The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore at CMAG
Exhibition at Canberra Museum and Gallery 2021
The Burden of Stuff (1 new item)
Jan 10, 2011 New work
Others in the Piano Creatures' World
First shown at my exhibition "Glimpses of a Seabird Flying Blind" at The Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, 23 March - 29 April 2018
Biami, the Wiradjuri creation story (11 new items)
Puppets for the Wiradjuri Echoes production of their creation story, Biami
The Secret Cabal of Elders
Art handpuppets of slightly odd birds, the great survivors.
The Big Fish (Evangeline) (4 new items)
The Big Fish (Hybrid Piano Creature) First shown at my exhibition "Glimpses of a Seabird Flying Blind" at The Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, 23 March - 29 April 2018
The Big Fish (Evangeline)
The Big Fish (Hybrid Piano Creature) First shown at my exhibition "Glimpses of a Seabird Flying Blind" at The Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, 23 March - 29 April 2018
The Piano Creatures
The Piano Creatures First shown at my exhibition "Glimpses of a Seabird Flying Blind" at The Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, 23 March - 29 April 2018
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Shells & cocoons
Shells
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Under My Bed puppets
Two bunraku-style puppets.
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Assorted props, costume elements and refurbishments (6 new items)
Assorted props, costume elements and refurbishments made for The Fool Factory in 2015 -2016
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Big Barnaby Joyce puppet
A giant puppet head of Barnaby Joyce made for Matthew Armstrong in 2016.
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'Real Big Malcolm' puppet (2 new items)
A giant Malcolm Turnbull protest puppet made for Matthew Armstrong in 2015.
'Real Big Malcolm' puppet
A giant Malcolm Turnbull protest puppet made for Matthew Armstrong in 2015.