Conulariid 55 x 35 cm, reclaimed piano parts from defunct pianos, currently on show at the Reimagine Art Prize at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre in Hornsby, NSW

This work is now on show as part of the Reimagine Art Prize in Hornsby, NSW

Made using defunct piano parts, this work reuses and repurpose waste, to explore the mystery of trying to reconstruct the past through surviving relics. Conulariids are a little-understood fossil group, thought to be related to Jellyfish.  Conulariids are now extinct, and all that scientists have to try to understand how these animals lived is their fossils. This work is an imagined form, inspired by the idea of Conulariids.

The use of defunct pianos as the primary material for this work was an attempt to incorporate more recycled and repurposed resources in my work. For an earlier “Conulariid” shown in Sculpture by the Sea (Sculptures Inside) I used a piano action found in the verge. Thanks to Pianos Recycled for donating the piano actions for this Conulariid.

You are warmly invited to attend Nets and Traps, rescheduled for the third time due to the pandemic, this show is now most certainly on, opening on 4 May 2022 with the opening event on 6 May 2022 at 6pm!

Collaborative project with Stephanie De Biasi – currently exhibiting 5 – 21 March 2022

Thanks for all who came to “Poster Walk”

A self guided tour of the Poster Walk can still be taken over the weekend.

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Interactive Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1EqGR_KSQw1SGAXRwGkmruEVVF5mABQLn&usp=sharing

Thank you to the City of Melbourne for funding me with a Covid 19 Quick Response Grant. In amongst the delirium of isolation I have been busy creating a video which will premiere online with an accompanying artists talk in mind-June. Please stay posted as anyone in the world will be able to attend this online event.

I warmly welcome you to my upcoming exhibition

Below is a short film I made on the sheer terror of existence. Make sure you turn up the volume.

Macica (2017) 10cm x 17 cm, Raku-fired Ceramic

Below are some photos from the Raku-firing process, which is a technique of placing glazed ceramics in a kiln for a relatively short period (approximately 1.5 hours) and then throwing them mercilessly into sawdust, which creates interesting patterns and textures.

Un Buen Augurio ( A Good Omen)

I am taking great delight in my ceramics course and creating some 3-dimensional archetypes with clay. The “Good Omen” heralds the birth of a new artistic direction and the coming of Easter.

The above images show porcelain ceramics which are drying prior to the initial bisque firing (1000 degrees) after which they will be glazed and then again fired to stoneware quality (1360 degrees). The archetypal individuals have been placed in archetypal arrangements: “the archetypal philosophy circle” and “the archetypal power struggle”.

Exciting things ahead this semester, including Lithography and Ceramics