2020

Margaret Ambridge | Struggling to remember ; charcoal from fire, compressed charcoal, raindrops on paper, 2020

I collected burnt branches from fire ravaged country and started drawing with the crumbed charcoal. I became immersed in the 'scrub' while I was drawing. The interruption of raindrops falling on the iron roof of the studio seemed so at odds with the rain parched land I was drawing.

I took the partly finished work outside and let the raindrops fall on the paper.

The charcoal 'splattered', and the paper sucked up the moisture. I continued adding charcoal, and the paper remembered where the raindrops had fallen.

Our land is struggling to remember.

Ann Evers | Contained and Baked in the Desert; Three bakers' tins enclose a dozen stitched and woven vessels, which portions of primitively fired ceramic along with handmade paper treated with bees wax,  2020

Contained and Baked in the Desert found its shape during this time of self-isolation. The vessels took on a life of their own inside these small compartments, much like most of us have done. They have all been made from plants collected in Far West NSW, plants which are increasingly vulnerable in this time of ongoing drought and baking summers.

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