Sculpture

Parched 2019

The result of a workshop with Kerrie Bedson at Studio 54 and a workshop with Lyn Dickson in paper techniques.
My original concept was to have the piece against a ceiling, to look up to, representative of the intense sun and the experience of one of those extreme heat days. A day when the fire danger is catastrophic and humidity is so low that everything is crispy dry and parched. A sign of a distant bushfire can be the enexpected dropping of leaves from the sky. 
Materials include kelp, eucalyptus leaves and pig gut which was a fascinating material to learn to use and a favourite of Kerrie Bedson's

The Pleasure of Giving Birth 2020
in respnse to the exhibition theme of 'What do we have to loose?' in the face of climate change

There is a movement known as the Birth strikers; women who in normal circumstances would have children, but are choosing not to, given that the future of our world is so uncertain as the precitions for climate change become ever more dire.
The natural materials, bark and seagrass add to the concept of birth being one of the most natural things in the world. Having the ability to choose is empowering for women, yet it brings with it the dilemma of whether it is the right thing to do or not.