Gleanings
Contemporary Wearables '21 finalist, Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
These works have developed from a series I have developed called Unintended Consequences.
I walk regularly in the dry eucalypt forest of Mt. Coot-tha near my home in Brisbane and over the course of a number of years, with no particular outcome in mind, I have collected steel from the ground and from one of the many car wrecks on the mountain. These little bits of metal have rusted into beguiling shapes that are lying on the ground, almost disappearing into the earth. I believe the car is a Toyota Corolla E20 circa 1973, and the other metal is remnant fencing, building structures and other signs of human intervention.
The flat intense colour of the enamel I have used reflects the colours of car duco of the 1970’s and I have worked with the rusty steel with minimal preparation. This allows the material and process to dictate the outcome. The result is revealed layers of colour, rusty spots peeping through, rough edges and a variety of finishes.
Image: Michelle Bowden, Visuall Photography
These works have developed from a series I have developed called Unintended Consequences.
I walk regularly in the dry eucalypt forest of Mt. Coot-tha near my home in Brisbane and over the course of a number of years, with no particular outcome in mind, I have collected steel from the ground and from one of the many car wrecks on the mountain. These little bits of metal have rusted into beguiling shapes that are lying on the ground, almost disappearing into the earth. I believe the car is a Toyota Corolla E20 circa 1973, and the other metal is remnant fencing, building structures and other signs of human intervention.
The flat intense colour of the enamel I have used reflects the colours of car duco of the 1970’s and I have worked with the rusty steel with minimal preparation. This allows the material and process to dictate the outcome. The result is revealed layers of colour, rusty spots peeping through, rough edges and a variety of finishes.
Image: Michelle Bowden, Visuall Photography