lowrelief

Play Space

2011-03-11T11:54:00.006+10:00

I am happy to announce that a proposal I submitted for a play ground at Prince Charles Hospital Paediatric Emergency Department last year has been accepted and funding has been approved through Art & Place.

The development process is expected to be protracted as there are many public safety guidelines that must be addressed and a number of engineering issues to be resolved.

The project is due for completion in late 2011.

Correlate progress

2011-03-11T11:36:00.009+10:00

Progress on the installation of 'correlate' at St. Leo's College, University of Queensland has been a little slow due to a discrepancy between the dimensions of the stainless steel frame for the glass and the frame into which this is placed. The issue is now resolved and the glass and mirrored panels are almost all in place.

Robert and Paul Ugljesa from Optima glass and aluminium have worked tirelessly to secure each pane with delicate precision.

correlate

2011-02-16T19:51:00.006+10:00

Correlate - a 3 dimensional steel and glass building facade is currently being installed at St. Leo's Catholic Men's College, University of Queensland, St. Lucia.
The work was commissioned to celebrate St Leo's ongoing relationship with the University of Queensland.
Initially the stainless steel frames will be installed and secured, following, this within each cell of the frame, a panel of clear or mirrored glass will be secured.

Ebb & Flow

2010-05-03T09:54:00.026+10:00

Thanks to the tireless efforts of a remarkable team of artists, Ebb & Flow, a mural covering almost 500m2, is now almost complete.
The work is part of the Go Between Bridge infrastructure project connecting Milton to South Brisbane.
Ebb & Flow is located on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, along 150m of the of the bicentennial cycle path where it passes under the Northern abutment of the bridge.

Special thanks to the artists:

Jasmin Coleman
Patrick King
Shaun O'Connor
Laing Rainer
Arryn Snowball
Akiko Yamasaki

for their patience, dedication, care and enthusiasm.

Double Cross

2010-03-02T18:56:00.004+10:00

Double Cross
2010
Stainless Steel
Recently acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery GoMA with funds provided by Xstrata Coal. Due to be exhibited in mid April 2010

Made to Measure

2010-03-02T18:14:00.004+10:00

Made to Measure
Ipswich Art Gallery
D'Arcey Doyle Place
Ipswich QLD
The show runs from February 25th until 4th of May 2010
6 works of various materials and scales from 2005 - 2009
entry is free, 10am - 5pm, 7 days a week

One cold night in Woolloongabba

2009-06-21T10:53:00.010+10:00

EPIFICUS has been installed into its permanent location on Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba (Morrisey Streel Bridge) as of Friday night. The stair tower to which the work is attached is due to be open to the public after the 26th of June.

There were a few small complications due to a very tight fit. A 4 hour scheduled installation took 6 & 1/2 hours but this was not entirely unexpected. Special thanks to Col & Chris from Mulherin Rigging and Cranes for their patience, care & ingenuity.

EPIFICUS 2007-09

2009-06-03T08:40:00.009+10:00

After almost two years of planning and many revisions due to budget constraints EPIFICUS is finally on the way.
Rocklea Pressed Metal are once again manufacturing the work.
EPIFICUS consists of 433 + pieces of 316 stainless steel, laser cut, folded and welded to form a folding tubular 'vine' with a perforated skin.
It is scheduled to be installed at the end of this month.
The work will attach to the outside of the pedestrian stair tower that forms part of the Morrisey Street Bridge at the Woolloongabba entrance of the North South Bypass Tunnel.

once, again

2009-05-16T12:26:00.019+10:00

Once, again
2008-09
3.3 x 13.7 meters
Powder coated Aluminium, stainless steel

The course is common,
experience parallel,
unaccompanied
mutually.
Incidents are recurrent,
formerly known,
remembered
new.
Realisation is experience,
found
Once, again.

“On those stepping into rivers the same,
other and other waters flow.”
Herakleitos (c.535BC – 475BC)

.
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Secreted away, within the cavernous entrance of the Northbridge Building a new work has been slowly growing out of the wall.

Once, Again is a culmination of the hard work of many people.

I would like to express my thanks to:

Rockpress (Rocklea Pressed metal)

Peerless Powdercoat

Positive Solutions (Mr Benjiman Hampe)

Neilson Properties

Andrew Baker Art Dealer

Donovan Hill Architects

Ian Barnes and Associates Engineering

Brisbane City Council

Hutchinson Builders

Mr Leonard Brown

The building is still in the final stages of completion but the lane way in which the work is situated (between Tank and Tubot Streets Brisbane) is now open to pedestrian traffic.

