post tension(ing) @ Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi 2019
Sculpture in the Vineyards is an annual event taking place in the Wollombi are of NSW Hunter Valley, sculptures are installed in multiples vineyards in the area. post tension(ing): a monument to yesterday’s comfort was installed in Wollombi village. Statement: Post tensioning is an engineering technique that uses cables threaded through a structure to keep it […]
ephemeral: lessons in grief @ Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra
This exhibition was installed in the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery’s Access Gallery, it included small scale installations, images of ephemeral artworks and poetry. Exhibition Statement: The idea and actuality of ephemeral embeds grief for that which is lost: be it our lives, a tree, a species, our planet. I have come to understand that grief is […]
post tension(ing) @reIMAGINE, Nowra
≡ Awarded the reIMAGINE Sculpture Project Prize The reIMAGINE Sculpture Project called for artists, via an EOI application process, to make works from items destined for landfill. After discussing with the recycling centre staff the issues that the Recycling Centre faces, I chose to work with discarded chairs… it seems chairs and furniture in general, […]
scissor paper rock @ Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra
Four Shoalhaven based sculptors were invited to make jewelry in this group exhibition, Scissor, Paper, Rock, installed in the foyer gallery of Shoalhaven Regional Gallery; the artists were: Stephanie Bray, Julie Love, Derry Messum and myself. Having spent many years making garments for the body (which I regarded as sculpture for the body) the opportunity to […]