Finalist - 2019 Artentwine Biennial Art Prize

Artist Statement

This work explores both space and form with the torque shape inviting the viewer to enter through the threshold to discover the meditative space within, activating it as a Smultronstalle - a discovered and treasured place of solace and refuge.  Embracing the viewer seated within, the space leads the eye along the curvature of the form creating a receding horizon line, evoking a sense of potential, of time and space continuing.  Ceramic Earthenware tiles hold authentic patterns of Tasmanian Scribbly Gum Moth larvae collected from the West Tamar and North East regions.  Vitrification making permanent the meanderings and ‘galleries’ made on their host.  The Scribbly Gum markings become a metaphor of meditation.  Correlations can be made between the hidden paths of the larvae as it eats and grows in secret beneath the bark and the inner life of the viewer.