Field of Vision pt2

2009-05-07T12:00:00.014+10:00

Alongside the large relief in gallery 2 the exhibition continues in gallery 1 with 5 stainless steel mesh sculptures. The notion of field can be interpreted as literally a vast plain, as a subject of enquiry or occupation, a theory of bodies in space, or a mathematical equation. Visual and physical phenomenon are my primary fields of occupation. These new wire works are the evidence of my experience and experimentation within that field. Experience influences structure, structure influences form, material influences structure, the environment influences appearance...etc. Continuing with the notion of architectural scale, these works relate to the human body (a dimension of architecture), the scale of the works and space they occupy heightening awareness of the viewers scale in relation to the work and that of the architecture in which they are housed. They are almost inhabitable but inaccessible due to their closed structure. all works are 2009

'Interloper' and 'Array'

'Array' and 'atmospheric perspective'

'knot withstanding'

'Interloper'

'which the I saw'

'atmospheric perspective'

field of vision continues until the 27th of June 2007
Institute of Modern Art
Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley
Queensland
10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday - Sunday
open until 8:00pm Thursday

the making of

2009-05-06T10:34:00.009+10:00

Imperfect Pattern L (Field of vision)
2009
2.2m X 4.4m X 8.8m
Hand-cut coreflute.

Late 2008 I was invited to produce work for a show at the Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley QLD. The Imperfect pattern series that I have been working on since 2002 had reached
number 49, it seemed appropriated to expand number 50 into a scale worthy of this milestone. An alternative material was needed to achieve this scale, I had been thinking about a way to use coreflute plastic for some time. With the assistance of Akiko Yamasaki and the financial assistance of the IMA a monumental jigsaw of 5880 pieces, covering an area of 68m2 has been realised. The work is able to be assembled and disassembled again and again allowing for it to be relocated at a later date, its modular structure allows for the work to be reoriented to suit different architectural spaces. I hope that the work will travel to other public galleries over the coming years.

The coloured pieces were cut roughly to size using a guillotine. Later the angles were cut by hand, each piece scored, folded and sorted. there are 54 various pieces in four colours + 10 various large white pieces.

A regional residency at the IMA was available concurrent with the preparations for the exhibition, I was lucky enough to be successful with my application. The installation of the work took 6 days (I thought it might take 3), the residency made this protracted and exhausting event a little less problematic.

There is method in the madness.

Every different view of the work creates a new dynamic, new planes are revealed others are hidden. The transparency of the material mixes the colours creating new tones, the coloured planes reflect onto the white creating half tones, shadows complicate the pattern and confuse the eye.

colour

2009-03-21T16:33:00.007+10:00

The first delivery of components arrives at Peerless Powdercoaters.
These red pieces are the only part of the work that is in contact with the supporting wall. The plates will be anchored with 144 stainless steel rods embedded into the wall and secured with 144 red dome nuts.

Dexterity and patience.

Prior to the application of powder all of the components are cleaned, washed, etched and washed again.

Powdercoating is a surprisingly clean process, the object is earthed, the powder has a negative charge.

These pieces will be baked at around 180-200 deg. C then a second coat (clear anti-graffiti) will be applied and they will be baked a second time.
This is the first of five colours, 16 of the 226 pieces to be coated.

The final fitting

2009-03-06T14:14:00.009+10:00

Each module consists of 15 blades, the seven blades on each side of the 'spine' blade are fed onto 18 stainless steel tubes which are fastened to the spine blade. Each blade is separated with a nylon washer, the last blade is secured with bolts that thread into the tube.

A perfect fit!

The mirror surface of the aluminium creating the appearance of transparency, ideas for future work appear. In time the aluminium surface would dull with oxidization unless it was endlessly polished, but...

Once the pieces are welded the welds are ground back, the bolt holes in the external blades are counter sunk and all sharp corners are removed in preparation for powder-coating.

Welding

2009-03-06T13:46:00.004+10:00

It was necessary to cut each full blade in two pieces as the laser cutting machine has a maximum sheet size of 3m. In order to disguise the welds they have replaced what would have been a fold. The folded angle is CNC controlled the welding angle is not.

The central 'spine' pieces have 2 X 12mm plates attached at the back for fastening each module to the wall (that's why they stand so proud)

The tentative arrangement of one module.

