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SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 9AM – 4PM

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A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR JENNIFER ANDERSONOn behalf of Ku-ring-gai Council, I would like to warmly welcome you to this annual celebration of spring in Ku-ring-gai.

The Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Art & Garden Festival represents everything that we love about our local area – native plants, spring flowers in full bloom, the arts, bushwalks and beautiful natural surroundings to relax in.

This year we have a record 47 entries to the Festival’s sculpture walk. In this booklet you can see images of the artworks, plus a description of what they represent.

Given its popularity, we will be keeping the sculpture walk in place for a month after the conclusion of the Festival, so everyone can enjoy seeing the creativity of the artists who have contributed.

Thank you for supporting the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden and I hope you have a wonderful time at the Festival!

GEORGE CALEY’S INSTAGRAM PEOPLE’S

CHOICE AWARDS

Post your favourite sculpture on Instagram using #wildflowersculpturewalk

Winner will be announced on Ku-ring-gai Council’s Instagram

@kuringgai_council

1. CHRYSALIS OLD, CHRYSALIS BLUE, CHRYSALIS RENEWED

Toni Kearns

Like the chrysalis, making something from throwaway and discarded objects is a transformative process and retelling of what could be.

Materials: Wire coat hangers, fabric, old doilies, yarn and glue.

Sale price: $350 each or $1000 for set of three

2. FLOWER FLOW

Anna Mango & Tarja Martin

We love waste and love taking unwanted and discarded materials then re-imagining them into something beautiful while promoting discussion on the need to reduce, reuse and re-purpose.

Materials: Yoga mats, pool covers, floor underlays and wires.

Sale price: Not for sale

3. PIPES THE TURTLE

Angela Panzarino

Pipes the Turtle has been an inspiration due to his realistic features, this has been a fun experience watching him come to life.

Materials: Construction workers hard hat, pvc pipes, wooden beads, buttons, electrical conduit pipes, plastic plugs, plastic plates

Sale price: $100

Gates open 9am. Sculpture Walk and all stalls open 9am – 4pm

SCULPTURE WALK Areas A, D and E

Cash prizes of $3000, $1500 and $500 will be awarded from Ku-ring-gai Council’s Environmental Levy Fund. Winners will be announced at 12.50pm on the main stage.

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4. EYE

Jordi Riu

The view of the second chance. Not everything that we see is rubbish.

Materials: Recycled steel, timber and stone

Sale price: $450

5. WE ARE ALL ARTISTS

Stepping Stones Montessori (Junior category)

An evolving sculpture inspired by a magnificent stick found on a walk.

Children used sticks from the Centre’s garden and their own gardens to create a stick sculpture.

Feel free to add to the sculpture with sticks from the Wildflower Garden.

Materials: Recycled, naturally dropped sticks.


6. BOTANICAL SYDNEY CLASSICS

Newton Bishop

Love of native wildflowers.

Materials: Sydney Sandstone

Sale price: $4600

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7. A CYBER PIRATES TREASURE

1st Pymble Eco Art Crew (Junior category)

We have found the cyber pirates treasure and will rebuild it into something they will never recognise.

Materials: e-waste from portable stereo, HD Tuner, DVD player and hair dryer

Sale price: $150

8. THE BEE TREEKu-ring-gai Wildflower Garden’s Nippers in Nature and Toddlers & Tadpoles programs (Junior category)

Young participants of our children’s programs have worked together to create a sculpture dedicated to native solitary bees. Can you see the models of blue-banded bees hanging from the tree? We have also made little bee nests so that real bees can make their homes here.

Materials: Upcycled garden pot, branches, seed pods and leaves


9. BURRUGINSarah Franks

Withdrawn due to illness.


10. BUGS GALOREStuck in the Mud Group This collection of oversized insects and bugs is in keeping with our whimsical, quirky and colourful approach to sculpture as a group.

Materials: Clay, wire, mixed media.

Sale price: $2500 for the set or individual pieces to be negotiated

11. SEE YOU ROUND Janny Grant

Are you the viewer or are you the viewed? Either way I’ll see you round.

Materials: Specially selected and curated sticks, metallic paint, steel frames.

Sale price: $1500 each

12. RIVER OF SCALESMembers of Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden’s Junior Rangers Club (Junior category) Our after-school group the Junior Rangers Club, has created a River of Scales using seed pods from a black bean tree. This installation uses the pattern created by the pods to represent a snake travelling through the landscape.

