L.A. Pai Gallery

'Silver Birch Teapot’ is crafted from two interlocking forms, a functional inner cylinder with a soft satin finish embraced by an undulating, organic and highly textured outer layer. The unique surface pattern is inspired by the peeling bark of silver birch trees, carefully developed using handmade texturing punches, hammer marks, and piercing with a jeweler's saw. The handle is a unique construction of sustainably harvested birch bark sheets laminated over a silver and cherry wood core.

11 x 8 x 12 cm 

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Luminous Breath Series 21/3

This vessel by Paula Murray is made using an original casting process incorporating fiberglass and multiple firings, with the primary material being porcelain 

6 x 6 x 6 in

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Garden Series II

porcelain, original casting process incorporating fibreglass, multiple firings

40 x 39 x 19cm  16 x 15.5 x 8"

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Garden Series I

porcelain, original casting process incorporating fibreglass, multiple firings

43 x 31 x 19 cm  17 x 12.5 x 7.5"

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Parasitic Jaeger 2 - wall sculpture

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 Lilly flower (large)

7 x 14 x 14 cm

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Cormorant with wing porcelain vase

22 x 23 x 20 cm

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Cormorant Dive porcelain vase

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Papillon de Nuit

Oil on canvas

36 x 36"

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Blue d'or 

Oil on canvas

30 x 60"

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Undula Carved bowl in amethyst. 11x25x20 cm

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Undula Carved vessel in chartreuse. 19x18x18 cm.

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Blown and carved candlesticks in a variety of colours. Each sold separately. 

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Witch Going to Market: Mushrooms. Ceramic stoneware sculpture with glazes.

14 x 10 x 4"

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Calm.  Glaze lakes pool in the figure's palms for the paper boats in contrast to the raw yet soft feel of her shoulders.  This ceramic bust in cone 6 stoneware, finished with glazes and underglazes is13 x 8 x 7".

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Dreamer.  Nocturnal flight, skimming rooftops.

Mini sculpture in cone 6 porcelain, finished with glazes, underglazes and gold lustre, 4 x 5.5".

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Blue Bird, acrylic, oil, charcoal and pencil on a wooden panel. 

20 x 16"

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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT: IL FLAUTO MAGICO

A new approach for the artist: the exterior of this cafe au lait cup is carved with birds.  With a matte interior and exterior, the surface encourages exploration by hand.  Multi-fired porcelain with lavish gold lustre it is food safe.  A one of a kind homage to opera performers of the past, it is an heirloom keepsake for today. 6x5x2.5"

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Hidden Words, the controlled resonance of a trio of porcelain torn-edged scrolls.  Wall-mounted, 36 x 12", 2021, the porcelain scrolls are mounted on gray-blue canvas.

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Chrome & City.  Hand cut and hand woven paper sculpture in a custom white shadow box.   20 x 20"

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Loose Ends.  Woven paper sculpture in a custom white shadow box.   9 x 16"

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One Spade.  Woven paper sculpture in a custom white shadow box.   9 x 16"

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In SIMULACRA (within likenesses)– brooch

mother of pearl, vintage cutlery handles, sterling silver, acrylic, steel hand pierced and hand fabricated. 7x7x2cm. 2020- 2021 

This brooch is a flexible chainmaille structure of hand carved mother of pearl and vintage cutlery handles. I was initially compelled by the visual qualities of mother of pearl; the smooth, lustrous nacre being evocative of the Art Deco period as a signifier of technical innovation. Within its own structure, the mollusc nacre is an index of the tides, the waved patterning contributing to its remarkable protective strength. Even now, the mollusk produced nacre is being studied by chemists in effort to develop lightweight aeronautic materials and armour.

In the 1930’s and 40’s mother of pearl and other natural materials were simulated with bakelite, phenolic resins and other synthetics to create costume jewellery and popular functional items. I am fascinated by how these simulations have found their own value throughout the history of adornment by extending further into the general populations (sometimes covertly). The vintage cutlery handles allowed me to explore the subtleties of the two different materials. Optically similar, the mother of pearl is dense and compact, whereas the synthetic is almost stretchy, and endlessly durable. Together they are linked into a strong, collapsible network and brought to symmetry by the brooch mechanism. Armour for armour.

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Speak: Marigold necklace

A jelly opal set in sterling silver joins the magnificent marigold centrepiece to its pearl chain.

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Medieval Lace Ring

Sterling silver, 14k yellow gold and 5mm citrine

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Chiffon silk scarf.

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Chiffon silk scarf.

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A Unique necklace inspired and formed from salvaged tail lights of a car. The piece also features a red acrylic disk with sterling silver. It hangs on an adjustable 24" leather cord. The pendant is 4 x 4 cm. 

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Threefooter Ring of forged and wrapped sterling silver, size 7.5.

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Extra large antler earrings are dramatic and bold. Solid enough to hang well and not be flimsy, they are heavier earrings that are still comfortable for all day wear. In sterling silver, 8 x 7 cm

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Black half circle, scalloped edge earrings, made from sterling silver, wood, paper, cotton and pigments 

4 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm each 

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Green half oval earrings, made from sterling silver, wood, paper, cotton and pigments 

2.8 x 5 x 0.6 cm each 

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Yellow oval bell earrings, made from sterling silver, wood, paper, cotton and pigments 

2.8 x 5 x 0.6 cm each 

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Eye-catching, this brooch of painted bovine bone in soft yellow is offset with a raspberry borax crystal. The clasp is a handsome sterling silver one will- designed for the slight 55g weight. 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm

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Playful and bright stud earrings, created from painted bovine bone in green mist and smokey quartz. The earrings are backed with sterling silver and have sterling silver posts. 

1.5 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm

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Playful and bright stud earrings, created from painted bovine bone in blue and carnelian. The earrings are backed with sterling silver and have sterling silver posts. 

1.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm

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Playful and bright stud earrings, created from painted bovine bone  in aircraft blue and carnelian. The earrings are backed with sterling silver and have sterling silver posts. 

1.5 x 3 x 0.8 cm

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Size 7.5

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size 7.75

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2.1 x 1 x 0.25 cm

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Cornerways Necklace in sterling silver

Pendant is 4.6 x 4.6 cm 

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Cornerways Earrings These sterling silver earrings are frankly extraordinary.  They are fine and delicate and yet strong.  Beautifully engineered with just the right hinges, they maintain various different positions--positions that make them seem quite like different earrings from the moment before. 4.6 x 4.6 cm 

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Split Wing pendant in green bronze with an overlapping etched wing pattern. 

Pendant is 6 x 3.5 cm and on a 50 cm or 20" thick sterling snake chain.

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Split Wing pendant in sterling silver with an overlapping etched wing pattern. 

Pendant is 5 x 3 cm and on a 25 cm or 19" thick sterling snake chain.

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