About AugA

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AugA is a travelling Fine Jewellery pop-up exhibition, showcasing the work of Rebecca Steiner and Ellen Monaghan. Each show gives you the opportunity to meet, view current work and collaborative projects, and commission work from these award-winning designers.

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

AugA to exhibit at Sieraad, Amsterdam November 2012

AugA will be taking part in Sieraad, Amsterdam from November 1st - 4th 2012.

We will be taking our individual collections as well as our Collaborative Projects and a brand new collection based on results from our research in to the collaboration process.

Europe here we come!

We are embarking on our 3rd Collaboration Project where once again you can follow our individual progress on our pages, simply click on the names above.

Post to follow with full description of project...

Friday, 3 February 2012

AugA 
The Wedding Edition

28th February - 3rd March 2012
We are excited to announce the second edition of AugA, coming up at the end of this month.

AugA 2012 is a wedding edition, showcasing handcrafted rings and wedding jewellery in precious metals and stones. This will be our last UK show before we head off to Amsterdam in November.

Address:
The Gallery Space at Cornwell House
21 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DX

Opening Times:
Tuesday - Saturday 10am-7pm
Late night Opening Thursday 1st March until 9pm

See our facebook event page for more details and to request an invitation.



Thursday, 12 January 2012

The Collaborative Project 2012: Rings

Step 1: Working on 2 pieces each, Ellen begins working with wax while Rebecca begins working in metal, thus swapping their usual techniques.

Step 2: One piece is selected to be swapped. 
The remaining piece is brought together with the received piece to create a coherent set.
At this stage wax pieces are to be cast and can be worked on once in metal form.

Step 3: The pair of pieces are now swapped again to be finished.
Deadline: 20th February 2012
Time Limit for each stage: 2/3 hours
Aim: To have 2 sets of rings or pieces that relate to the concept of rings that each designer has contributed to, as well as a documentation of the process in hard copy and blog entry form.

GO!

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Ellen Monaghan + Rebecca Steiner Collaboration Project 1

For AugA: A Summer Exhibition, Ellen and Rebecca worked separately - yet together - on a piece of jewellery to showcase the collaborative nature of AugA. Their final piece was this necklace, incorporating distinct elements of both their styles.


The images below show the works in progress:



Step 1:

Rebecca making pieces using Ellen's forging technique:









Ellen makes pieces using Rebecca's wax carving techniques:







Step Two:

Rebecca receives Ellen's pieces and works with them:





Ellen receives Rebecca's pieces and works with them:


 [Missing a few images here of Ellen's lovely work so I will describe it: As well as this ring she brought all my other little pieces together to create a necklace that balanced carefully around the neck. See the Auga sketchbook for drawings of this piece. - Rebecca]

Step Three:
The pieces are swapped back one final time and finished: