26 APRIL - 6 MAY Tracey Deep. Bloom

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1 26 APRIL - 6 MAY 2018 Tracey Deep Bloom

2 Celebrated artist and sculptor of nature, Tracey Deep, thrills us yet again with her latest body of work entitled Bloom. This body of work is a celebration of the ethereal beauty of nature s poetic imagination, its delicate playful lines, fragile whimsical shapes and strikingly luscious textures. As with all of Tracey s work, she harnesses nature s ephemeral qualities to inspire pieces which embody a transitional beauty, and in doing so become a sentimental preservation of the original form. Bloom is a magical manifestation of her perspective of nature s aura, and its lightness of being. Tracey Deep is a creative adventurer, a biology enthusiast, and magical plant sculptor. Celebrated for her sustainable sculptures and installations using organic and industrial recycled materials for over two decades her creations are as distinctive as a signature, and have graced events ranging from the Art Gallery of NSW, NGV Melbourne, Wolgan valley Emirates resort, Cult Design to Aria restaurant Sydney, Dubai Opera restaurant, Dolphin Hotel Sydney, The Commons Hotel Hobart and from Macquarie bank, Rabo bank to Mission impossible and Star Trek, and from the Winter Olympics to Hugh Jackman. A powerhouse of imagination and generosity of spirit, Tracey has taught her craft over the past decade at dozens of lectures & workshops.

Tracey Deep, like many other writers, philosophers and artists of her time, is engaged with nature in ways that are without foregrounded knowledge.

3 Tracey Deep, like many other writers, philosophers and artists of her time, is engaged with nature in ways that are without foregrounded knowledge. Humans no longer comprehend the difference between nature and culture. We no longer can distinguish between the experience of the natural world and the reality of its lingering parts. Since the early 19th century, the sum of nature s parts has become obfuscating. By this I mean that we need to return to the parts the plants, the trees, the grasses, the insects and fauna in order to reconnect with the larger ecologies and ideas of nature. We have forgotten nature, we have forgotten how to respond to, and with, natural things. It is artists such as Deep to whom we turn to remind us of the smell of grasses, the Mobius turn of a flower, the fractal repetition of small to large leaves. There is so much mathematical, philosophical and chemistry knowledge embedded in nature and yet, still, we plunder the forests and mine the land for the sake of short term jobs. Most of us are pragmatic, but some of us (often the artists and writers) are sickened by what we are doing. Perhaps if we pay attention to Tracey Deep s meshes of natural fibres, her epiphyte mosses and her bearded U- shaped stick weavings, we will look back at nature and remember who we are. Dr Prue Gibson (Author The Pharmacy of Plants)

4 bloom, x 100 x 20 cm bamboo, alpaca fibre $8,800

queen protea, 2018 30 x 25 x 20 cm wooden

$1,800 king protea, 2018 35 x 30 x 15 cm

5 queen protea, x 25 x 20 cm wooden beads, feathers, coconut fibre, wire $1,800 king protea, x 30 x 15 cm wooden beads, feathers, wire, coconut fibre $1,800

6 sacred forest, x 25 x 80 cm wood, rope, wire $6,800 autumn wind, x 20 x 120 cm bamboo, fibre $8,800

7 birch poem, x 120 x 30 cm burnt birch, wire $8,800

8 ocean bloom, x 30 x 25 cm wire, rope, palm fibre $3,800 spirit dreaming, x 15 x 60 cm wire, rope, bamboo fibre $3,800

9 weeping willow, x 50 x 130 cm fibre, bamboo $12,800

10 ancient spirit, x 15 x 20 cm feather, wire, seed pod $2,800 moss, x 50 x 40 cm wire, netting $4,800

11 mystic bloom, x 20 x 110 cm burnt willow, burnt birch, fibre $7,800 flame tree, x 25 x 100 cm rope, fibre, metal $7,800

12 bush dreaming, x 55 x 60 cm flax sticks, wire, mesh fibre $7,800

spirit bloom, 2018 155 x 80 x 20 cm burnt willow, hemp $7,800

13 spirit bloom, x 80 x 20 cm burnt willow, hemp $7,800 spirit bloom II, x 80 x 20 cm burnt willow, hemp $7,800

14 amethyst bloom, x 20 x 125 cm bamboo, fibre $7,800

15 rainbow spirit, x 35 x 40 cm wire, silk fibre $4,800 blossom dance, x 40 x 30 cm wire, rope, fibre $5,800

16 cloud dreaming, x 20 x 165 cm bamboo, fibre $8,800

17 pollen dance, x 55 x 60 cm wire, rope, bamboo, fibre $6,800 cloud tree, x 20 x 80 cm bamboo, fibre $5,800

18 desert pod, x 20 x 65 cm willow, hemp, wire $3,800 wishing tree, x 40 x 40 cm bamboo, fibre, wire $6,800

19 Photography by Nicholas Watt

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found then Beautiful things for the outdoors can be created from materials often overlooked. Here, four talented people share their designs made

found then Beautiful things for the outdoors can be created from materials often overlooked. Here, four talented people share their designs made writer john mcdonald photography mick bruzzese rustic fence