Fold

2009-03-06T13:19:00.008+10:00

Once cut the pieces are folded to angles varying from 15.5 to 60 degrees.

My image of a paper Marquette becomes something more tangible.

The shift from 2 to 3 dimensions is quite remarkable, a flat plane reaches into space.

The journey continues, the pieces make their way to the welders.

the primary ingredient

2009-03-06T13:02:00.007+10:00

'ONCE, AGAIN' the process of overseeing the manufacturing of a work for a public space has begun. From early February Rocklea Pressed Metal (Rockpress) have been working on the component parts for 'ONCE, AGAIN'. This involves the cutting of the 480 pieces (32 variations) of 6mm marine grade aluminium.

Laser cut pieces

Beautiful scrap

The pile half full

Spin

2009-01-27T16:34:00.004+10:00

Spin focuses on works from the QUT Art Collection that actively engage with visual perception and optical effects.

13 January to 1 March 2009

The exhibition features works by Alun Leach-Jones, Colin Lanceley, David Rose, David Ryan, David Turner, Eduardo Paolozzi, Gloria Petyarre, Jimmy Pike, Joe Felber, Joe Tilson, Larry Rivers, Leslie Dumbrell, Liz Edwards, Marc Pascal, Robert Morris, Sol LeWitt, Victor Vasarely, Lincoln Austin and Leonard Brown.

Curated by Simone Jones
Presented by QUT art museum

an oldie but a goodie

2009-01-09T19:47:00.003+10:00

I have just recieved a photograph of a work from 2005 that I did not have a reproduction of. 'if I ruled the world', plastic rulers and galvanised wire, 30cm3. An old favourite.

Drawing with shadows

2008-12-08T19:02:00.009+10:00

Over the last two Sundays I have been running a workshop at the Queensland Art Gallery for 4 - 12 year olds. The kids were invited to make drawings without pencils or paint; to draw with light and shadow, using white paper, scissors and glue. I have had a lot of fun; here are the results from last Sunday (including a few examples made by myself:

studio visit continued (the shed)

2008-11-04T14:50:00.011+10:00

My new louvre windows, in anticipation of a summer breeze.

Off-cutts from bale, around about and pieces of alabaster awaiting their turn for transformation into ???

Work has begun on the first of four parts that make up 'openended' a piece that is to be installed into the third floor lounge area of the new Ipswich Courthouse late February 2009.
The first part has 348 pieces.

OUTSIDEIN

2008-10-12T11:50:00.011+10:00

To everyone who came on Friday night to see the work, wish me well and enjoy the wine, thank you very much. Both Ian Friend and I were suprised to see so many people. To those who coundn't be there I hope you enjoy these images of the show. INSIDEOUT will run until the 25th of October and I will be in the gallery every Saturday until then.

up and running

2008-10-04T19:08:00.002+10:00

INSIDEOUT is hung and so far receiving favourable attention.
I am very pleased to be showing alongside Ian Friend's beautiful works on paper, there are some interesting parallels between the two shows.
I am very much looking forward to the opening on Friday the 10th

INSIDEOUT

2008-09-03T11:33:00.002+10:00

2008 has been a busy year (and it's not over yet), much to my surprise I have found time to make work for a solo exhibition alongside the public works I have been grappling with.

INSIDEOUT

A series of pressed paper works (2005-08)
Imperfect Patterns XLVI & XLVII
anatomy of a cube
The missing link
& a few suprises

1st - 28th of October, Andrew Baker Art Dealer

Meet the artist 6 - 8pm Friday the 10th of October

Once, again

2008-08-31T15:52:00.007+10:00

'Once, again' 2008-09,
powder coated aluminium
14.8m X 3.3m X 0.6m

Every 15 years the colours of the work will change, this is the first genesis.

Due for completion and installation mid 2009

Northbridge Building, North Quay, Brisbane http://www.northbridgecbd.com.au/

Woolahra Small Sculpture Prize 2008

2008-08-21T09:31:00.004+10:00

Reflecting on the square has been accepted as a finalist in
the Woolahra Small Sculpture Prize 2008.
The exhibition will run Saturday 25 October - Sunday 2 November
9am - 5pm weekdays, 10am - 4pm weekends.
2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize exhibition of finalists at
Woollahra Council Chambers
536 New South Head Rd, Double Bay
New South Wales
http://sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/

The missing link

2008-08-11T16:02:00.005+10:00

This work has been complete for a few weeks now but I wanted it to have a title before I posted it to this blog, I am very pleased with its complexity, two interwoven pieces (they move independently), mirror images of each other, forever inseperable.

