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installation view from entrance to the exhibition hall

detail of the Henbury iron meteorite cast in plasticine

detail of punctured plasticine screen

side view of punctured plasticine screen

installation view

installation view with paper screen

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hanging the mobile, with the polyeurethene 'tounge'

surface detail of plasticine form

a slumped plasticine form, made from 50 kilograms of molten material cast into reinforced sheets

large inflatable forms
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Big slabs of concrete by Alberto Burri in Sicily. Located on (and tracing) the site of an abandoned city (Photo by San Suzie – more here).

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BakPak Lights from Lunar Lighting.

Lighting Balloon by CPP.

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an excerpt from 1987 Doodlin’ documentary. more info at the Len Lye Foundation.

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Inhotim, Brasil, 28 June 2008.

Antwerp, Belgium, 30 May 2009.

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Microtunneling Diagram.

microtunneling-boring-machine

Microtunneling Boring Machine.

horizontal-drilling-diagram

Horizontal Drilling Diagram.

horizontal-directional-drilling

Directional Drilling Machine.

directional_drilling_rig_zt_35

Directional Drilling Machine.

More information at the Australian Society for Trenchless Technology.

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from Swedish design group Front – more at Designboom.

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fulgurite_1500_1

Fulgurites are formed by lightning strikes. Heat from the strike melts silica in the ground and fuses it into hollow tubes – more at wikipedia.

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The west Brunswick Sculpture Triennial website is now up. Only a week to go ’till the project opens!

Check out the Dates page to discover what’s happening when and where, get prepared by downloading a poster or A4 map, or get an overview from our press release.

If you’re a participating artist, check your artist page and let me know if you need to make any amendments.

Much thanks to Warren for design.

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