Irene Alberts

Desiring to inspire aspiring artists in any form of creativity, Irene started Creator’s Corner, a business through which she taught different forms of arts and crafts.
Over the past few years, Irene has taught students from the Home School system as well as private (mostly adult) students, exploring a range of things from jewellery making to various forms of manual arts. From 2017 to 2020, she had been a specialist teacher in Jewellery Making at Providence Christian College.
Other centres where she occasionally facilitated workshops were: The Forest Discovery Centre in Dwellingup as well as the Edenvale Homestead in Pinjarra.
Irene participated in the Peel Open Studios event that was held in May 2018 where she set up her pop-up studio at the Forest Discovery Centre in Dwellingup.

Most of all, Irene enjoys working with Precious Metal Clay (PMC). This passion started in 2006, with random hand sculpted pieces, but she found her niche in natural pieces. Inspired by the Intelligent Design in Creation she now focuses on botanical pieces and native animals.
Her designs range from natural plant imprints to handmade moulds from natural plants to hand drawn designs that are laser engraved and then transformed into moulds.
Other art forms include Pewter Repoussé, Polymer Clay, Mosaic, Fused Glass, Stainless Steel and Beaded Jewellery. Irene also does designs for Laser Cutting. Some examples are seen in her jewellery as well as the handmade jewellery boxes used as packaging for her jewellery.
Irene is also currently one of the exhibiting artists at Aspects of Kings Park.

In my work I try to capture the often-overlooked beauty of our natural environment in wearable pieces that show off the organised randomness and Intelligent Design found in Creation. The plant imprints and moulded plant material reflect nature in its purest form in fine silver against a “not so perfect” background. In some pieces 24K gold plating or patina is used to enhance the embellishments.
Like the organic nature of the natural world, my pieces do not have a perfectly smooth jewellery store finish.

Apart from the 999 (fine silver) stamp, I do not use a name or brand stamp at the back of each piece – instead my fingerprints are visible on most pieces. This is my signature of authenticity and joy that I pass on to the owner of each piece.
Each piece is packaged in a handmade craft wood box to further enhance the organic nature of the piece.