UNDERWEAR CASUARINA

PLANT : CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA (BEACH CASUARINA)

(AKA. COASTAL SHE-OAK, HORSETAIL SHE-OAK, BEACH SHEOAK, BEACH CASUARINA OR WHISTLING TREE)

UNDERWEAR CASUARINA

110cm X 30cm X 30 cm

Undergarment, hanging wire, sewing thread, plastic pearl, PVA glue, string and knotted fabric

'Casuarina trees are abundant on the esplanade of my hometown.

When I think of the calm ocean of the bay, I think of these trees. I see them as a conduit to the water, its needles drawing memories from the ocean surface, capturing the wind like an open net.'

pearl molluscs

ocean and sun filled sky

blue water

needles pointing towards the sea

[shown at Collective Dream Council exhibition june 2024]