Alison Muir
feeding the aquafer, 2020
recycled linen and rayon 159cm h x 198cm w x 0.5cm d
Only recently have the 2 major rivers of the Eastern seaboard had sufficiently flow to actually join on their journey to the sea; the Murray and the Darling Rivers. With sufficient flow ground water is also being topped up and the aquifer will be fed; the Great Artesian Basin
Alison Muir
Australian vernacular, 2024
silk, cotton, felt, paper 176cm h x 128cm w x 0.5cm d
Corrugated wrought iron was invented in England in1829, for roofing on large warehouses. For the 1850 Australian Gold Rush immigrants arrived with corrugated iron dwellings, and Aboriginals used corrugated iron to replace the diminishing supplies of indigenous bark. In ‘Leaves of Iron’ Philip Drew talks of Aborigines using ‘bark in large sheets which were bent to form shelter, and it was natural for aborigines to adopt corrugated iron as a man-made bark’. In Australia it continues a much-needed role for farm buildings, water tanks, roofs, grain silos, bus shelters, and has become an integral part of the Australian psyche.
Alison Muir
saltwater, 2023
wool fleece 15cm h x 24cm diameter
In Sydney, Australia time is measured by swimming, surfing and floating in salt water, living on an island surrounded by salt water and the island effect on the localised temperate climate of the city.
