Charcoal drawing of work tools

This is a large drawing - around 74x54 cm. I finished it in my class with my teacher Graeme Drendel on Thursday - and I was pretty pleased with it. 

Found object as sculpture

So the project in the VCA Studio and Materials class was to take a found object from an opp shop or a $2 shop and present it as a credible item in a gallery - the emphasis on presentation and contextualisation.

A key reference was Haim Steinbach who uses found objects in his work.

Here is my found object, mounted on white perspex. I love the geometry and materiality of the object.

And here is the original purpose

Landscapes Anglesea

I have made collograph plates from milk cartons.
I have been following with disapproval the ongoing operation of the Alcoa facility at Anglesea - and have been supporting the Shut It Down campaign.
Then I realised that the long life milk that I had been drinking was in aluminium lined cartons.
Such irony.
So I took some photos that I had of the landscape around Anglesea and I made some collographs using the cartons showing the landscape that is being degraded.
 I have become more attached to the plates than the prints. I have been trying to decide how to arrange and display them They are quite fragile

Below are some of the paper prints

Drawing of bags

Charcoal on pastel paper

Misty Melbourne morning

- buildings glistening in the sun through the fog