'the missing link' 2008, stainless steel welded mesh, 193 X 105 X 79cm
(for those who were worried I had lost my sense of humour, or was that just me?)

New Collection

2008-08-03T13:27:00.004+10:00

I am very happy to announce that Queensland University of Technology will be acquiring Imperfect pattern XLVII (and Openended Part 1) for thier collection. Also Imperfect Pattern XLVI is currently on loan for 'The Great Divide' an exhibition at Artisan (formerly Craft Queensland) Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley running until the end of August.

something square

2008-08-03T13:23:00.004+10:00

reflecting on the square, 2008, stainless steel mesh, 56 X 73 X 57cm

something new

2008-08-03T13:19:00.005+10:00

Anatomy of a cube, 2008, stainless steel mesh, 69 X 73 X 78cm

something old

2008-08-03T13:16:00.004+10:00

wind up, 2005, galvanised mild steel mesh, 44cm3

wishfull thinking

2008-06-26T09:16:00.003+10:00

'ONCE, AGAIN' proposal for public work, 15 meters x 3.5 meters, powdercoated aluminium. This work is a long way from certain (four artists are submitting for this job) but I am hopeful.

imperfect pattern XLVII

2008-06-03T12:22:00.006+10:00

Imperfect Pattern XLVII, 2008, mattboard, 94 X 176 X 5cm

rotations

2008-05-12T10:02:00.006+10:00

Atomic flare 2008

Openended pt01 2008

studio visit

2008-05-08T09:17:00.011+10:00

Atomic Flare

2008-05-03T11:54:00.003+10:00

'Atomic Flare' 2008, stainless steel welded mesh, 87cm3

One for the breakdancers!

Gemini I & II

2008-04-29T14:15:00.004+10:00

Two little works, made as gifts to say thank you to J & S for assistance on SPUN. The twins, destined to be seperated.

return to the stars

2008-04-29T13:57:00.005+10:00

On my sister kellie's return visit to Australia we embarked an a survey of my works around Brisbane.

2 completed commissions & a beautiful failure

2008-02-04T13:51:00.000+10:00

Untitled, 2007,Steel reinforced, aerated concrete with a plaster skin, 117cm x 98cm x 117cm, in our garden. A work that had a very short life (6 days). Unfortunately the material was not able to hold its own weight, and the plaster skin cracked at the joints, I had to deconstruct it.

Blue Cube, 2008, polychrome galvanised wire, 44cm3

over and over and over, 2008, stainless steel wire, 42cm x 96cm x 42cm

Count me the stars

2008-02-02T12:54:00.000+10:00

I launced my friend Kylie Johnson's book of poetry last night, a few people asked for a transcript of the speech, here it is.

Generosity is a peculiar and often undervalued aspect of the creative spirit.

To write a poem is a generous act!

Personal thoughts are delicate and fragile. Keeping these thoughts guarded and protected; offering them only to the trusted is the prudent path. The generous offering of these thoughts to the world, laying them bare to be scrutinised and examined - this is the generosity of the creative spirit.

As humans we are bound by familiar experiences like love, fear, happiness and envy. Equipped with this knowledge we hope that others may recognise themselves in us and share in our experience. We hope to be understood. This collective aspect of experience transcends time, geography, politics and gender. The gift of the poet is in unmasking this mutual knowledge. The poet seeks out these shared concepts and avails these thoughts by revealing and reflecting them back to us. The poet offers us what is already known, what is forgotten and what is yet to be understood.

The artist begins with the intangible and makes it tangible.

This task may sound simple but believe me it isn't. Thoughts are not fixed, but rather elusive and fleeting, forever on the run. How can they be brought into this world? How can thoughts be made physical? How can they be given substance to transform into word, sound, form or image? How can this be done without damaging them, or forcing them into spaces into which they do not fit, without making them rigid or static?

these misfitted words, as our poet calls them,

these
butterfly
words
changing and disappearing
and neither mine
nor yours
to possess…

As a sculptor I too am faced with the task of composing the elusive into form. I must confess that I may never fully understand the mystery of how this happens, what I do know is that it does happen and that I get great joy out of the result.

Count me the stars. A challenging request, it is a lot to ask, maybe not asking for so much might be giving up too easily. After all, our poet would ask no more of us than she is willing to offer!

