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'worst of the worst' #4
11.8 in
x
11.8 in
(30 cm x 30 cm)
Year
2024
Photo Credit
Bruce Champion
Exhibition
Price
$0.00
A World Heritage Site, the Saltwater River Coal Mines on Tasmania's east coast were established in 1833 to provide coal for the Port Arthur Penitentiary. Conditions for the convicts who worked in the underground mines were appalling. Remnants of the stone and brick buildings are all that remain. The grim history of the site is hard to reconcile with its strikingly beautiful setting looking over Norfolk Bay.
Materials
Recycled paper and cardboard, vintage Japanese silks, teabag paper, scrim, gauze, acrylic mediums, inks, and perle cotton.
Techniques
Paper and cardboard are deconstructed by soaking in water, then reconstructed using silk, scrim, mediums and stitching to produce paper textile.