Crumbling Ecologies Opens at Craft Victoria!

I was thrilled and overwhelmed by the floods of people that came to the opening of Crumbling Ecologies at Craft Victoria. 

The exhibition was opened by Grace Cochrane, former senior curator from the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. Grace gave insight into the unfolding story behind the works. To read Grace's Speech click here- http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au/p/speech-notes-by-grace-cochrane.html

It was great getting to see all of the makers from the project come together for the opening and finally get to meet!

All of Melbourne's art school community of movers and shakers filled the space with lively debate about the ongoing issues the work raises....

 Above, one of the Project participants artist Suse Scholem talking about how the work was made and the delicacy of the porcelain leaves.

Getting down and dirty... taking a closer look... and selecting a few to take home.

 

I visited the work today at Craft Victoria and was delighted to see that lots of the leaves have been collected and taken home by the audience. Its exciting to see the work evolving and taking on a new life as it reaches out to the community. If you happen to have taken some leaves, please email us an image of where your lives have found their home in your life - jasminetargett (at) hotmail (dot) com

Crumbling Ecologies Project contributing artist Jess McCausland's exciting new work

Our first contributing artist Jess McCausland has been busy drawing and writing and making things.... after working on the Crumbling Ecologies Project, Jess created this delicate and delicious illustration. I want it!
























her bio is in the artists involved page

here is a little preview of Jess on - Jess is on a visual and textural journey/mission. she liked ceramics already and now likes porcelain too. she has a lot of drawings that are waiting to be transformed from just visual into also textural and put into a kiln. she is also interested in fabric disguises....