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Here I've used the bush as symbolic iconology to explore Australia's unprecedented population growth, our perceptions of permanence and what we value.   I work with equal sized balsa sticks. I glue them to canvas or board then I return each stick to its individual state by sculpturing them one by one. Taking something that's mass produced and returning it to an individual state is my vehicle for story telling.
The matchsticks are my metaphor for the human race/for people/for individuals. By using the...more