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Since opening in 2003, the MoB Store has also been home to the MoB WorkSpace. This provides both a space for artsists to work and a unique opportunity for visitors to MoB to observe some of Brisbane's premier artisans while they work. The peices created in the MoB WorkSpace are available for purchase through the MoB Store.

There are currently four resident jewellers and one graduate mentoree.

Liana Kabel
Liana Kabel’s recent jewellery has explored the use of recycling Tupperware with silver to make funky and glamorous wearables. She melds, fuses and shapes the plastic and adds the customised silver finishes to make earrings, neckpieces and bracelets. Liana Kabel likes to work with ‘ordinary’ and sometimes forgotten or overlooked items and pair them with precious elements to create a cohesive and evolving style.

Mark Vaarwerk
In making jewellery Mark attempts to create wearable pieces with a certain measure of intrigue and an element of discovery. Combining everyday, throwaway material with a precious substance such as silver asks the wearer to consider what the words ‘value’ and ‘precious’ really mean.  Mark uses a drop spindle to individually hand spin each neckpiece from thin strands of plastic made from ordinary shopping bags. Finger rings are formed by wrapping layers of plastic cut from ordinary household bottles (such as shampoo or milk bottles) around an inner ring or rod of silver or gold. 


Bibi Locke
Bibi joined MoB Workspace in 2006 as the studio's first graduate jeweller. Bibi's unique style involves hand-sawing modern linear designs into flat sheet metal, then twisting and persuading them into graceful, flowing, three dimensional forms that are wearable artworks. Bibi is currently developing an Honours dissertation regarding the use of recycled and renewable materials in contemporary Australian jewellery. Bibi is also is focussed on making jewellery that is environmentally sustainable.


Renate Fojikovo
Renata’s work displays her ongoing interest in combining precious and non-precious materials, such as sterling silver and plastic or textiles. The inspiration for her wearable pieces comes from two main areas - industrial design and new technologies. The concepts which underline the her work draw upon the idea of cyborg as well as on the notion of technology becoming an inseparable part of our everyday life. Renate's peices get their form and shape through a variety of processes - ranging from hydraulic press forming, embossing to good old-fashioned knitting.

Dan Cox
Dan Cox is the graduate resident of the Museum of Brisbane. His main practice investigates the areas of aviation, architecture and the environment, whilst looking at the impacts of globalisation on the world’s flora and fauna. His work is increasingly narrative whilst trying to maintain a unisex aesthetic, creating pieces which are individual and unique. Works may be wearable or small sculpture and include varied techniques in manipulating the metal and various materials used in his pieces.