Flights of Fancy

Curtin Shopping Centre Public Artworks Curtin, ACT
1999 (stage I) & 2001 (stage II)
2 of 1.2m x 0.7m x 0.45m carved red box Blue Wren play sculptures; laser cut and powder-coated steel banners, bin surrounds & drain grates; printed textile banners; glass mosaic, glazed terracotta and concrete seating pedestals; sandblasted terracotta and cast bronze feather paving insets (stage I). 3 x Fibreglass and duco bird forms mounted on carved Tallowwood poles; laser cut handrails (stage II).
In collaboration with Kate Ward (stage I)
Commissioned by the ACT Government, Canberra Urban Parks and Places.

Flights of Fancy celebrate the array of native bird life that find habitat and breathe colour and character into the suburbs of Canberra, fostered by the bushland corridors that form part of the city’s unique planning.