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Selected Karina Jean items are now avaliable from www.MADEIT.COM.AU. Hooray!
I recently joined the Madeit crowd, releasing my Boab Kisses range for sale online. I am thrilled lovely peeps across the country are falling in love with my wares and snapping them up. I hope they bring lots of joy to those that wear them.

Made it is the Australian version of ETSY. It is a terrific place to find hand made goodies and to support local artists and makers. My StacksOnTheMill range will be the next items avaliable online.

Schaffas 2

schuffas2010 is starting to look like an exciting year. Word is just in that I have been selected participate in Schaffas 2.

What’s a Schaffas?
“The International Fauna Dossier describes a schaffas (Marcum-Schaffidius) as a gentle and un-aspiring creature of great mystery. This exhibition will demonstrate the various and complex forms that the schaffas adopts. SCREAMDANCE, Adelaideans Sam Barratt & Chris Edser, have hand-picked art-friends from all over the world to customize their own breed of schaffas”.
(text taken from Screamdance website – see below)

We are each being sent a similar blank shape and given free reign to add, subtract, paint or destroy these objects. The schaffas are then auctioned off with proceeds going towards Oxfam’s Close the Gap campaign, which works towards closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous health.
As you can guess my imagination is having a field day.
Thanks Screamdance – I’m rapped!

schuffas link
screamdance link
oxfam-close the gap link

newdevotionEveryone needs a facelift once in a while, even my Devotion Necklace. For a while I have felt like I had fallen out of love with Devotion. And I make a strong effort to be in love with everything I create and pass on to others. Something had to be done before Valentines Day. So….I have done away with Devotion’s grandmotherly eyelet and chain and replaced it with a plain-run-of-the-mill piece of black twine. We are in love again.

Devotion Twine Necklace $200 AU.
Want One? email karina@karinajean.com.au

Queeny Bird Brooch

queenyQueeny bird stands tall and proud amongst her tulips. Her crown is polished. She closes her eyes and enjoys the warm rays from the summer sun. Brushed Aluminium on Plywood, with hand stitched crown, wing and flowers. 40mm x 40mm. AU$55. Other designs available.
Want One? email karina@karinajean.com.au

broochesTwo boab trees intertwine. Their flowers are all mixed up. A Bat Bird rests amongst the branches. Brushed Aluminium on Plywood, with hand stitched flowers.50mm x 45mm. AU$55. Other designs available.
Want One? email karina@karinajean.com.au

boabWhat is it about a boab tree? Their bottle form, silvery skin, elegant limbs? or is it simply that they are bottom heavy and seem indifferent to the matter. I continue to be drawn by their magic.

Boab Kisses earrings pictured above. Sterling silver. AU$148. Necklace also available.
Want One? email karina@karinajean.com.au

cherishKarina Jean joins (m)art’s Cherish for the 2nd year.

CHERISH Launch Thurs 12 NOV 6pm – 8pm. Over 75 new must see ranges! To be opened by David Clark, Editor Vogue Living.

Cherish 2009 offers new ideas from a selection of Australia’s best emerging and established designers and makers. Showcasing a seductive selection of innovative goodies to truly Cherish this Christmas.

(m)art & Gallery artisan – 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland

Love_Joy_LRI have spruced-up Summit and Ridge Rings with a touch of sweet goodness.
Hand embellished with spots and stripes, words of sweetness stitch their way
across your digits. Available in any combination and colour. Custom text also
available. 2-4 letters, polite stuff only. AU$200
Want One? email karina@karinajean.com.au

prosperityWelcome to the Karina Jean Blog.

WHO AM I? I’ve always been a creative sort. At ten I was fashioning wind chimes from old cutlery, marbles & twine, while selling home-baked apple pies to neighbors to fund my crafty pursuits. We lived in country Victoria, Australia, on the windy south west coast and I was definitely a tom boy. I climbed trees like a squirrel, I paid homage to power tools and I understood an extra special drill bit was needed for making holes in those forks marked ’stainless steel’. My weekends were spent reassessing my choice of cubbyhouse tree and making mischief with my animal friends.

These days I work my magic from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, with my surfer-boy fiancĂ©e, my baby boy Jonah and our dog called Cruz. My work is influenced by many things. I love the play between man and beast, the influence of pop culture on broader society and the warm fuzzy’s created by nostalgia. I blend all the things that bring me joy into objects and items for others to enjoy.