The Limestone Coast stretches from south of Adelaide, east along the coast from the Coorong National Park to the Victorian border. The Victorian volcanic plain, also known as the western basalt plain, stretches from Hamilton in south-western Victoria to Yarra Bend, covering over 10% of the state. The traditional owners preserved the grassy plains’ biodiversity through fire-stick farming. European settlers farmed and grazed the plains, pushing the delicate grassland system to the edge of extinction. Small remnants exist in areas such as railroad sidings, roadsides and graveyards where ‘benign neglect’ – the absence of active management – allowed the species of the grassy plains to maintain their existence. My prints and artists books feature the tiny grassland plants that cling to the edge of survival in remnant populations throughout the Plains.
The Crown of Benign Neglect, 2016, linocut, 56 x 56 cm.
Remnants, artists book, 2017.
The linocuts in ‘Remnants’ depict the 28 plant and animal species of the plains that are endangered, vulnerable or critically endangered. Printed on fabric ‘remnants’, my book seeks to make precious this array of tiny plants and animals that cling to life in overlooked places.
The linocuts in ‘Remnants’ depict the 28 plant and animal species of the plains that are endangered, vulnerable or critically endangered. Printed on fabric ‘remnants’, my book seeks to make precious this array of tiny plants and animals that cling to life in overlooked places.
Going, artists book, 2016.