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Burning (2006)
Material: Birdeye Bluegum, Acrylic Paint
Size: 470mm x 150mm diameter
The flame-shaped birds eyes pointed the way for this pieces.
Extra carving and torching justified the name given.
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Burning detail
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Out of the Fire (2007)
Material: Jarrah
Size: 550mm x 140mm diameter
One thing leads to another, same theme as the previous piece. Bit extra carving and torching.
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Charred Remains (2008)
Material: Marri
Size: 410mm x 170mm diameter
Though a completely different design still very much preoccupied with torching.
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After the Fire (2008)
Material: Jarrah
Size: 510mm x 170mm diameter
New growth after the fire. Design a progression from "Out of the Fire" piece.
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Marysville Trio 2009
On Saturday, the 7th of February, aptly called "Black Saturday", bushfires swept across Victoria, Australia,
which resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire;
173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires.
The small hamlet of Marysville was all but destroyed with only 14 of the 400 buildings left standing.
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Marysville - Devastation
Material: Tasmanian Blackwood
Size: 400mm x 40mm
The devastation in property was horrendous.
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Marysville - Vale of Tears
Material: Birdseye Bluegum
Size: 370mm x 165mm
The mental anguish beyond comprehension.
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Marysville - New Life
Material: Marri
Size: 460mm x 155mm
But there’s always the future, the forest springing to new life after the fire.
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Afterglow (2010)
Material: Tasmanian Birdseye Bluegum
Size: 175mm x 195mm diameter
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Glowing Embers (2011)
Material: Birdseye Bluegum
Size: 500mm x 125mm
Base is a found, completely charred, strongly fissured piece of wood.
This was soaked in cyanoacrylate to stabilise it. Red paint added for extra effect.
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Devastation, Kelmscott-Roleystone (2011)
Material: Italian Cyprus
Size: 600mm x 200mm
On the 6th of February 2011 a bushfire in our shire destroyed 72 homes, thankfully no lives were lost.
This piece was torched and lightly sandblasted
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Wildfire (2011)
Material: Sheoak
Size: 830mm x 240mm diameter
Flow-on from the previous design.
Because of its height this piece was hollowed from both ends with the bottom plug grain-matched.
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