Lean In

Lean In brings together new work by three of Australia’s most innovative and established contemporary jewellers: Marian Hosking, Blanche Tilden and Laura Deakin. This exhibition showcases jewellery and vessels created through a sustained collaboration between these makers, who have spent time working side-by-side, leaning into each other’s practices, and experimenting across studios.

The exhibition considers the idea of ‘leaning in’ both literally and metaphorically. It describes the physical act of working in the studio, of exploring materials, of listening closely to the rhythms of another’s process. It also signals the spirit of collaboration – an openness to exchange, to embracing risk and transformation. Hosking, Tilden and Deakin have explored shifts in scale, unexpected uses of signature materials such as silver, glass, titanium and repurposed objects, and new ways of working that emerged from ideas passed back and forth. In leaning into each other’s methods, they have sparked innovation and revealed the creative potential of studio-based collaboration.

Lean In is an invitation: to move closer to the work, to notice fine details and to enter the dialogue between artists. It asks audiences to lean into the conversation that unfolds when mentorship, friendship and curiosity intersect with material intelligence and generosity. At once intimate and ambitious, the exhibition celebrates how leaning in can mean listening, supporting, challenging and ultimately expanding the possibilities of contemporary jewellery practice.

Exhibitors: Dr Marian Hosking, Blanche Tilden, Laura Deakin