textiles mixed media, monotype, stitch
aquifer
162cm (h) x 215cm (w)
textile wall hanging
calico, ink, paint, oil pastel, thread,
linear monotype on calico, hand and machine stitch
This work continues my protest series (2016) of CSG mining of the Pilliga State Forest in NSW. Fast forward to 2020 and the economic impact of Covid-19 with the federal government's #gasfiredrecovery and endorsement of major CSG projects across Australia, the Narrabri Gas Project was once again revived.
162cm (h) x 215cm (w)
textile wall hanging
calico, ink, paint, oil pastel, thread,
linear monotype on calico, hand and machine stitch
This work continues my protest series (2016) of CSG mining of the Pilliga State Forest in NSW. Fast forward to 2020 and the economic impact of Covid-19 with the federal government's #gasfiredrecovery and endorsement of major CSG projects across Australia, the Narrabri Gas Project was once again revived.
artist statement
After record drought, unprecedented bushfires and the hottest year on record, climate change, the environment and water conservation are still absent from policy making.
The Pilliga is the recharge area for the Great Artesian Basin, the largest of its kind in the world. Covering 1.7million square kilometres and containing 64,000 cubic kilometres of ground water, it is a crucial fresh water supply for much of inland Australia.
On September 2020 despite receiving over 22,700 submissions from farmers, Aboriginal elders, health professionals and environmentalists, the NSW government approved the Narrabri Gas Project (850 CSG wells) with no right to appeal to the Land and Environment Court.
Matters pertaining to this project are ongoing, September 2023.
2023 'the girl who climbed trees' solo exhibition, tamworth regional art gallery, tamworth NSW