Kelly McDonald

Panel 1:
Turn it Again Baby, 2023
brass, double-ended steel motorcycle ring spanner from Dad’s friend Nappa’s shed (not long after he died from melanoma), with beads from Sara’s broken necklace from Vodka Granny in Torquay, England

Panel 2:
Mantis, 2023
steel, brass

Nipples, 2023
Steel, silver, brass

Panel 3:
Drizzle, 2023
fine silver and sprung steel sketch in jewellery of rain from the broken gutter outside Rory’s bedroom window

Twinned, 2023
Brass screw, 9Ct gold

The boat, a ship of fools, 2023
steel, brass

Rose, 2023
brass rose from watering can spout, found on the beach by wee Gilbert who has a great eye for interesting objects

Panel 4:
Caterpillar, 2023
steel, brass

Catch me, hold me, 1995
sterling silver mesh made during study in Margaret West’s class at Sydney College of the Arts

Split, 2023
steel and broken glass from a container Granddad dropped when Alfie gave him a fright in the kitchen, on the same day as the school fair

Nestle, 2023
steel, sand-cast brass wing nuts bought from the sad man selling his recycle business in the small Australian town of Moe, believed to mean ‘swamp lands’ in the local Kurnai dialect

Spun, 2023
fine silver and sprung steel

Sid’s Ned, 2020
steel sheet and Ward & Payne Ltd. Hand-forged steel turn-screw made at the Limbrick works in Hillborough in the late 1850s and purchased at the Dingwall auction house in the Scottish Highlands six years ago, during the cattle sales

Panel 5:
Bronze balls, 2023
partial beads cast from bronze drum cymbal, steel

Jesus crisis, 2023
jolt head steel nails, brass

Wishing well, 2023
steel, brass

Mizzle, 2023
brass and fine silver sketch in jewellery of rain falling from the broken gutter outside Rory’s bedroom window

Splash, 2023
steel, brass

Splay, 2023
brass plumbing pipe splayed open with thread facing out

Panel 6:
Hey diddle diddle, 2023
steel, brass

Honeymoon, 2023
steel, plumber’s solder wit high silver content

Forked, 2023
steel, silver plated nickel spoon handle

Panel 7:
Sonorous drip, 2023
steel bucket handle and beads cast from broken bronze drum cymbal (with high tin content giving the cymbal a darker, richer tone)

Water torture, 2023
no.8 steel wire from the corner next to the welder in John’s film props workshop, Lyall Bay, Wellington.