"My work is interested in the politics of objects—especially an object’s underlying meaning and messages. I use the traditional craft of brush making and the brush itself in the form of wearable objects and jewellery to explore the idea that an object is inherently political. PINSEL in my German mother tongue is a painter’s brush- a long-stemmed handle with (natural) fibres fastened to the stem. This is the most obvious form of it, but the term PINSEL is further used to describe a male-identifying person of a possibly slightly vain disposition. How language arrived at this conclusion is mysterious, and equally mysterious is why the humble painter’s brush should become such a politically charged object of derogatory nature. The PINSEL earrings take this concept apart and play with the beauty and nature of the brush. The Earrings become a decorative body extension that does away with the derogatory and celebrates the beauty and ornamentation of the brush in itself."
Anke Kindle

Anke Kindle is an interdisciplinary artist based in Melbourne who works across jewellery and object design. Fascinated by objects in the domestic realm, Kindle employs the traditional craft of brush binding to explore the value of women’s work and their changing roles in society.

With a background in furniture design, Kindle launched Studio Blau in 2020 to showcase her jewellery and object design practice. Her work has been exhibited and has received awards across Australia and internationally, most recently winning the Craft Victoria e.g.etal Fresh! prize in 2020. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Furniture Design) from the University of Tasmania (2001), a Master of Design and Applied Arts from Edinburgh University (2005) – for which she received the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship – and an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design from Melbourne Polytechnic (2020).

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