Artisan
Machinery St
Exhibition
5 November 2022 – 4 March 2023
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November 2022 we were given the opportunity to put together an exhibition at Artisan Gallery's 24/7 exhibition space on Machinery st, Bowen hills showcasing what we do and what we love.
The concept was a "recreation" of the Szephyr workshop and was setup to exhibit and highlight the collaborative nature of our work, including peices by collaborators Andrew Hopkins, (Balmoral electric), Dave Leddin, (Leddin Vintage Guitars), Sean Hancock, (Hancock Guitars) & Jim Gall, (Gall Architects, General Guitars).
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The exhibition was launched alongside Bruce Reynolds "Speculative Archaeology" Exhibition and featured a streetside performance by myself and my bandmates of Passion Cactus, (minus our second singer Roxy).
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We had a great time with it all!
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Exhibition Writeup
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Brisbane based Steve Szell began Szephyr Guitars in 2020 as a sustainable Luthier & timber craft practice that focuses on building high quality, affordable instruments with Australian native reclaimed timbers sourced from old furniture, demolished buildings & leftover arborist slabs.
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Steve is a Graduate Interior Designer and Graduate of Architecture with work ranging across the fields of design, visual art, large scale installation, music and academia. His focus remains on the material aspects of design in sustainable manners and the integration of experimental design methodology in conventional practice. Steve’s core ethos in creative practice is to produce multi- faceted outcomes that links environmental sustainability to community.
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This exhibition is intended to express the material qualities of reclaimed timber through the process of refinement and care to celebrate their inherent qualities. The narrative thread of celebrating the timber through working it up from its raw, weathered state through the stages of the instrument build process to a final outcome is core to the development of producing Szephyr’s instruments.
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Promo Article in Australian Wood Review Here
