History seems close here in Tasmania. The crumbling surfaces of old, colonial buildings, the patina of rusted metals, the ageless charm of old brick walls, battered rustic timbers… things tarnished, rusted, corroded, peeling, faded, burnt; it’s these remains in which I find beauty that have inspired this work.

As I time-travel through Tasmania’s early settlement era, I wonder what quiet stories are preserved, hidden in texture and time.

Seeing Time is my visual response to such history. The medium I prefer, which best gives expression to my concepts is the ancient technique of wet hand-felting. Combined with other mixed media techniques plus papers, fibres and fabric these collaged works attempt to bring cohesive interpretation to my concepts.

Perhaps it’s also an invitation to look closely… a meditation on beauty, atrophy, imperfection?