12/4/2009

Art u Wear

- wearable jewellery for all

Art u Wear was formed in the Aussie winter of 2001 by former Toowoomba of TAFE graduate Robert J Sidor.

In order to start his business in Toowoomba after many years of making and selling handmade jewellery in markets and alternative venues, Robert sought help from Mission Australia and enrolled in the Cert iv of small business management.

Art u Wear was formed during that time, and it's mission was to fill a gap made by high end jewellery store and the lack of artist jewellers in the region to service a clientele with better tastes than mass produced/common jewellery.

I am currently welding Aluminium Bullbars for Tuff after welding trailers and making farm implements for the previous 4-5 years. I once was so occupied with art that i went crazy, but fortunately, i had a son with my wife in at the time business was falling, and i went and got a steady job to pay the bills.

Working on a motorbike restoration at the moment before i get back to the creations in my head. And working again in a factory enviroment has helped me to overcome my production fears in my own work.

Winter 2009 is mine now as i spent the last 3 years helping Paul.A (ripped me off in wages) restore a Chevy Blitz and build a firewood business for him on my weekends.

Such is life..

My life is my own again and soon to be working on my art, you can email me if you would like something special made.

For all the hits this site receives, no one has emailed me for 2 years, :{

But thanks for looking and may your god be with you and protect your family as well.

Robert Sidor. [Rock3rTo]

Toowoomba, Queensland. Aust.

Sister Leanne Sidor painted the window for me, but we forgot the yellow dress girls bottom half, lol.

Making use of recycled material has always been Robert the artist's main inspiration and the cheapness of found materials coupled with the fact that most found materials have connections with the finder. I have used clients old jewellery and other [Treasures] to create collages of wearable art and sculpture that highlight the memories we all have inside of us at the sight of some long forgotten object.

In saying this, we were taught that everything has been done before, there is no new art, and what is old will become new again. In some ways this is true, but we said, we can reuse this with our own influence and make it into something that no-one has seen before.

Custom made items can take many tens of manhours to develop, and i have often been told that i sell myself cheap. Art is about giving and learning, not taking and reaping. What i do with my art is create one-off designs that are made at the right time, for the right person...