This month's featured work
Title: Sustainability
Made from...
Paper: old cotton T-shirt plus a reclaimed paper carry bag
Paints: broken terracotta clay pot; green earth; charcoal and ochre
Frame: recycled frame purchased from the Salvation Army Op-shop in Gore
Brush: dried flax leaf - bound, with the fibers separated to form the bristles.
Inspiration: a rework of the recycle symbol designed to reflect the imperfections found in nature.
Note: the tree symbols are not all evenly spaced and are not identical.
Price: $1500-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
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Each work is created with natural materials and comes with a measurable environmental contribution.
Title: Leave Nothing but Footprints
Made from...
Paper: tussock grass, beach sand and a paper carry bag
Paints: broken terracotta clay pot; charcoal and ochre
Frame: recycled frame purchased from the Salvation Army Op-shop in Gore
Brush: dried flax leaf - bound, with the fibers separated to form the bristles.
Inspiration: Leave Nothing but Footprints asks whether our idea of “light impact” is truthful, or simply convenient. It invites reflection on how even brief human actions can dominate landscapes shaped by countless smaller lives, and whether humility—not just intention—should guide how we move through the natural world.
Price: $1000-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
Title: Surat Shipwreck
Made from...
Paper: tussock grass, beach sand and a paper carry bag
Paints: broken terracotta clay pot; charcoal and ochre
Frame: repurposed flotsam - part of a wrecked old rowing boat that washed up at the head of the Catlin's Lake. The picture is hung with woven flax cord.
Brush: twig from the garden with the artist's hair bound to the stem with flax.
Inspiration: This work was produced as if the artist was shipwrecked without any possessions. In keeping with the Intenature concept, he had to make all of his artist's supplies from scratch.
Price: $2000-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
Title: Seagull
Made from...
Paper: tussock grass, beach sand, gum bark and a paper carry bag
Paints: Titanium white, broken terracotta clay pot; charcoal and ochre
Frame: repurposed flotsam - part of a wrecked old rowing boat that washed up at the head of the Catlin's Lake. The picture is hung with woven flax cord.
Brush: dried flax leaf - bound, with the fibers separated to form the bristles.
Inspiration: This work was produced as if the artist was shipwrecked without any possessions. In keeping with the Intenature concept, he had to make all of his artist's supplies from scratch.
Price: $1500-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
Title: Hector's Dolphin - X-posed series
Made from...
Paper: main paper: tussock grass, beach sand and a paper carry bag.
Stomach area: gum bark impregnated with plastics picked up off of local beaches
Paints: Titanium white, green earth, broken terracotta clay pot; charcoal and ochre
Frame: framing will be optional for this series. The purchaser can produce their own frame if desired or the artist will be a bespoke frame when sold.
Brush: dried flax leaf - bound, with the fibers separated to form the bristles.
Inspiration: This work was produced in response to ever increasing amount of plastic waste being consumed by endangered species.
Price: $2500-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
Title: Contaminated Cod - X-posed series
Made from...
Paper: main paper: tussock grass, beach sand and a paper carry bag.
Stomach area: the same paper impregnated with plastics picked up off of local beaches
Paints: Titanium white, green earth, broken terracotta clay pot; charcoal and ochre
Frame: framing will be optional for this series. The purchaser can produce their own frame if desired or the artist will be a bespoke frame when sold.
Brush: dried flax leaf - bound, with the fibers separated to form the bristles.
Inspiration: This work was produced in response to ever increasing amount of micro-plastics being consumed by humans in the food chain.
Price: $2500-00 NZD plus 5 hours environmental work
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