Softy

2024 3D Print, soft plastics

Softy was one of my entries in the 2024 Waste 2 Art with the packaging theme. I used soft plastics and 3D print to create tiles. I used filler in the holes which gives it a mosaic finish.

Poster Paint Lamp

2024 3D Print, LED lights, old poster paint bottles

The Poster Paint Lamp was one of my entries in the 2024 Waste 2 Art with the packaging theme. I used discarded glass poster paint bottles from my high school art classes combined with 3D print to create a lamp.

Fractured

2024 3D Print

Fractured is built from stacked 3D printed sections, each painted to emphasise individuality. The interplay of colour and form, combined with the ability to see from different angles, highlights the contrast between the printed sections and the individual cubes.

2023 Steel

Endless

Ever-changing, reshaping angles, shifting shadows. An immersive encounter, unveiling new perspectives, and embodying a dynamic symphony of motion and life’s endless possibilities.

Material Girl

2023

Astas old clothes & 3D Print

Sun Posies

2022

3D printed plastic (PLA) with polyurethane tubing

This work explores the tension between hard and flexible materials forming a flower-like group.

Below shows the progress and experimentation process. I used Autocad Fusion 360 to make the spheres to be 3D printed.

Inverse Two

2021

wood, paint

This work plays with opposite colour and movement across two panels. The inverse colour relationship changes with cast shadows viewed from different standpoints

Pink Case

2021

aliminium cans, paint

24 cans painted and attached to board. This is an experiment with using tins to create art.

Waves

2021

cardboard

old colour swatches creates waves

Roped In

2020

Laser-cut MDF, rope, plastic tubing

Painted ropes in plastic tubes weave across a landscape of coloured arches. The grouping invites the viewer to experience a sense of motion within the pattern.

Below is the process I went through making it.

Point of View

2019

Laser-cut MDF, wooden dowel, paint

This work was made to create a sense of play and movement, allowing each viewer to experience a different point of view.

 

 

 

Recycled Art

2019

Twine in Lines
Plastic twine and tubing on board

This mixed media artwork was created by stuffing clear plastic tubing with coloured synthetic twine, chopping it up and gluing the pieces onto the board. I visited Reverse Garbage for inspiration and found the materials there. Next, I was able to plan out the construction digitally then compose the bits onto the board.

The abstract lines of colour explore a different way of using twine, which can damage the environment when discarded. Apart from causing problems for wildlife, toxic chemicals can leach from the soil where twine is buried and harmful chemicals are released when it is burnt. I love the process of using a theme to explore new techniques and practices and coming up with different ways to use materials that would otherwise have ended up in landfill.

Shiny Gold
Clear tubing and card on board.

Shiny gold is a mixed media artwork that was inspired by the past gold mining era in Gulgong. This work was created by rolling up coloured card and inserting them into clear plastic tubes. After this the tubes were chopped up into rolls and assembled on the board. The many rolls represent the people digging for gold in a bustling growing town. If you look closely you might see a gold nugget.

Rainbow Meteor
Clear tubing and card on board.

 

Inverse

2018

This work invites the viewer to explore inverted geometric shapes not usually found in nature.

These visual elements connect to its environment, with changing shadows moving across its cubic form.

 

 

 

Full of It

2018

144 LEDs, bottles from Reverse Garbage, styrofoam balls.

 

 

Tubular

2016

84 Test Tubes, Wood, LEDs.

 

 

Red

2004

 

 

Decoed

2004

71 LEDs, timber, perspex, printed adhesive