Pennie Jagiello
Welcome warning promise of the beauty and the beast
My garland refers to the beauty and the beast of promises made, kept, broken, cast aside, revived. This garland is loosely knotted, just holding, longing with nothing secure or certain but grasping connection with ends coming together nevertheless.
Reference to material resources highlights the prominence we give to the inanimate and reliance we bestow upon them; possessions until they have served their purpose then discarded when they can no longer give. I have utilised colour over darkness underlying faded promises to reference the strength and warmth in the true colours of those who honestly shine in welcome and wealth to share.
Materials: Found discarded materials consisting of various plastic, rubber, metal, collected along Victorian, New South Wales and the Pilbara Western Australian coastlines and immediate surrounds
Photo credit: Belinda Newick and Australian Design Centre
Date: 2019