PCYC Building 40 The Kingsway, Dee Why, 2099
(metal designs in polished concrete floor)
I was commissioned to create some aluminium and brass shapes to be inlayed into a polished concrete entrance floor of the Dee Why PCYC building (The Kingsway, Dee Why). The slide show has a few photos that illustrate the creation of a polished concrete test tile to see how easily the different metal shapes can be inserted into wet concrete at the right depth so that when polished the metal line drawings will be visible. The other reason for the test tile was to determine the suitability of the different metals to the polishing process when finishing the concrete flooring.
The photos were taken of the finished and polished floor in the complete PCYC building. I have had to enhance the photographs by increasing the contrast because shapes were clearly visible when I was standing in the PCYC building looking at the floor, but the photographs did not reveal the shapes very clearly at all. I presume this is a result of the highly reflective nature of the polished concrete surfave.
The designs belong to local indigenous artist, Jessica Birk, and depict ancient indigenous rock carvings - shapes and sites that are significant to the local indigenous peoples. Click on photos to see them enlarged.
The designs belong to local indigenous artist, Jessica Birk, and depict ancient indigenous rock carvings - shapes and sites that are significant to the local indigenous peoples. Click on photos to see them enlarged.
Weaving Bridges Project 2019
songlines
Weaving Bridges Project 2017
saltwater women
Weaving Bridges Project 2016
flora
Weaving Bridges Project 2015
birds
Look at the images in this Daliy Telegraph story by Rod Bennett dated July 8, 2015. Rod kindly acknowledged my work in the copy. However the photo of the young scout on the bridge shows one of the large pelicans I created for the project, that was subsequently woven into by the expert weavers.
A screengrab version of the story is here. |
Weaving Bridges Project 2014
whales
Here is an excellent blog piece on the whales and their completion in time for Naidoc Week 2014, by talented local artist and warrior for the environment, Angela van Boxtel, in her blog Green With Envy. My only edit would be to note that Penny (whose last name does not warrant a mention) insisted on assisting me and kept on pushing and pushing and pushing until I relented even though I didn't want or need her help. I relented and allowed her in to my borrowed space. While I was sick in hospital, this woman then arranged to take all of the credit for the design and construction of these beautiful whales in a Manly Daily story which did not mention my name at all, and which feature a large photo of her in front of my structures. She proved to me that day that she has a very low moral compass and can not be trusted to speak the truth at all. Tellingly, she has moved into local government politics, no doubt on the backs of others' ideas and hard work. But I digress. The point is that the wonderful Angela van Boxtel wrote her Whale Dreaming story in her blog, and it is worth a read.