By Duke Albada
(Sydney, New South Wales)
Commissioned in 2006
Superglass corrugated sheet, steel & resin
‘Forest Stones – Lizard Nook’
This artwork corresponds to a children’s story written about two lizards (and a grandfather and grandson waiting to feast on the termites preparing to fly from an old stump)
By Kati Thamo
(Albany, WA)
Commissioned in 2006
Etched granite, paint, bronze, timber
‘Bower’
By Gemma Ben Ari
(Perth, Western Australia)
Found stick, wire
Artist Statement: “I’m inspired by forms made by little creatures who use instinct to create – manipulating humble materials.”
First commissioned in 2007
Refreshed in 2021
‘Marginata’ & ‘calophylla’
By Warwick Backhouse
(Northcliffe, Western Australia)
Commissioned in 2019
Jarrah & Marri timber and stones
Artist Statement: Carved from Jarrah & Marri, mirroring the leaf shape of the species
‘Treecycle’
By Cecile Williams
(Denmark, Western Australia)
Commissioned in 2019
Recycled books, wood, screws
‘Bound’
By Alex & Nic Mickle
(Leschenault)
Commissioned in 2006
Wood, steel cable, bronze
Artist Statement: “How much has to be explained and discard before reaching the naked flesh of feeling?” [Claude de Bussy] Raw. Us and Nature. Bound
‘Competitive Ground’
By Peter Hill
(Northcliffe)
Commissioned in 2008
Found sticks, steel, paint
Artist Statement: Many people think of the forest as a quiet and beautiful place. For the plants, however, it is a constant struggle for survival – reaching out, competing against each other for sunlight, nutrients and water.
‘FOREST STONES’ – phascogale nook
By Kati Thamo
‘Feeding’
By Francois Davin
(France)
Commissioned in 2006
Metal rod & 24 carat gold leaf
Artist Statement: A sacred myth from a past era when some of the trees, for some reason or another, decided to lie down. Evoking determination, generosity and rest beyond death.
‘Australia House’
By Cornelia Conrads
(Germany)
Commissioned in 2008
Jarrah, nails, paint
Artist Statement: A house that is stretching out towards the tree? Or is it the tree pushing down the house? Are they supporting each other, or is it a struggle? Happy or sad, they seem to be linked in a relationship – perhaps like us and Nature?
‘Layers & Then There’s Layers (Forest Folk)’
By Richie Kuhaupt
(Fremantle, WA)
Commissioned in 2006
Marble resin, cement, iron dust, steel
Artist Statement: “Figures representing the symbolic association people have developed with the forest landscape, itself an entity built layer on layer over time.”
‘Sundew’
By Nat Williamson
(Blue Mountains, NSW)
Commissioned in 2006
Metal pipe, steel rod, laser cut steel, glass nuggets, silicon, gloss enamel paint
Artist Statement: “Based on the native sundew flower, this sculpture plays with scale, the small becomes large. A subtle beauty, easily overlooked, becomes apparent.”
‘Written on the Wind’
By Norma MacDonald
(Perth, Western Australia)
Commissioned in 2006
Steel, Steel rods, epoxy paint
Artist Statement: “Two dimensional form representing the strength and power of the forest, and symboling the Indigenous links to the region.”
[Norma is a proud Indigenous artist, living and working on Wadjuk Noongar boodja]
‘OWL’
By Neil Elliot
(Perth, WA)
Commissioned in 2022
NURTURE ii
By Graham Hay
(Perth, WA)
Commissioned in 2008
Steel rod, recycled documents from government departments*
[*documents on how to manage WA’s native forests]
‘Forest Stones – Bat Nook’
By Kati Thamo
‘Whole, You Were Meant To Be Here’
By Lorenna Grant
(Perth, WA)
Commissioned in 2006
Steel, Karri sticks, wire
Artist Statement: Suspended halo representing a communion; the result is an energy field, a ring, a nest, a platform.
‘Fallen Ghost’
By Tania Spencer
(Lake Grace, WA)
Commissioned in 2008
Fencing wire, steel cable
Artist Statement: “A deviation from the vertical landscape of the forest, an element of change. A fallen tree that is but a ghost of its former self.”
‘Metameres at Work’
By Ian Dowling
(Margaret River, WA)
Commissioned in 2012
Ceramic
‘Cascading Shelter’
By Tony Pankiw
(Perth, Western Australia)
Commissioned in 2006
Steel
Artist Statement: “A shelter that the form of birds’ wings, leaves and shapes found in the forest. Designed to provide shade and allow rainwater to cascade into a sculptural pool.”
‘Forest Stones – Cat Nook’
By Kati Thamo
‘The Golden Tree’
By Thomas Heidt
(Leschenault, WA)
Commissioned in 2012
Found Jarrah, 24 carat gold leaf
Artist Statement: “This is what you shall do; Love the Earth and sun and all the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks…re-examine all you have been told and your vey flesh shall be a great poem” [Walt Whitman]
‘imagine more’
By Fiona Gavino
(Perth, WA)
Commissioned in 2021
Cane – random weave, paint
‘Pathways’
By Peter Hill
(Northcliffe, WA)
Commissioned in 2006
Jarrah & Blackbutt timber, welded steel
Artist Statement: “These branches grow out into the space available, linking the Earth to the sky. Is it a tree or a flower, a fungi or a microscopic form?”
