Serendipity

I've been researching bark canoes
And trying to develop a visual language in my head.
Thinking about abstraction
Thinking a lot about weave, stickwork, free-forms.
About marrying ideas of water with gum leaves without being corny.


Doodling while I'm on the phone talking about ideas.
When I came out of the State Library yesterday after an exhaustive search into canoe making, I serendipitously walked into this sculpture:
You know when something concrete absolutley echoes and resonates with your mental process?
Well this was one of those times.

I really like the honest roughness of the texture and how the free-form 'geometry' of the sticks lends itself to ideas of leaf veining.

But...I've already forgotten (gah!) the artist's name. Right now my mind is an aluminium sieve, as opposed to a steel trap.

If any Sydneysiders know who did this piece, please let me know.