> [!META]+ Meta > Source:: [[Craft Unbound]] > Author:: Kevin Murray Date:: 2011-02-02 Tags:: #Australia #jewellery #silver #garland Themes::  Marian Hosking Marian Hosking is a preeminent Australian jeweller, recently designated a ‘living treasure’ for her contribution to the national craft scene. Marian trained in the RMIT Gold & Silversmithing department and following that the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Pforzheim. She is currently head of the jewellery department at Monash University, where she is currently acting Head. Marian’s work explores the artistic quality of silver, using a unique combination of casting and drilling. Using silver as a creative language, she is able to express quite rare forms of Australian nature. Her work attends to the fine detail of flora, rather than the large iconic forms. Her work for the Welcome Signs exhibition uses the form of the garland to gather elements of Australian bush. For a recent essay about Marian’s work, go here.  Marian Hosking - two silver garlands (Mallee gum buds & Gum nuts chain)