Navigator, 1999
Macrocarpa, prunings of pohutukawa and magnolia, acrylic pigment and beeswax. 3500 x 550 x 400mm. Private collection, Singapore.
Hand-worked prunings of pohutukawa and magnolia twigs have been inlaid along the central spine of the vessel alluding to migrants who sometimes return to their original homeland and take with them familiar plants as a reminder of the ‘other’ place. This concept is a reversal of an earlier theme.
Navigator was made to celebrate my return to the north with a survey exhibition,
Tideline / a ten year survey curated by the Whangarei Art Museum in 1999.