The fish, which was originally on a stand, was made by another artist. I suggested a different arrangement, to put the fish in some other underwater context, perhaps with a seaweed or seagrass backing, and here you have it.
The fish is Stainless Steel and the backing is Corten Steel.
An etched Stainless Steel bowl. No, I’m not telling you how it’s done, so stop bloody asking.
Bollywood ( Litsea leefeana) a Queensland Native Rainforest tree. Finished with copper leaf edging & a Silky Oak foot
Started off with this hoping I’d get away with not cleaning the timber, that was a fail so I whipped 15mm off down to better wood. Worked out well and the owner is stoked.
Bunna currently works in the road construction industry and uses any spare time he does get compiling these creative constructions.
Making the wood as aged as this takes a bit of time. The process does require careful monitoring as well as some serious elbow grease, but a process that is well worth it when the final product looks as good as this.
I didn’t make the tiles, they’re from Cambodia.
Made from a split hollow log with recycled Blackwood and rebated steel banding. Yes this probably was habitat for something when it was collected just days before it was to be set on fire in a bush fire reduction burn, but now it’s habitat for some airplants, skinks & native geckos.
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