Description
Amelia’s sculptural works focus on the misjudged and not so popular feathered friends. Finding the beauty in the unsightly, hideous, frightful and unloved. The Brush Turkey is an Australian Aboriginal Totem ‘Wagun’ that dates back 30 million years. The Turkey nest is composted for warmth and heat tested by the inside of the adult’s mouth or beak to an accurate 33 degrees. Their egg incubation process, dumping them in a mound and abandoning them, is an extraordinarily primitive nesting behaviour, which is closer to a crocodile than a normal bird.
Materials Hand-made clay, leaves, twigs, wire, paintbrush, beads, tissue, lamp base and light.
Measurements (mm) H 450 W 450 L 500
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About the Artist
Amelia is a multidisciplinary artist, working with various contrasting mediums within her sculptures and paintings. Her artworks are nature-based with an emphasis on conservation and a significance on all things connecting. Her skills are underpinned by 30 years of experience as a professional artist, sculptor, and designer working full-time in her studio/gallery in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW. Amelia’s recent works have emerged through exploring natural history illustration and using reclaimed materials. Amelia’s thoughtfulness and consideration are apparent for nature with a cross-pollination of magical curiosity. Her approach to visual art and sculpture design is to produce her works with integrity and artistic speculation.
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