The stunning work of seven Tasmanian jewellers will be showcased at Asia's premier fashion festival in Singapore this week (March 28-April 6).

The highly-prized exhibition invitation follows the success of Singular & Multiple: New jewellery from Tasmania, the arts@work project exhibited in Singapore late last year.

The Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Michelle O’Byrne, said 462 carefully-selected pieces have been shipped to Singapore under the brand Red Island.

The jewellery will be scrutinised by a wide range of fashion industry buyers as well as being available for sale.

"arts@work has worked in collaboration with the Curiocity Gallery in Singapore to ensure that the works extend the contemporary jewellery range on offer in Singapore," Ms O’Byrne said.

"The really exciting thing about going back for the Singapore Fashion Festival is that the jewellers have been able to really tailor their work to the Asian market."

Ms O’Byrne said the Curiocity Gallery, which hosted the Singular & Multiple exhibition last year, was instrumental in securing the return invitation to Tasmanian jewellers to Singapore.

"While there will be plenty of competition from international and regional designers highlighting their collections, interest is expected to be high in the specially-tailored Tasmanian pieces," she said.

The work of Di Allison, Karin Beaumont, Carmen Blyth, Natalie Holtsbaum, Jeanette James, Marisa Molin and Sandy Wrightson will be featured at two separate festival events from March 28 to April 6:

• The Trunk Show at Curiocity Gallery - an haute couture showing and sale from four of Asia's leading contemporary fashion designers complemented by the Tasmanian jewellery; and  
  
• A Fashion Bazaar at Raffles City - runway shows with stands from 10 international designers, one of which has been dedicated to the Tasmanian jewellers.

Red Island is an initiative of arts@work (the business unit of Arts Tasmania) under its international export program.

View the Red Island Program

For further information on Red Island and import opportunites contact Fiona Barber;
Phone: + 61 6233 5939
Email: fiona.barber@artsatwork.com.au

From my trip to Singapore in Nov/Dec 2007 for Singular and Multiple, I was invited to be involved in Singapore Fashion Week 2008. The 7 Tasmanian jewellers selected are branded under the collective of RED ISLAND . We are the only Australian designers to be represented in this year’s Singapore Fashion Week. This will take place at Raffles City and Curiocity Gallery in March 2008.

Retail Bazaar
28 march – 6 April
Level 3, New Atrium, Raffles City Shopping Centre , Singapore .

Works pictured above: 80 pairs of the "Melting Point' Series will be available at the Retail Bazaar.