To write a poem is a generous act!

Count me the stars! One of life’s great mysteries is 'what on Earth do you do with it?' Our poet has generously offered us one possible lifetime’s occupation.

Of course, we are speaking of the poetic here; a literal reading will never reveal the full spectrum of what is being proposed. Poetry is rarely to be taken purely at face value. Yes, there may be sufficient meaning to occupy us on the surface and recognition aplenty, yet it is in the spaces between the lines that the essence is to be found. As our poet might suppose, trapped inside the cracks. Only when the pages of this book are pawed and softened might we say that we have understood. Until such time, we must continue to search the surface, patiently awaiting deeper understanding. Or perhaps, like a thought, a poem will continue to evade, teasing with the promise of complete understanding, showing more with time, but remain perpetually unresolved.

To write a poem is a generous act, as it is to read a poem. To willingly step into another’s world and listen requires us to be quiet and to give a little of ourselves. Obtaining what we hope to find requires our attention and consideration. Consider, from the Latin con, meaning ‘with’ and sidus, referring to the sky and the stars. Perhaps our poet does not ask so much, she may just ask us too look deeply, to feel ‘with the stars’.

The reader and the poets engagement with poetry is not wholly selfless - both the poet and the reader are mutually rewarded for their efforts. For the reader, the realisation that the poet listens and speaks our thoughts, or reveals something new is the bounty. For the poet, to know that someone has truly listened is reason for being.

I would like to congratulate Murdoch Books for their inspired foresight in publishing this beautiful book. Also, I would like to thank all of you for listening to and considering what I have said, and for supporting Kylie this evening. Most importantly, however, I would like thank Kylie for her generosity. Thank you for giving so much of yourself and for taking the time to help us in knowing ourselves a little better.
It gives me great pleasure to launch this book Count me the stars and to introduce ‘our poet’ KYLIE JOHNSON

2007 swan song

2008-01-20T17:41:00.003+10:00

last work for 2007, imperfect pattern XLVI 170cm x 95cm x 5cm
Mornington Peninsula, National Works on Paper 2008 entry

???

2007-09-26T22:04:00.000+10:00

wait 2007 (forth video in the series) I have a high quality DVD version if anyone would like a copy let me know.

OPEN

2007-09-26T16:21:00.000+10:00

Still Moving, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 19th September - 13th October 2007

Gallery 3

the transit of venus

around about, imperfect patterns

the sky silver, imperfect patterns

the sky silver, wing it, imperfect patterns

Gallery 1

new day

new day, imperfect pattern

abridged, new day, imperfect pattern

Gallery 2

helter skelter

bale, imperfect pattern

bale

(all works 2007)

news

2007-09-03T19:41:00.000+10:00

'Still Moving', an exhibition of new 3D works, is due to open at Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 26 Brookes Street Bowen Hills on the 19th of September, please come and meet the artist (that's me) for drinks from 6:00pm on the 28th of September. A beautiful 40 page catalogue of these new works has been published by Andrew Baker (thank you Andrew) and is available from the galley (and the Gallery Store at QAG).

...more photos of SPUN.

more images

2007-08-21T18:09:00.001+10:00

'Yes, there were times, when I had doubts'

2007-08-21T11:02:00.000+10:00

As of 5:45 last night SPUN is DONE. It is a times like these (and when love is in the air) that I find myself singing the big numbers to myself, 'I'm still standing', 'I will survive' and ' I did it myyy wayyy'. Yes, 'at first I was afraid, I was petrified', I'm not quite sure what to do with myself now that I don't have to worry about riggers and welders, thankfully the show coming up will soon get me back to work. I will try to organise a little party at Southbank soon so you can all come and see it.

STILL MOVING

2007-07-22T11:01:00.000+10:00

A sneak peek at some work for 'Still Moving', September 2007 at Andrew Baker Art Dealer 26 Brookes Street Bowen Hills. Three of the works from this show will then go on to the ARC Biennial at QUT Art Museum, Gardens Point (don't know which yet) opening in early October.

as yet untitled, 2007, stainless steel wleded mesh, 95 x 56 x 63cm (approx.)

Imperfect Pattern XLI, 2007, matt board, 43 x 32x 6cm

At work on a cold Saturday morning, in my very warm ugg (woops the americans own ugg, and all dirivatives) boots (thank you Leonard).

meanwhile...