Materials: Black bean pods.



13. THE BIG ?Daniel Burkhardt

Sustainability is only part of the big picture. Big questions – small answers. Red alert? The bright red to clash and contrast with the Australian landscape.

Materials: Surplus PVC stormwater pipes, elbows and push-on cap of large diameter generously donated by manufacturer. PVC cement. Old farm gate. Recycled timber pine.


14. BUSH CHORUSChristina Frank Song is a fundamental human expression. Bush Chorus is a series responding exuberantly to the joys and wonders of the Australian bush.

Materials: Fired clay, wire, fabric


15. DO YOU SEE THE SEA OF PLASTIC?Lily Hennig (Junior category) I am passionate about the health of our oceans and I want to bring awareness to the impact our wasteful ways have on the oceans and the creatures that live in it.

Materials: Wooden pallet, bottles, bottle caps, cardboard, newspaper, wood, string, plastic bags.


16. DEVOURED BY PLASTICMarina Robins Viewers are invited to look through a plastic screen into a drawer which contains organic products from the ocean, representing plastics endangering the oceans.

Materials: Plastic tablecloth, plastic nettings, wooden drawer.

Sale price: $75

17. THE MAD HATTER’S BUSH TEA PARTY Morelle Reeves The Mad Hatter’s Bush Tea Party is a fun and frivolous play with the beauty of natural wood and the colours and shapes of vintage crockery, cutlery and jewellery.

Materials: Driftwood, recycled crockery and cutlery, recycled jewellery, recycled picture frame, glue, wire.


18. BUSH VISITORSNil Arslanoglu Bush Visitors represents my favourite animals in Australia, using glass.

Materials: Glass, copper foil and solder.


19. VOLCANIC RAINBOWSEmily & Zachary Holst (Junior category)

Inspired by volcanoes and rainbows we wanted to bring the gardens alive with colour and joy.

Materials: Ceramic white tiles.


20. THE SECOND TEMPTATION – A COMMENT ON WANTON CONSUMERISMMorelle Reeves

The Second Temptation explores today’s wanton consumerism, likening this to the Original Sin which led to the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise - for us, this is the destruction of our world.

Materials: Recycled toys, recycled wet suit fabric, recycled picture frame, recycled coat hanger. Glue, spray paint. Chain

Sale price: $500

21. HOMES FOR GNOMESAntonia Perdis My interpretation of the ‘Amanita Muscaria’ fungi family. The visual representation of mushrooms lends itself to storytelling as represented in fables and folklore. Therefore, I used the comedic element of the signpost to mark the presence of the capricious characters of folklore.

Materials: Cable reels, faux leather upholstery material, cushions, synthetic grass, preloved Christmas Tree, timber (all materials 100% recycled).

Sale price: $550


22. MUMMY AND ME FLOWER TREEKU Killara Park Preschool (Junior category) Our sculpture was created during our Mothers Day celebrations. The idea was to create a sense of belonging as everyone could share in the creative experience.

Materials: Fallen sticks, recycled beads from reverse garbage, wire and string.


23. THE FRIENDLY CATERPILLAR Niko Bohtis (Junior category) Inspired by exploring in Grandmother’s garden.

Materials: Metal bike bar, foam, plastic cables, string, sponge, garden hose, skateboard.

Sale price: $50

24. HOMEJordi Riu That comfortable place where you want to be without the need to commit yourself to a 30 year mortgage.

Materials: Recycled steel, timber and stone.

Sale price: $450

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25. MESSAGE TREE – (B) VERBUM LIGNOMatt McLarty Message Tree is an interactive installation consisting of a twisted wire tree upon which the audience are invited to leave messages and thoughts in clear capsules hanging from the branches.

Materials: Steel Wire, steel frame, timber, plastic weather proof containers.

Sale price: $3500

26. A SUBTLE IMPERMANENCERob Sawyer This sculpture interacts with sunlight and wind, being heard and seen from a distance. Sunlight glints on its facets and the wind creates pleasant sounds.

Materials: Recycled stainless steel offcuts and fine galvanised wire.


27. DEATH BY A THOUSAND CATSBarbara Hamilton Cats are a triple threat to our native wildlife through predation, competition and disease, particularly toxoplasmosis (see enlargement).

An estimated 75 million animals are killed in Australia each night! (RMIT University figures).

