Salvage/Selvage
2022
Re-used Denim Jeans, 44 Gallon Oil Drums, Stuffing (recycled PET), Cotton Thread, Aluminium Wire, Screws, Steel Wire, Steel Bracket
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Award, 2022
Sponsored by the Neumann Benevolent Foundation
Judged by Lindy Lee
2022
Re-used Denim Jeans, 44 Gallon Oil Drums, Stuffing (recycled PET), Cotton Thread, Aluminium Wire, Screws, Steel Wire, Steel Bracket
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Award, 2022
Sponsored by the Neumann Benevolent Foundation
Judged by Lindy Lee
A reef of faded denim coral covers 3 empty oil drums, washed onto shore and scattered on the sand.
Coral bleaching has become an almost annual event.
Denim is one of the most recognisable fabrics in the world, steeped in history and culture, from utilitarian workwear to item of fashion. Blue denim jeans are so ubiquitous that they are considered a ‘neutral’ in the wardrobe, in spite of the fact they are a bold colour choice for trousers. Fading and rips on jeans map the life of the wearer, revealing insights into their lives, their work and their habits.
Similarly, traces of human activity can be seen on coral reefs in the form of physical damage, pollution and annual coral bleaching events.
The coral has been hand sewn using old pairs of salvaged jeans. They are colonising old oil drums which are buried in the sand.
INSTALLATION Photos at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, September 2022
Coral bleaching has become an almost annual event.
Denim is one of the most recognisable fabrics in the world, steeped in history and culture, from utilitarian workwear to item of fashion. Blue denim jeans are so ubiquitous that they are considered a ‘neutral’ in the wardrobe, in spite of the fact they are a bold colour choice for trousers. Fading and rips on jeans map the life of the wearer, revealing insights into their lives, their work and their habits.
Similarly, traces of human activity can be seen on coral reefs in the form of physical damage, pollution and annual coral bleaching events.
The coral has been hand sewn using old pairs of salvaged jeans. They are colonising old oil drums which are buried in the sand.
INSTALLATION Photos at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, September 2022
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