Open studio success

open-studio-413The open studio was a resounding success. We had over 40 people come through over the weekend. The feedback was great. Thank you all who took the time out to come and see Jos’s work. A number of local artists came through and it was a great opportunity to discuss ideas and inspirations with other like minded people. We have received a number of commissions which will keep Jos busy for the next while. Read More….

December 12th, 2008
Topic: In the workshop Tags: None

Open Studios

We will be opening our studio up to the public, as part of the Maribyrnong Artists and Makers Open Studios, on Sat 29th and Sunday the 30th of November.

The public will be invited to join us at our home and studio Read More….

November 20th, 2008
Topic: In the workshop Tags: None

West Footscray

The surrounding local industrial environment inspired the design of the Gate for West Footscray Neighbourhood House. Read More….

June 18th, 2008
Topic: Sculpture News Tags: None

EastLink installation

Reverent Numbers, formerly Casualty Numbers, a work which made acclaim by coming 3rd in the 2007 Helen Lempriere Awards, has recently been purchased by ConnectEast; the commissionaire for the new Eastlink freeway.

The work is expected to be installed soon. We will keep you posted when it will be available to the public.

June 10th, 2008
Topic: Collections, Sculpture News Tags: None

Artist Statement

Past cultures have been remembered for what they preserved, this century will be remembered for what it throws away. My work is concerned with transforming discarded materials into something new. The aesthetic births of industrial refuse – alchemy of rust into gold. The mundane transformed into the remarkable by re-imaging, by finding a new role for new objects. The challenge of combining histories, materials from different contexts, times and places is my goal Oppositions are mutually dependent- black and white, old and new, rusted and polished metals need each other to break static feelings. To break the predictability of perfection into something perhaps less beautiful, but ultimately more truthful.
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