"...Bugg's jewellery embodies an expression of solidity, groundedness and finesse"
Professor Leanne Dowse
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Food for Thought
"For my money, it's definitely art, and very good art". -David Walsh, Namedropping MONA
Big Mac Brooch, Edition #2, 2020
A Moment to Reflect: THYLACINE locket
Locket containing Thylacine hair and DNA
Photo Credit: Matthew Stanton
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News
RAFT earrings- Fundraiser auction for PROJECT INTERRUPT. Bidding starts at $50
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'Bridges and Bloodlines' necklace selected as overall winner of The Bridge Arts Prize, 2025.
View Work at State of Flux for the month of May
Women in Design event//: AGENTS OF CHANGE 2024
Nuggets of Wisdom earrings connect
to NUGBOT © via NFC tag when touched
with a mobile device.
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Nuggets of Wisdom earrings & Fries with That necklace Finalist in Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, 2024
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About:
Contemporary jeweller, artist, and futurist based in lutruwita/Tasmania, Emma Bugg reimagines connection through storytelling objects, speculative futures, and tech-infused craft. Co-founder of the State of Flux Workshop in Hobart and inaugural winner of The Bridge Art Prize (2025), with work held in the MONA collection and exhibited nationally and internationally.
Known for pushing the boundaries of jewellery design, her practice merges traditional craftsmanship with emerging technologies, by embedding NFC tags, QR codes, and AI to create objects that hold memory, message, and meaning. Notable commissions include a QR-activated brooch for David Walsh. Her work often explores philosophical, ecological, and deeply personal themes, with a strong community focus.
Recent accolades include the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania (2023) and finalist recognition in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2024). Emma is regularly invited to speak and contribute to public discourse around art, ethics, and the future of design, appearing on ABC Radio, speaking at the Women in Design colloquium, and serving on the advisory committee for Colossal Biosciences’ thylacine de-extinction initiative, led by Professor Andrew Pask and Michelle Dracoulis.
Currently developing The MycoVerse: a fungi-powered creative ecosystem based in a decommissioned church on Tasmania’s wild West Coast. Part exhibition, part speculative VR experience, part regenerative lab, the project brings together science, art, and community to reimagine how we adapt to ecological and social change.
The project reflects a long-term commitment to regenerative futures, place-based storytelling, and transformational collaboration. To follow along for free, subscribe below to track the evolution of the project.
Continually expanding the language of jewellery, Emma creates artefacts for future generations, as objects that document what it means to be human in this era.
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