Foundations of Gold collaboration
Blanche Tilden (designer and maker)
born Australia, 1968
Makiko Mitsunari (designer and maker)
born Japan 1975
Tradition 2003
salvaged electronic transistors, 9 carat gold
Courtesy of the artists and Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Power 2003
salvaged computer motherboard and central processing unit (CPU), anodised aluminium, 9 carat gold
Courtesy of the artists and Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Tradition and Power are from a series of works using repurposed computer parts that contain gold, combined with handmade gold components. Gold is central to the history of adornment. It is also a material that is extensively used in electronics, as an excellent conductor of electricity. Both works revalue of gold as a material: in the production of both jewellery and digital technologies.