During the seventies and eighties, Peter Tully worked with designers Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee, producing jewellery that drew on Australia's natural and cultural environment. His experience of traditional tribal cultures came from many years of travel in New Guinea, Africa and India.
Inspired by the way tribes created an identity through their ceremonial or party costumes, Tully became a master of transformation, using the most mundane and kitsch of modern materials and found objects: dayglo plastics, fake fur, trinkets and cheap toys. By combining them in unexpected ways, and drawing directly on the imagery of popular and gay culture, Tully could transform the ordinary into spectacle.
Best known for his extraordinary jewellery and costume designs, his range of production extended from small and intimate works to major public events such as World Expo 88.
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