Huia cufflinks

Jane handcrafts wonderful metalwork jewellery; upcycling objects she’s found into new and highly covetable forms. “I love to take old things and turn them into something else. I collect lots of things, like shells from the beach, or old jewellery from flea markets, but usually don’t know what I’ll make them into until much later.”

Many of Jane’s recent works create new value for old New Zealand coins, turning them into stylish and contemporary art objects. Jane painstakingly handsaws iconic shapes of tikis, native birds or flowers from other old coins, to make brooches and pendants in silver and copper.

Jane Vile

invited artist | objectspace | matariki show 2006.

invited artist | whangarei art museum | tiki tour exhibition nov. dec. 2006.

finalist | whakatane art museum | molly morpeth canaday jewellery award 2006.