, Vincenca, Italy
1994 Bijoutrie, Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide SA | Armed, the Door Exhibition Space, Fremantle WA | National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
1993 Second Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, Jam Factory, Adelaide SA 

2010 500 Gemstone Jewels Lark Books pp 35, 54, 356
2008 Crafts Arts International, issue 74 pp 71 – 73 | Informing facets, self published, 2008 http://jamfactory.com.au/UserFiles/File/Gallery/Regine%20S%20catalogue%205.pdf
2004 1000 Rings Lark Books pp 256, 292
2002 Crafts Arts International Issue 56 pp 51 – 53
1996 Craft Arts International Issue 36 pp 34 – 37