	{"id":70284,"date":"2020-08-11T04:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=70284"},"modified":"2020-08-04T09:19:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:19:22","slug":"jewels-made-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/jewels-made-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewels made with love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DESIGNING, creating and selling her creations is just the start of the work done by Georgia Morison at her handmade jewellery business GM Jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>From intricate rings to delicate chain necklaces, she lovingly crafts each of the pieces by hand in her cosy home studio in Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>After recently releasing her debut collection Love Ritual to her online store, Morison said she was overwhelmed with the support from her community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hadn\u2019t released a collection before so I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful to the people who have supported me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people who have passion projects would understand how much it means to you to know you\u2019ve been really supported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her affinity for jewels could have been inherited from mother who also studied jewellery crafting in the 80s herself.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, she was used to seeing all sorts of jeweller\u2019s tools around the house and Morison said she remembers playing with her mum\u2019s creations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ended up inheriting some of these tools and files from my mum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re all such good quality, they will last forever so I could probably even hand them down again to my own kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although she always had an interest in the field, it wasn\u2019t until she completed a course in jewellery making that her passion was truly cemented.<\/p>\n<p>Morison said creating jewellery was a combination of her interest in the creative arts with the practicality of running a business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sort of feels like a practical form of art,\u201d she said. \u201cMy favourite thing about it is the ability to be intuitive and let it take me where it\u2019s going to take me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the idea that all handmade items have story connected to them, it sets it apart from anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70286\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-70286 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/08\/GM-Jewellery-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The at-home work station where Morison creates GM Jewellery goods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once it reopens, the Art Gallery of Ballarat\u2019s store is set to stock a selection of bespoke pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Although a catalogue of her jewellery already retails on her website, she said being included in the gallery\u2019s shop was an exciting step forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will be choosing a few of my pieces that they like to almost to form a story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really like doing one off pieces and they\u2019re open to me putting a few these in there as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To distinguish her products from manufactured and commercialised jewellery, Morison said her pieces are not just handmade, but they are hand crafted to a high quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe term handmade is thrown around a lot now and people probably don\u2019t understand that these pieces are made with a lot of time and a lot of care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that they\u2019re made and because I strive to make sure they\u2019re all really durable, these things can last generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ring or necklace might be something that your kids or your grandkids have that will hold the history of being made in 2020 in Ballarat for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESIGNING, creating and selling her creations is just the start of the work done by Georgia Morison at her handmade jewellery business GM Jewellery. 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