Saving The Franklin River
Exhibited at Linden New Art in 2024 as part of Facts of Matter presented by Clay Matters. Its aim was to connect with audiences emotionally and intellectually on the topic of the environmental and climate crises, advocating for sustainable action against climate change and environmental damage, and promoting hope and optimism.
My extensive research into reclaimed materials and my aim to encourage political change resulted in this work highlighting a successful climate protest which gives me hope.
Victorian slate by-products sourced from a quarry are fused to a form inspired by a rock formation in the Franklin River where the protests in 1982 prevented a destructive dam from being built and led to the creation of The Greens.
This sculpture is hand-built, glazed using only the same rock as the attachments and single fired.
Year made: 2024
Dimensions: 34 × 32 × 25cm
Materials: reclaimed clay, slate by-product glaze, slate by-product rocks
Exhibited at Linden New Art in 2024 as part of Facts of Matter presented by Clay Matters. Its aim was to connect with audiences emotionally and intellectually on the topic of the environmental and climate crises, advocating for sustainable action against climate change and environmental damage, and promoting hope and optimism.
My extensive research into reclaimed materials and my aim to encourage political change resulted in this work highlighting a successful climate protest which gives me hope.
Victorian slate by-products sourced from a quarry are fused to a form inspired by a rock formation in the Franklin River where the protests in 1982 prevented a destructive dam from being built and led to the creation of The Greens.
This sculpture is hand-built, glazed using only the same rock as the attachments and single fired.
Year made: 2024
Dimensions: 34 × 32 × 25cm
Materials: reclaimed clay, slate by-product glaze, slate by-product rocks