Conceptual Information #4

Test Tubes (Title Still Under Consideration) # 1 - 8

Paraffin Wax Moulds, 2009

Paraffin Wax, Disposable Gloves and Test Tubes

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

 

Paraffin Wax Moulds, 2009

Paraffin Wax

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Paraffin Wax Moulds, 2009

Paraffin Wax and Test Tubes / Bottles

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Earrings, 2009

Paraffin Wax

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch's and Pendents, 2009

Paraffin Wax

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch and Pendent, 2009

Sterling Silver

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch, 2009

Sterling Silver

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Pendents, 2009

Sterling Silver

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

This 'Test Tube' series is my third collection of works, which respond to this conceptual investigation of memory and place.  An initial response to the laboratory, each piece represents the test tubes physicality.  During the construction stages, this series underwent conceptual changes, irrefutably becoming more organic in nature.  Each pieces structural integrity, now referencing memories state of mortality, vivid one day, vague the next.

Conceptual Information #3

Ear Tags (Title Still Under Consideration)

Brooch, 2009

Sterling silver, 9ct Gold and Stainless Steel

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch, 2009

Sterling silver, 9ct Gold and Stainless Steel

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch, 2009

Sterling silver, 9ct Gold and Stainless Steel

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch, 2009

Sterling silver, 9ct Gold and Stainless Steel

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Brooch, 2009

Sterling silver, 9ct Gold and Stainless Steel

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

This 'Ear Tag' series is my second series of works, which respond to this conceptual investigation of memory and place. A direct response to farming and a connection to my previous home located within the DPI, these works draw reference to cattle ear tags, and my previous telephone number.

Conceptual Information #2

Sensing Home 3, 4, 5, 6

Sensing Home # 3

Brooch, 2009

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 4

Brooch, 2009

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 5

Brooch, 2009

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 6

Brooch, 2009

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 3, 4, 5, 6

Brooch's, 2009

Under Construction

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Interesting Quotes

'The catalyst that converts any physical location - any environment into a place, is the process of experiencing deeply.  A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings.'

- Gussow cited in Larice & MacDonald, 2007, The Urban Design Reader 

'People make attachments to places that are critical to their well-being or distress.  An individuals sense of place is both a biological response to the surrounding physical environment and a cultural creation.'

- D. Hayden, 1995, The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History 

'The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.'

- M. Kwint, C. Breward & J. Aynsley, 1999, Material Memories 

Conceptual Information

Sensing Home # 1

Brooch, 2008

Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel, Sheep Wool, and Hessian

Cast and Fabricated

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 2

Brooch, 2008

Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel, and Sheep Wool

Cast and Fabricated

Photographed by Jemica Ostrofski

Sensing Home # 1 & # 2 2008, are my first series of works, which respond to this conceptual investigation of memory and place. A direct response to a specific locale - the sheep and wool pavilion at the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F, a government animal research facility) Yeerongpilly, these works draw references to bailing techniques and mesh flooring, exemplifying a sense of containment and restriction, which epitomises the parrallels between the beauty of nature and its fragility. Through the affiliations of farming, memories pertaining to my father are re-established, strengthening my sense of place, and my sense of 'home'.

Review: A Blast from the Past - the Work of Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread is a British artist best known for her abstract assemblages. A refreshingly new approach to contemporary sculpture, it is her stark references of domestic life, captured through plaster castings, which allow for an interesting comparison. It is the positive space and inversed appearance of Whiteread's work, which pushes the boundaries of commonality and questions one’s physicality. Have we 'become the wall' (Mullins 2004, p. 23), looking out into the world around us?

Closet 1988, is one of Whiteread's first exhibited works, where a small wardrobe was cast and stripped down to its bare essentials. Unlike the majority of other works, Whiteread felt this particular work should be covered in black felt, concealing any physical traces and elements of its 'absent host' (Cooke, L., Curiger, B. & Hilty, G. 1992, p. 37).

A representation of a childhood recollection, it is Whiteread's vivid memory of playing in her 'grandmother's wardrobe... the smell and sensation of the darkness, as her sister locks her in' (Mullens 2004, pp.18 - 19), which connotes a sense of isolation.

In reviewing this particular work, I am reminded of several questions: What impacts do references of meaning and memory place upon such environments? How does the physical interaction with an urban environment change its cognitive perspective? How does one's relationship to a sense of place disrupt its sense of permanence?

Intrigue Exhibition -Part One

Artist Statement

Urban Translation #2 is a series of works that examine the urban environment.  Designed through an amalgamation of recycled materials, these works aim to re-establish the connections formed between a conservative state and one of refinement whilst also focusing on the aesthetics of geometry.

Desensitised to the world, it is the elements of line, shape, and form, which become visually recognisable within the urban landscape - fence, hedge, road, door and roof.  Parallels to these constructs can be made throughout past and present works, which questions ideals of ones sense of place. How does the physical interaction with an urban environment change its cognitive perspective?  And does one's relationships to a sense of place disrupt its sense of permanence?

 Close up of Nature # 1

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum, and Translucent Red Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Nature # 1

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Translucent Red Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Nature # 1 

During Construction

Photography by Jennifer Watkins 

Intrigue Exhibition -Part Two

Close up Nature # 2

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Blue Perspex

Fabrication

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Nature # 2

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Blue Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Nature # 2 

During Construction

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Three

Close up Nature # 3

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Green Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Nature # 3

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Green Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Nature # 3 

During Construction

Photography By Jennifer Watkins

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Four

Elliptic Array 

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Black Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Elliptic Array 

During Construction

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Five

Close up Cross Connection

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum, Yellow Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Cross Connection

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Yellow Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Cross Connection

During Construction

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Six

Deltoid

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver, Aluminum and Orange Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Deltoid

During Construction

Photography by Jennifer Watkins

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Seven

Just Because

Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver and Dyed Green Jasper

Fabricated

Photography by Jennifer Watkins 

Just Because

 Ring, 2009

Sterling Silver and Dyed Green Jasper

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Intrigue Exhibition - Part Eight

Stepping Stone# 1

Stud Earrings, 2009

Sterling Silver and Red Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Stepping Stone # 2

Stud Earrings, 2009

Sterling Silver and Translucent Red Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Stepping Stone # 3

 Stud Earrings, 2009

Sterling Silver and Translucent Blue Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski

Stepping Stone # 4

Stud Earrings, 2009

Sterling Silver and Green Perspex

Fabricated

Photography by Jemica Ostrofski