Lynn Kelly | |
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Born | 1957 |
Occupation | Jewellery designer |
Lynn Kelly (born 1957) is a New Zealand jewellery designer. Her work is in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dowse Art Museum and Auckland War Memorial Museum. [1] [2]
Kelly was born in the Wellington suburb of Tawa, the daughter of Jim Kelly, a geriatric specialist, and Evelyn Kelly, a noted ceramic artist. [3] The family moved to Whanganui, which helped to nurture Kelly's love of nature. She originally worked as a gardener, and studied for a certificate in craft design at Wanganui Regional Community College when she worked for the college's groundskeeping team. [4]
Kelly began making jewellery in 1988 using precious metals, organic materials and sometimes fossilised plants. [2] Her work is distinctive for recreating the forms of ferns, seed pods and flowers in metals. [5]
In 2004, Kelly won the Molly Morpeth Canaday Wear Aotearoa Award. [5] She had work represented in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Jewellery Biennale exhibitions, and in 2007 she won the Dowse Foundation Gold Award. [2] [4] In 2012, Kelly received a Wild Creations residency from Creative New Zealand and the Department of Conservation. [6] In 2014 she was artist-in-residence for Auckland City Council at Scandrett Regional Park. [2]
Lynn Kelly | |
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Born | 1957 |
Occupation | Jewellery designer |
Lynn Kelly (born 1957) is a New Zealand jewellery designer. Her work is in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dowse Art Museum and Auckland War Memorial Museum. [1] [2]
Kelly was born in the Wellington suburb of Tawa, the daughter of Jim Kelly, a geriatric specialist, and Evelyn Kelly, a noted ceramic artist. [3] The family moved to Whanganui, which helped to nurture Kelly's love of nature. She originally worked as a gardener, and studied for a certificate in craft design at Wanganui Regional Community College when she worked for the college's groundskeeping team. [4]
Kelly began making jewellery in 1988 using precious metals, organic materials and sometimes fossilised plants. [2] Her work is distinctive for recreating the forms of ferns, seed pods and flowers in metals. [5]
In 2004, Kelly won the Molly Morpeth Canaday Wear Aotearoa Award. [5] She had work represented in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Jewellery Biennale exhibitions, and in 2007 she won the Dowse Foundation Gold Award. [2] [4] In 2012, Kelly received a Wild Creations residency from Creative New Zealand and the Department of Conservation. [6] In 2014 she was artist-in-residence for Auckland City Council at Scandrett Regional Park. [2]