Cue WA, 650km NE of Perth, was a prosperous gold mining town in the late 1800’s. Dreams came true with the finding of glittering gold. Fortunes were made and lost. Treasures bought and sold.
In the vast scenic landscape of rugged rocks and red dirt, under brilliant blue skies and colossal cloud formations, is where my treasure is found - fragments of precious porcelain, glazed pottery, rusty metal, coloured stone and my favourite – glass in all its hues, patterns, shapes and textures.
As I collected my treasures, I became aware of how these pieces could have been a prized glass vase or bowl, a favourite cup or plate, an adored jug - treasures belonging to the women of that gold rush time. Thoughts of the happiness and the inevitable hardships that these women, especially of this area, must have experienced in times gone by stayed with me.
My assemblages are created and named with reverence and respect to all those women, that finally their most precious pieces are not lost and forgotten but have new life.
My studio at The Hive, Auger Way West is my happy place.
Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is part of the visual arts and it typically uses found objects, but is not limited to these materials.