2007-07-22T10:50:00.000+10:00

Work is starting to progress again now that the steel has arrived from melbourne, there are 194 panels that need to be folded, welded and galvanised, RPM are hard at work to get everything done by next Friday.

This is about 1/6 of the total, they are awaiting their trip to the galvanisers.

delay, delay delay

2007-07-09T15:00:00.000+10:00

appologies that I have not updated the blog, things are not exactly going to plan at the moment. The concrete component is complete but the steel fin has been delayed causing all manner of headaches, the work will be complete in due time and it will be magnificent but until such time i will just have to wait.

Day 3

2007-06-14T11:25:00.000+10:00

The work was supposed to be complete in 3 days, by mid morning Saturday it was obvious that this was not going to happen. All of the pieces are now on site and ready but it will take one more day before this phase of installing SPUN is complete.

slow and steady

2007-06-14T11:12:00.000+10:00

Day two of installation, rain for the 24 hours after the first day of installation meant a two day delay to our progress, the pieces get larger as they move towars the street end of the work.

View from a first story balcony, as yet I have not been able to get any higher, I look forward to seeing the view from the 6th floor..

so far so good

2007-06-07T08:54:00.001+10:00

Tuesday the 5th of June the first 9 pieces of concrete were installed with less difficulty than I had expected. Tuesday night and Wednesday it rained almost nonstop, the footing is currently under 12cm of water, I am not sure when work will resume, but I am pretty confident when it does the rest (21 pieces to go) will happen without too much trouble.
Mulherin Rigging and Cranes are installing the work and doing a beautiful job. I am just standing around taking photos, trying to look busy and doing my best to stay out of their way.

A Little Support

2007-06-04T12:48:00.000+10:00

These are the support units that will hold the
steel 'skin' that is to come.

each unit has between 4 and 13 pieces that need to be welded up.

there are around 100 support pieces, in 9 different configurations,

some with left hand and right hand variations.

Rocklea Pressed metals are making these and the skin pieces

(The Locker Group are cutting and perforating the 'skin ' pieces in Melbourne,

which will be put together by RPM in Brisbane.)

let the concrete flow free

2007-05-18T13:24:00.000+10:00

The concrete pannels are almost all poured,

just a few small pieces waiting to be

completed

preparing a mould

the first finished piece

kept in suspense

2007-03-26T14:42:00.000+10:00

two new works for 2007
currently working on similar, larger works

new day, ply, thread, brass, 44 X 44 X 38cm, 2007

currently untitled, ply, thread, brass, 34 X 38 X 19cm, 2007

onward and upward

2007-03-01T17:37:00.000+10:00

'Then Again', 2007, polychrome mouse wire, 120cm X 200cm X 80cm

a new work for for

20/20: 20 Years of the Churchie Prize (no I didn't win)

Museum of Brisbane March 26th to July 15th 2007

catchup overdue

2007-02-28T16:03:00.000+10:00

I was not sure if people would continue to review this blog so it has been sorely neglected, if you are still checking up occasionally I am sorry for my lack of attention. her is an update of what has been going on.

'Spun', a new work for the redeveloped Southbank Institute managed to consume what part of last year 'when the stars come out' didn't

About 26 tonnes of concrete and steel, originally to be in two parts on two sides on Earnest Street in Southbank, 12 months of budget negotiations, numerous reworkings and re drawings, and many restless night have bought this work to this point. at 27m x 14m x 5m it is without a doubt the largest work I have ever undertaken and most likely the largest I will ever undertake. Production should begin in the next few days, the work is due to be installed late May 2007

2006-07-12T19:16:00.000+10:00

The moment of truth has arrived
after two days the work is up
and looking great.
I am feeling completely exhausted but very pleased

A few final adjustments

Me, and my shadow

The view from the second story balcony

From the car park exit, first floor

From the ground floor looking up, I think they call it 'the money shot'

Just below the for rent sign you can see the bottom of the work, eventualy it will be visible night and day through the three stories of windows

2006-07-04T19:50:00.000+10:00

sparks will fly,

when a star is born.

2006-06-29T11:13:00.000+10:00

Building 'when the stars come out'.

It started with a stack of welded wire mesh

Folded

welding

Mathew, Les & Michael, Mesh Products

cut and paste

insides complete

Steve, final adjustments

more adjustments

Colleen and collusus

The Moment of truth

next is the addition of colour

the work is due to be installed into its permanent location next week