Step Inside the Minds of the Black Finch Team......
We quizzed the team on their secret sides...
Aside from serving our lovely clients our team have multi-dimensional lives that feed into their creative roles at Black Finch! The team all have an arts background, an intuitive hiring policy that makes for a creative and dynamic workplace...
We asked Raymond what he loves about his role across all things design and creation at Black Finch...
"I love making things with meaning. I have spent my life making so many different objects from the functional to the aesthetic. Starting out as a mechanic, making sculpture, and furniture and then refining my skills in fine jewellery I have been close to all elements of making from the industrial to the creative. So much in the world is produced en masse. I feel very lucky and privileged to find myself doing the exact opposite"
A rarely known fact about Raymond...
His first job after moving to Melbourne was repairing garbage trucks
He has ridden his motorbike to every pie shop in Australia....well nearly
Davina reflects on her best loved moments at Black Finch Jewellery...
"Custom design means endless fluidity and diversity. Being close to people in really heightened moments in their existence is so powerful, it is literally births deaths and marriages. The quality of emotion and the intensity of people's joy when they receive their power piece in the form of a custom made jewel is incredible to be a part of."
Little known certainties about Davina...
Naasicaa shared her favourite moments in her role as Design Consultant and Production Manager at Black Finch...
"The jewellery and the stories. I love that every conversation results in a unique outcome, a little of the person imbued in the object—colours, taste, symbols. I love the craft of making heirlooms—objects to wear for a lifetime. I feel so lucky to work for a small business it allows space for strong values, learning and play."
A little known fact about Naasicaa...
She is on a perpetual hunt to find the platypus who live in the Merri Creek!!
Sylva reflect's on her work at Black Finch...
"I love our small and wonderful team, I love our great customers and all of the problem solving and creative efforts that go toward making things. I also love sparkly things!"
Unusual facts about Sylva...
She loves dorky nana murder mysteries.
Her favourite colour is red.
She used to speak almost fluent french.
She makes the best chocolate cake you've ever eaten.
We asked Jessie what she love's about her day to day at Black Finch...
"Definitely hearing all the wonderful stories - two stories are never the same."
Sweet secrets about Jessie...
Skye lets us in on what inspires her about working at Black Finch....
'What I love most about my job is believing in what we create; the jewels and the experiences. The incredible wearable sculptures, small pieces of art that live on the body. The experiences we create with our clients, dreaming, designing, transforming the personal into the material. I’m also very proud to work within a business that has such high standards of environmental responsibility'
Skye shares something we bet you didn't know......
She once used 800kg of sugar in an art work
She lived in an old lingerie factory when she first moved to Melbourne
She didn’t drink hot drinks until a year ago (she now has 3 coffees a day and loves it)
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Interested in finding out about our Custom Design process? Have a peek at our Black Finch Custom journal article.
