Here is Instalment 2 of my exhibition as Artist In Residence at Central Craft in Alice Springs from June 21-July 19. This is a content rich post featuring an interview with Poet Sue Fielding and one of her poems. She has provided photos of Cassia Hill and I took some on a visit there. Then images of related drawings and fibre art trials. Even some images of mistletoe and mistletoe bird nests, the real thing and my version of them!
On an unrelated note, any baskets makers (experienced and beginners) are invited to enter the Melbourne Royal Art, Craft and Cookery Competition. See link below to access the entry form which closes August 21. https://www.melbourneroyal.com.au/art-craft-cookery/
Photo of Cassia Hill (provided by Sue Fielding)
Photo of Cassia Hill (provided by Sue Fielding)
Photo at Cassia Hill, close up of Blunt-leaf cassia (Senna artemisioides ssp helmsii)
Photo at Cassia Hill, close up of another cassia (Senna artemisioides ssp alicia)
Drawing cassia at Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, Blunt-leaf cassia (Senna artemisioides ssp helmsii)
Exhibition view of my independent research, sparked by conversation with Sue Fielding.
Close up drawing of Blunt-leaf cassia (Senna artemisioides ssp helmsii)
Drawings of Eremophila freelingii, powerful bush medicine plant of the Arrernte people.
Small bird (flax, sissal and wire) and nest segment
Nest segment (couch grass runners and cigarette butts)
Harlequin Mistletoe fruit and seed pods
Harlequin Mistletoe flowers and fruit
Mistletoebird nest in Pale-leaf Mistletoe
Drawing of Harlequin Mistletoe & Depiction of a dome shaped Mistletoebird nest (couch runners)
Depiction of a dome shaped Mistletoebird nest (couch runners)
Jodie Goldring 