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copper, brass, mild steel, high speed steel, 36 x 36 x 60mm, 2026.
copper, steel, paper, 104 x 51 x 40mm, 2026.
brass, huon pine, steel screws, 110 x 90 x 90mm, 2026.
‘There is an overarching idea in the jewellery community that anything precious must be made from a precious metal. With the rising cost of silver, we are given opportunity to defy this idea. The current price of silver has given my work the ability to branch out away from traditional jewellery items, instead showing the ability of these “non-precious” metals to create items that can still be defined as precious items. In this case, they are miniature objects that demonstrate different mechanisms allowing them to function the same as their full-sized counterparts, creating their own miniature world, a microcosm.’
Kye Knowles’ motivation for making stems from a desire to understand how the world
works. Creating allows him to explore mechanical techniques and design principles,
often resulting in works with movable elements that invite interaction and discovery
beyond a singular viewpoint. In a world where machines risk reducing creativity to
automation, they see making as an essential human act, one rooted in history and critical to our future. Kye views art as a vessel for connection, exploration and understanding, emphasising the importance of sustaining creative practice as a fundamental part of what makes us human.
@knowlesys_metalwork
copper, brass, mild steel, high speed steel, 36 x 36 x 60mm, 2026.
copper, steel, paper, 104 x 51 x 40mm, 2026.
brass, huon pine, steel screws, 110 x 90 x 90mm, 2026.
‘There is an overarching idea in the jewellery community that anything precious must be made from a precious metal. With the rising cost of silver, we are given opportunity to defy this idea. The current price of silver has given my work the ability to branch out away from traditional jewellery items, instead showing the ability of these “non-precious” metals to create items that can still be defined as precious items. In this case, they are miniature objects that demonstrate different mechanisms allowing them to function the same as their full-sized counterparts, creating their own miniature world, a microcosm.’
Kye Knowles’ motivation for making stems from a desire to understand how the world
works. Creating allows him to explore mechanical techniques and design principles,
often resulting in works with movable elements that invite interaction and discovery
beyond a singular viewpoint. In a world where machines risk reducing creativity to
automation, they see making as an essential human act, one rooted in history and critical to our future. Kye views art as a vessel for connection, exploration and understanding, emphasising the importance of sustaining creative practice as a fundamental part of what makes us human.
@knowlesys_metalwork