From the snowy cultural hotspot of Munich to the spacious energy city of Perth: internationally respected jewellers Helen Britton and David Bielander have transplanted their Munich workshop to the historic Midland Railway Workshops for three months, as part of a Creative Residency Program at Midland Atelier.

As part of their Creative Residency the duo will explore new artistic pathways, ultimately creating new work which is inspired by their altered environmental and cultural landscapes, as well as the effects of their cross-continental transplantation. As a Western Australian expat Britton says she has long been inspired by the local environment. Yet both jewellers are excited at the prospect of working in a more direct Western Australian context; exploring the intimacies and intricacies of what ‘Western Australia’ means and comprises.

‘We are interested in finding points of connection with other practitioners and considering ways to open conduits so that West Australian practitioners can connect with the international scene and that interested practitioners from other countries can find points of connection in WA through FORM's program,’ they say.