The Guild Council will assess your piece(s) on the skills and techniques of jewellery making. These may include; design, material, forming/bending/forging, hand raising, spinning, saw piercing/cutting, filing, soldering/fusing, mechanisms/joints, finishing (polish/texture). Extra skills such as setting, engraving, enamelling will also be noted. A candidate is not required to show higher level skills as a pre-requisite, like – stone setting, enamelling, engraving hand raising etc. however please indicate if you have these skills or if you have asked a colleague to perform these skills in the work that you are presenting.
Applications can be emailed to info@gsga.org.au or the membership officer directly (details on the website) or mailed to PO BOX 379, MELBOURNE VIC 3001.You will be notified ASAP after we process your application. After acceptance you will be required to supply your Maker’s mark for stamping into the Touch Plate. you will then be issued with a Guild Mark which remains the property of the GSGA.
After Admission to the GSGA, you will be able to access and update your public profile on the GSGA website at https://www.gsga.org.au. and keep provenance and contact details current at members.gsga.org.au.
Photos of your work , information about your activities – and details of your makers marks are then available for the world to see.