Inspired by a trip to Nagambie in Northern Victoria, Australia January 2022. The trees drowned when the reservoir was created are now stumps on which new growth has sprouted continuing to provide life and habitat. Both ghostly and hopeful.
Regrowth, a work in progress
Materials: Steel, shaped in a forge, with Silver birch stitches, detail
Dimensions: 33 x 23 x 13 cm
Materials: Steel, shaped in a forge, with Silver birch stitches, detail
Dimensions: 33 x 23 x 13 cm
Steel, shaped in a forge, with Silver birch stitches, detail
Steel, shaped in a forge, with steel stitches, detail. Early experiment.
Steel, shaped in a forge, with steel stitches, detail. Early experiment.
Drawing, from a sketchbook of drowned trees, Nagambie, Central Victoria