Materials: Plastic poster board, wooden stakes, compact discs, old football, plastic net bags, plastic fish, umbrella fabric, bicycle wheel.



28. MILK BOTTLE COCKATOOMeera Nirmalendran (Junior category) I am very interested in issues important to our environment and recycling and reducing waste is critical. I loved creating a sculpture out of recycled materials.

Materials: Plastic milk bottle, plastic juice bottle, top of spray bottle, plastic fruit packaging.


29. REFUNGISally Blackwell Excessive food packaging is still a major contributor to landfill. Rethink, reuse, recycle, refuse, reduce, recover, re-gift or repair. This installation is my ReFUNgi.

Materials: Netting from vegetable bags, chicken wire, old t shirt fabric.

Sale price: POA

30. BEE WISETony Bruck Bees are the foundation of environmental sustainability. Bee Wise tells us that without environmental care, society will end and only static representations will remain.

Materials: Wooden plinth, ceramic vase, cubic zirconiums gems, stainless steel cutlery, flowers.

Sale price: $100

31. ETERNAL HERBARIUMJenny Wiggins A labour of love from days camping and walking through the Australian bush. A reminder of our responsibility to preserve nature.

Materials: Metal pole welded onto a metal base.

Sale price: $1700 each

32. INTO THE MYSTICMark Joyce Depicting motion in nature inspired by the elements.

Materials: Recycled spring and mild steel

Sale price: $3800

33. TIME LEAVESMatt McLarty Time Leaves is a representation of how nature recycles itself endlessly, as it always has done in the past and always will do in the future, if we leave it alone.

Materials: Timber and stainless steel.

Sale price: $3500

People’s Choice Awards Share your favourite sculpture on Instagram using

#wildflowersculpturewalk for your chance to go in the running to win $500!


34. 5 LITTLE DUCKS WENT TO KU-RING-GAI GARDENMutahhar Haris Nazir (Junior category)

What if five little ducks came to the garden and played with me?

Materials: Pine cones, acorn and recycled plastic tray.

Sale price: $25

35. ROO-CYCLINGCatie Sully Cycling and recycling

– these well known bush animals are teaming up to share the message of thinking and acting sustainably.

Materials: Recycled corrugated iron, recycled wire, recycled sweaters, clothes pegs, children’s bike, plastic bags, steel rods.


36. RAINBOW SERPENTDia MacNamara (Junior category) My Rainbow Serpent is inspired by the Aboriginal Dreamtime story. The Rainbow Serpent created the land for the Aboriginal people and they cared for the land. I hope my Rainbow Serpent reminds people that we should all care for Earth.

Materials: Marine ply, old plastic bottle tops and lids, wire, screws.

Sale price: $500


37. INTO THE BLUEAnna Mango Childhood memories inspired our piece Into the Blue – a melancholic celebration of our childhood, a homage to our Lapland grandmother who painted EVERYTHING BLUE, EVERYTHING!

Materials: Recycled children’s toys, ultramarine/cobalt blue Solver Acrylic paint.

Sale price: $350

38. QUESTION MARKSDaniel Burkhardt This work symbolises endless questioning. WHAT? (Sustainability); WHY? (Think!); WHEN? (Now!)’ WHERE? (Here, on planet earth!); WHO? Or by WHOM? (Us, together!) and HOW? (??).

Materials: Surplus PVC stormwater pipes, elbows and push-on caps of various diameters. PVC cement. Expanding foam filler, 2mm wire. Red glossy acrylic paint.


39. DEW DROPS AND SPIDER WEBSAnna Mango & Tarja Martin Our work is motivated by the message to RECYCLE.

We were inspired by the delicate delight that is the ‘dew covered spiders web’ perceived as frightening instead of beautiful.

Materials: Recycled chandelier light fixtures, broken pearl necklace, old wooden clothing frame and wire.

Sale price: $950


40. WATERCOURSEChristina Frank Reminiscent of other life carriers: seedpods, seashells or coolamon, ‘pools’ flow one to another, each part of a whole, moving on with gravity and time.

Materials: Fired paperclay, ceramic pencil, glaze.

Sale price: POA

41. POSSUM MAGICRuby Vassallo (Junior category) Meet Possum Magic. He is a very cheeky possum who comes out a night to play in the Wildflower Garden.

