An original work and first design of its kind.
Fibres used: Banana, jacaranda, philodendron draconea (all grown and collected from my own Far North Queensland tropical backyard), linen thread and raffia.

Technique: Woven, coiled, stitched & assembled. Estapol spray varnished.
Height 460 mm x Width 320 mm x Depth 320 mm.
Exhibition Elevating the Spirit Exhibition (recently toured Townsville April 24- May 31, 2009)

Symbolism

• X – vortex, physical/spiritual realms, “as is above, so is below”, zero point,
• vessel – containment, embodiment, alchemy, offering, inner/outer realms
• stitching – binding, unification, direction, attachment

In Collection of the Artist .

• About the photo – was one of the first successful documentations of this work, having setup and used for the very first time, my ‘new’ softbox lights & background roll paper in an indoor studio setting and taken with my Manual Pentax K1000 on a tripod (before the digital camera era).

• Extra note – Each large fibre receptacle is a unique one off design and physically they can take awhile to do, anywhere from 1 up to 3 weeks. These are focused for gallery exhibitions. For retail commercial/merchandise viability I make the smaller, including ‘miniature’ size banana fibre receptacles. It is very time consuming, anywhere from 1 to 5 hours for each one, depending on the size and design features.