For the month of April I was in residence at the City of Maribyrnong Artsbox. Where I continued my exploration of clay and rope, discovering new ways they can interrelate. I invited visitors to make a pinch pot from clay and to share their clay stories. These pots and stories were woven into an installation that emerged over the four weeks of the residency. I had a steady stream of people popping in. Everyone was keen to get their hands dirty Most had a story or previous experience of clay. From traditional vessels and practices in Vietnam and Nepal,a fathers who was potter…
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Nest
A review and images from my installation at Rubicon ARI, Queensbury St, Melbourne August 2016 “Very cool to drop in on Stefanie Robinsons installation at Rubicon ARI today……we walk into a white space, walls , floor and ceiling . Hanging from the roof detritus ropes, sun worn ,ocean swept , sometimes unravelled and frayed . At intermittent points the ropes flair out into beautifully woven nests before being drawn back to follow gravity and continue to the floor where some coil , frayed ends tickle the floor, a minute nest, the essence of intimacy and well being , nestles…
nest… upcoming installation
Today is the 1st of August… I have 17 days until … Nest Stories in rope and clay “Today I bring inside the heavy brown rope and start to pull it apart It is thick with dirt, dust and oil. It holds a story of work. It is rugged and strong, like an old farmer who has spent his life in the fields…” These nests have been woven from rope and formed in clay. Fragile containers for hope: an invocation for shelter, security and safety for all. This work is my response to her experiences as a…
A sketch
I am currently working towards an installation in August at Rubicon Gallery. I have a vision for a wall of clay nests I hung up the few that I had in my Studio last week I think its going to work! Now to make the next 50 – 70 …
Scenes on the Yarra
I sent a lovely day yesterday in Williamstown as apart of the final Scenes on the Yarra guided performance/installation celebrating the Yarra River, created by Jeminah Reidy. I installed a collection of nests in trees along Nelson Parade and highlighted them with a sound scape created by Dean Lombard. The soundscape include a song that he had written in response to one of the nests I had made from rope found washed up on the newport breakwater. The long tails of the nests reached down to the footpath. As I sat and waited for the performance to pass through I…
The Dirty Dozen Christmas Window
There are better photos coming…and more words but for now a quick glimpse of my finale piece for 2015….installed in Campbell Arcade (or the Degraves underpass as I call it) I was one of 12 selected by the City of Melbourne to create this installation for “Urban Forest” showing until the end of January
The Village….. part 2
So quickly it happens…. The Village has gone up, and been taken done and now rests in a box in the studio. Except the shipping rope which is still sitting in the back of the car waiting for that extra person to be available to help us lift it out! Thanks to all of those who made it to have a look. I received a lot of positive feedback and have the vision for the next one…. Here are some photos from the opening….
The Village is up and open…..
On Monday I installed The Village at Trocadero Gallery In Footscray. Paul Blackman, an old friend and fabulous artist with a great eye for installation helped. getting the shipping rope up the stairs was a challenge but totally worth it. This exhibition will be open from September 2nd – 19th Wednesday – Saturday 12 – 5pm The opening is on Saturday 5th 4 – 6 pm These are just a few of the photos I snapped after the installation…. there will be more!
The Village
The post cards arrived today…. How exciting Its been a gentle 5 year process of sewing and weaving these vessels. I am looking forward to seeing them hang together in the gallery.
Today i made this…..
Still working the the notion/form of the nest a little obssesed with clay Inspired by last terms teacher challenge – to make a nest in clay by thinking like a bird (these are the ones i made in class!) I up scale… Its my first attempt at working with clay outside a class situation…. so the test will be in the firing… have i made the paper clay right?… Will the mix of clays i have used work? Whoops i forgot to run a wire underneath the second one…will i get it off the board all those great learning questions…