Materials: Drink cooler, metal bucket, screws, candle holder, spring, nut and bolt, spray paint, salad tossers.


42. THE WAHROONGA MANMelissa Q Passionate about giving new life.

Materials: Gum tree branch, hardwood timber off cut from an old pier, clay from the earth.


43. STRIVING TO SURVIVEBelmore South Public School Art Club While creating this sculpture, students and teachers came to terms with how much of a disastrous impact we are having on our beautiful wildlife. It has generated a wave of solidarity in our school community with recycling and thinking twice before throwing things out.

Materials: Toothbrush, game remotes, cups, bank cards, binder spines, headphones, keyboards, swimming noodles, plastic bottles, a laundry basket, straws, shower curtain holders, pencil holders.


44. ROSA PLASTICAStephanie Powell Inspired by the drastic need to eradicate plastic waste from the surface of the Earth and the oceans. Our addiction to plastic is destroying our environment.

Materials: Plastic bottles, plastic bags, coffee cups, foam, screws, mdf off cuts, paint.


45. CROCODILEFraser Steffens (Junior category) When I found the bath mat on the council clean up it reminded me of crocodile skin. I decided to pick it up and create a crocodile. Then I found an electronic massage machine parts to create the eyes.

Materials: Bath mat, electronic massage parts, mdf off cut.


People’s Choice Awards Share your favourite sculpture on Instagram using

#wildflowersculpturewalk for your chance to go in the running to win $500!


46. SINGLE SEALJulianne Abercrombie Single Seal was inspired by the resident seal, “Benny” (named after Bennelong Point) who became quite the attraction at the Opera House steps in the winter of 2018 in Sydney Harbour.

Materials: Interior - recycled foam Exterior - sisal rope


47. BUSH BUNTINGMembers of our Bush School for Home School Families Children from our Bush School have assembled our bunting.

Materials: Recycled textiles and decorated flags using natural dyes including rock ochres and hammered leaves and flowers.



CALEY’S CAR PARKArtisan Gallery and Food Court (Area B)

Artisans will have arts and craft for sale, the Strategy and Environment Department from Ku-ring-gai Council will talk about ways to look after our environment and the NSW Rural Fire Service will have a fire-engine on display.

STALLHOLDERS

• North Shore Beekeepers

• Ku-ring-gai Council

• NSW Rural Fire Service

• Bell Art Australia

• Donosali

• Boomerang Bags

• The Bird Photographer

• Wentworth Falls Pottery

FOOD STALLHOLDERS

• Authentic Turkish Gozleme

• Pizza Picchio

• Yans Asian Market

• Bar Coco

• The Natural Pancake Company

• Spit Roast Guru

• Lions Club of St Ives

CALEY’S PAVILION Area C

Plants for sale by Australian Plant Society North Shore Group.

STALLHOLDERS

• Australian Plant Society

• Entomological Society NSW Inc

• STEP

CALEY’S PAVILION PATIOArea D Meeting point for bush walk at 11am

Bush walking with the Australian Plant Society North Shore Group. Discover unknown tracks, learn about native plants, search for wildlife and enjoy being in the bush as you venture along our tracks. Not just for kids, this walk is designed for the whole family.

CALEY’S PAVILION GARDEN Area E

STALLHOLDERS

• Frog and Tadpole Society

• Ku-ring-gai Library

• Flowers For Everyone – Flower Crown Workshop

St Ives Showground 9am - 5pm Daily

TIMEMAIN STAGE

CALEY’S PAVILION GARDEN CALEY’S PAVILION

PATIO

10.00am Sass and Grit

10.20am Audrey Bygraves

10.35am Children’s Story Time

11.00am Wildlife ShowAustralian Plant Society

Guided Walk

11.40am St Ives North Public School

11.50am Famous Performing Arts

12.15pm St Ives Primary School

12.30pm Marian Street Theatre

12.50pmPresentation of certificates to Sculpture Walk winners

1.20pm Children’s Story Time

1.40pm Wildlife Show

2.15pm Lindfield East Public SchoolWildflower Garden

Guided Rangers Walk

2.30pmMarian Street Theatre

for Young People

2.50pm Turramurra Public School

3.05pmCombined Schools Choir

Primary

3.15pmCombined Schools Choir

Secondary

4.00pm FINISH

WILDFLOWER ART AND GARDEN FESTIVAL 2019WHAT’S ON

All day plant sales & kids activities

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