Gabrielle Mordy

Rust and Wood

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This work honours the trauma inflicted upon the land, animals, insects and eco-system by the December 2020 fires in Morton National Park, Bundanoon.

 

Regeneration happens, but that red sky, that burning inferno also happened. Animals died and land burnt. I love that bushland. I still love it. This work is an expression of my love.

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It is made from wood dyed with leaves collected in Morton National Park prior to the fire and then embellished by the disturbingly beautiful burnt rust I collected in the park directly after the fire. The burn is etched into this rust. A record of trauma, survival and complex darkness and the beauty and transformation inherent in this process.

 

Most importantly these works are odes of love – written with plant dye and flames – to the bush I have walked in for decades.