kunanyi / Mt. Wellington
MT. WELLINGTON / KUNANYI
At sunrise
Walking through the foothills feels prehistoric, the fallen giants and reminiscent stumps left behind from the timber getters are littered throughout.
Ferns looming on and over the sides of the trails creates a low lying canopy which help create a really intimate setting.
My work is all done by hand, keeping my impact on the landscape small, this allows me to be apart of nature, hearing the sounds of passing birds and animals and creating minimal disturbance.
Offering something tangible that connect people to the landscape is so important to me, this Silver Wattle is on the Fern Glade walking trail, passers by will be able to meet this tree and feel it’s natural contours created by my process.
In a series of events, I came across and met a trail worker who in fact restored this section of trail a few years ago, upturning this tree and restoring the landscape, meticulous effort to reestablish the area and keep the root system in place, without him I would not have been able to create this work and pay homage to the area.
Keeping nature areas like this is an important part of community, place where people can reconnect with the land and to protect diversity.
10% is donated to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and 10% to the Bob Brown foundation.
