parasite Fremantle

parasite Fremantle
porcelain and timber with resin and wire

Sculpture at Bathers, 2022
Winner Emerging Artist

Belonging to a series of sculptural works exploring the relationship between different organisms
and the beauty arising from these unexpected connections.

Timber from a locally grown Pohutukawa Tree has had to make way for the continued infill projects around our suburbs, is re-purposed. Using the Japanese tradition of Shou Sugi Ban to preserve the timber, hand made porcelain details seek to inhabit the dark and bare stem. Responding to the site’s cultural and natural context this cross-cultural mix of techniques, timber and knowledge, highlights possibilities of different elements coming together and their reliance on each other.