I put the proposal to DRI F T Arts Festival in the form of drawing and a prototype stone.
I was so respectful of the people who had done such an incredible job to work together for the environment - I felt they heard the environment and spoke up for it - against large odds.
I asked the community if it was OK for me to propose…..
The work was selected for the Festival along with 19 other sculpture works. Then the job to cast the stones ASAP …. here are some of the ears :)
this was the process - making hydrostone, or gypsum cement filled special balloons, to set against the napes of the people who could get to my studio....
set them to dry….
rock shopping
rock shopping at Rock ‘n Redgum - the concept was to collect rocks from the areas (and return them afterwards) but with the short notice to exhibition date, rocks needed to be sourced…
assemble time - so many wonderful helpers and Mijo popped his camera on a sill in the room allocated for the work - and captured this ….