Nicolette Axiak and Jelena Sinik
Hand Cut Paper Flowers, Framed as a keepsake
These framed flowers are from the display 1896 hours and proceeds from profits of the sale will go
directly to Beacon Hill Rural Bushfire Brigade
The work 1896 hours illuminates the devastating scale of the Black Summer bushfires, with each pink flannel flower representing each of the 1896 hours our country burned.
Made from cut pages from the Complete Works of Henry Lawson, they provide a unique substrate for the petals, which
glimpse fragments of his prolific writings about the harsh and often brutal nature of life on Australian land. 1896 hours is as much about hope as it is about devastation, as the handmade flowers express a sense of renewal in their transformative deconstruction of Lawsons writings.
This emphasis on the written word contemplates the importance of language, storytelling and remembrance in the process of healing. The artists painstaking commitment to the handmade process for each flower impresses upon the slow and arduous nature of regeneration.
Nicolette Axiak and Jelena Sinik
Hand Cut Paper Flowers, Framed as a keepsake
These framed flowers are from the display 1896 hours and proceeds from profits of the sale will go
directly to Beacon Hill Rural Bushfire Brigade
The work 1896 hours illuminates the devastating scale of the Black Summer bushfires, with each pink flannel flower representing each of the 1896 hours our country burned.
Made from cut pages from the Complete Works of Henry Lawson, they provide a unique substrate for the petals, which
glimpse fragments of his prolific writings about the harsh and often brutal nature of life on Australian land. 1896 hours is as much about hope as it is about devastation, as the handmade flowers express a sense of renewal in their transformative deconstruction of Lawsons writings.
This emphasis on the written word contemplates the importance of language, storytelling and remembrance in the process of healing. The artists painstaking commitment to the handmade process for each flower impresses upon the slow and arduous nature of regeneration.