Established contemporary jewellery artist, Rebecca Hinwood, designs and hand makes individual jewellery pieces that convey the distinctive qualities present within Australia’s native landscape. Rebecca works predominantly in metal, combining fine and base metals together with coloured gems, and utilizes finishes of spray paint and various patinas to create contrast and depth within her work. Her attraction to three dimensional forms has become the most central detail in the design phase of her practice. Using the traditional techniques of saw piercing, filing, forming and soldering she manipulates the metal into simplified, self-interpretive forms that resemble the botanical specimens from her observations. The vast diversity of colours and forms that so distinctively characterise Australia’s native flora species has been a never ending source of inspiration within Rebecca’s practice. Intrigued by the stories, history and culture that are intertwined in these plants, she incorporates relevant findings from her investigations to create wearable art with expressive, multi layered concepts.

Rebecca completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, at the Australian National University, Majoring in Gold and Silversmithing, with Honours. studying under the well renowned metalsmith Johannes Khunen. She has participated in numerous jewellery and artistic short courses along with achieving a Diploma in Gemmology with the Gemmology Association of Australia. Rebecca has been the recipient of several art awards and has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She has also been a finalist in a number of national competitions, including the National Contemporary Jewellery Awards, Contemporary Wearables and The Waterhouse Nature Science Art Prize. Her most recent achievement is being one of the four jewellery artists to make the jewellery that is features in the television production The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart.

Education and Training:

•    Certificate III, Jewellery Manufacturing, Enmore, 2025-2027

•    Advanced Opals, Gemmology Association Australia, 2024

•    Production jewellery, short course, Square Pegs, 2019

•    Running a side business, short course, Sydney Community College, 2018

•    Diploma in Gemmology, Gemmology Association of Australia, 2016

•    Honours, Gold and Silversmithing, School of Art, Australian National University, 2014

•    Bachelor of Visual Arts, Gold and Silversmithing, School of Art, Australian National University, 2013

•    New South Wales HSC, Pymble Ladies Collage, Sydney, 2010

•    Certificate Two Hospitality, 2009

•    Introduction to jewellery making, short courses Sydney Institute of TAFE, Enmore, 2007

Work experience:

•     Silversmithing tutor, Sydney Art School, Hornsby, 2024-2025

•     Retail assistant, A&E Metals, 2017

•     Silversmithing tutor, Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Community College, 2016-2017

•     Retail assistant, Sterling, 2014-2015

Solo Exhibitions:

•    Collection launch, Specimens, Courtesy of the artist, 2023

•    Collection launch, Flora , Courtesy of the Artist, 2020

•   Among the Gum Trees, Courtesy of the Artist, 2019

•   SiO2nH2O, Gaffa Gallery, 2016

•   Among the Gum Trees, Gaffa Gallery, 2015

•   Among The Gum Trees, FIVEFOLD Studio, 2014

Group Exhibitions/ events:

•    Flowers and Flight, Jam Factory, 2025

•    Material Maters, window Smiths Gallery, 2025

•    Contemporary Metal On The Northern Beaches, open studio, 2025

•    Gallery unveiled, Gaffa Gallery, 2024

•  Natural Treasure Hunt, self-organised event for Creative Open, 2023

•    Open studio and exhibition, The Playground, 2023

•    Unwrapped, Crack Pot Gallery, 2022

•    Contemporary jewellery pop up shop, Mona Vale creative pop up, 2022

•    Contemporary jewellery pop up shop, Gaffa Creative Precinct, 2021

•    In Our Nature, Hazelhurst regional gallery, 2019

•    Showcase, with JMGA exhibited at Gaffa Gallery, 2018

•    Chain of Events, Studio 20/17, 2016

•    Pin Six, ANCA Gallery, 2016

•    To Fly, Gaffa Gallery, 2015

•    Staff exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, 2015

•    To Cross/To Travel, Gaffa Gallery, 2015

•    Contemporary Creations, group exhibition, my dining room, 2014

•    Pin-a-4, ANCA gallery, Canberra, 2014 

•    Design Canberra, Canberra, 2014

•    Graduate Exhibition, Australian National University, Canberra, 2013

•    Graduate Exhibition, Australian National University, Canberra, 2012

•   Fashionably Early, collaborative exhibition, Canberra Design Centre, 2012

Competitions:

•   Finalist in Profile, Jewellery and Metalsmiths Group Australia, Australian Design Centre, 2019

•   Finalist in the Waterhouse Nature and Science Prize, South Australian Museum, 2014

•   Finalist in the National Contemporary Jewellery awards, Griffith Art Gallery, travelling to Courtesy of the Artist Gallery, Sydney and the Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design, Mittagong, 2014

•   Finalist in Contemporary wearables

Awards:

•  Highly commended at JMGA Profile, contemporary jewellery and object award, 2019

•  Acquisition of work by Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, 2013

•  Solo exhibition with FIVEFOLD Studios, 2014

  Retail:       

•  Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra

•  Timber and Tailor, Canberra

•  Courtesy Of The Artist, Sydney

•  Francis St Atelier, Sydney  

•  Craft ACT, Canberra

Public commissions:

• Jewellery created for The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart television series, Lost Flowers Productions Pty Ltd, 2021

Social media:

•   Feature article, Bud Life, 2025

•   Featured in the American Express pop up store, Westfield, Sydney CBD, 2019

•   Jewellery featured in May edition of Australian Financial Review, 2019

•   Feature article, Creative Paper magazine, 2018

Organizations:

·    Newsletter editor for Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group NSW

·    Member of Craft ACT