Erin Daniell is a contemporary jeweller and visual artist working across Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide) and Naarm (Melbourne). She completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) at Flinders University in 2021 with a focus on jewellery and object design. During 2022 she participated in the Jamfactory Associate Training Program in the Jewellery and Metal Studio, where she assisted in workshop facilitating. Her works explore themes of growth and beauty through the organic forms found in her jewellery collections.
Growing up on the coast has influenced the design process of Daniell’s work, as she feels a strong connection to the ocean. By using a unique process of cire perdue techniques, she creates dramatic surface textures that are suggestive of the natural world; like spiral growth patterns of molluscs or striations found in an eroding coastline. By combining fluid shapes with archaeological design references, Daniell creates jewellery and small-scale sculptures that both appear to have grown out of the earth and forged by the hand of a maker. Craftsmanship is at the core of her practice with a strong emphasis on traditional casting methods and locally sourced materials. The intuitive process of making is a spiritual and healing practice that continues to drive her production.
