John Miller Design - Broome

Aus­tralian Fine Art Jewellery.

Artist-jew­eller John Miller returns once again to the town that shaped his cre­ative vision, pre­sent­ing an icon­ic col­lec­tion of Broome-inspired jew­ellery drawn from the land and seascapes of the North.

Regard­ed as one of Australia’s most orig­i­nal and accom­plished fine jew­ellery design­ers, John Miller is known for his hand-worked, bespoke ster­ling sil­ver and gold pieces inspired by native flo­ra, fau­na and the ele­ments. He opened Broome’s first jew­ellery shop, Dampier’s Chest, in 1979 and was the town’s first res­i­dent jew­eller. His work was shaped by the endur­ing icons of the Kim­ber­ley, lug­ger boats, pearls and shell­fish, seashells, divers and mer­maids, influ­ences that remain cen­tral to his dis­tinc­tive style.

After 25 years liv­ing and work­ing in Yallingup in the South­west, John returned to Broome a few short years ago with a high­ly suc­cess­ful pop-up exhi­bi­tion at Red­bill Gallery, cel­e­brat­ing 50 years of jew­ellery mak­ing. Build­ing on that suc­cess, he has now come back to Broome once again, open­ing in the heart of Chi­na­town at 12A Carnar­von Street, with new pieces inspired by Broome.

John Miller’s con­nec­tion to the Kim­ber­ley runs deep. His moth­er was the cel­e­brat­ed author and his­to­ri­an Dame Mary Durack, and his father was pio­neer avi­a­tor Hor­rie Miller, direc­tor of Mac­Robert­son Miller Air­lines, who was based in Broome as region­al direc­tor dur­ing the airline’s for­ma­tive years.

More than 40 years on from his ear­li­est exhi­bi­tions in Broome, and over five decades into his jew­ellery-mak­ing career, John Miller returns with work that con­tin­ues to hon­our place, his­to­ry and a life­long cre­ative con­nec­tion to the North.

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