We Asked Matthew O’Connor 12 Interesting Questions About Himself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? Patricia is an elder of the Kombumerri Tribe from the Nerang and Coomera rivers. At 93, a few years ago, Pat was rapidly going blind and so I decided to make a sculpture of

We Asked Chainsaw Newton 11 Interesting Questions About Himself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? Yellow-tail Black Cockatoos.A uniquely Australian species that the rest of the world can only envy.I’m luck to enough to see them in my part of Northern NSW but usually only see them before rain.

We Asked parthenopi 11 Interesting Questions About Herself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? I was inspired by my materials- colourful plastic strips which are industrial offcuts. I loved how malleable they are and all the beautiful curves they create so I came up with a concept to suit

We Asked Trent Paul Firmin Interesting Questions About Himself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? The inspo behind my sculpture was a Betty Quelhurst artwork, named Windbreaks, Surfers 61 and the beach culture of the Mid-Century on the Gold Coast Where were you born, where are you living now,

We Asked Tracy Luff 12 Interesting Questions About Herself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? The inspiration behind this piece of artwork is the concept of exploring the extent to which material can be reused, as reflected in its title “The Last Dance.” Where were you born, where are

We Asked Tania Blanchard 12 Interesting Questions About Herself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? The inspiration behind ‘The Pixel’ was challenging peoples assumptions that things aren’t always as they seem. I wanted to create an interactive piece that takes the viewer by surprise and on closer inspection you

We Asked Alejandro Propato 12 Interesting Questions About Himself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? The immensity of the landscape of the beach and the poetic power of the sea Where were you born, where are you living now, and how does where you live affect your art? Now

We Asked Sam Gowing 12 Interesting Questions About Herself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? My inspiration is to take from my local surroundings, animals that are native to South East Queensland (SEQ), mainly creatures that I’m in awe of and make me go Wow!! because of their majestic

We Asked Sean Winter 12 Interesting Questions About Himself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? As a Industrial Technology and Design teacher I try to incorporate elements of the curriculum into real life design challenges to make the learning relevant and fun for my students. Being a local fisherman

We Asked Rae Saheli 12 Interesting Questions About Herself. What was the inspiration behind your piece for SWELL Sculpture Festival 2023? Continuous is a series of large-scale aluminium spheres using my distinctive art making technique. My work is unique in that my process favour’s chance, randomness and curiously explores the intersection of aluminium and shot