Artisan Engineering Design

So exciting to see @ngurrakbarring officially open this week. Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy welcomed us to Country with a smoking ceremony by her son. The Djirri Djirri dancers danced around the structure, a genuinely special event for us as the design team with @_cola_studio . This Node is the Country Node, it shares stories of the layers of Country as shared by Mandy Nicholson. It holds the shape of the unfurling fern, and Aunty Joy said she saw the lyrebird expressed through its form as well. There are 5 Architectural Nodes across the 39 kilometre walk along with a number of amazing artworks. This project has been a really important collaboration for us with COLA Studio. It has been genuinely Indigenous led, largely female led, largely small business led. We do not often get opportunities to be in design leadership roles so we are very grateful to @yrcouncil for putting their trust in us and enabling Indigenous leadership across the project. Thanks to @webb.welding and @artisanengineeringdesign_arts for your work to bring these Nodes to life. And thanks to @specialkails for sharing this journey with us. Love your work!

🦅🐦I was proud as a lark to work on Emily Floyd's Magpie Family with Rob Hook 🦉🦃 Emily Floyd’s Magpie Family features an ironically scaled magpie alongside her babies. The artwork will activate the Londrigan Station site on the Bower to Tarrawingee section of the Murray to Mountains rail Trail. Magpie Family explores themes of ecology and kinship. Magpies are a key indicator of biodiversity, they are intertwined with the different plants, animals, micro-organisms and ecosystems of which they are a part. Floyd’s Magpie Family will provide playful prompts that cyclists are entering Magpie Territory, creating a narrative connection between the revitalized spaces of the Bowser to Tarrawingee trail, storied Magpie worlds and the biodiverse landscapes of the region. - Tourism Northeast @emilyfloyd1 #Magpie #Family #robhook #fabricated #aluminium #scultpure #publicart #engineerforartists #artisanengineeringdesign_arts @annaschwartzgallery @tourism_north_east #cityofwangaratta @dae_global

⚡ There was a lot of tension in the air (💥pun alert) back in 2012, when I worked on a 'floating' bluestone sculpture concept for the iconic Ken Unsworth. I was reminded of the huge impact Ken has had on Australian art whilst reading a great recent @artistprofile (068) cover story by Brad Buckley. ⛏ #kenunsworth #kenunsworthsculpture #bluestone #fineartservices #artisanengineeringdesign_arts #engineerforartprojects #artistengineer #engineerforartists #rendering3d #sculpturemodelling #sculptureengineering #publicart

⚡️Flash back to 2010⚡️ Delighted to work on Antony Gormley's "Shrive II", with Fine Art Services and Riband Steel, adapting for Point Leo Estate Sculpture Park. "In placing the human figure at the core of his practice, Gormley speculates on the ways we comprehend human presence in the world about us. He creates individual figures such as Shrive II as well as installations of multiple figures deployed hauntingly throughout landscapes or in marine and urban settings. The artist interprets the human body not so much as an autonomous form, but rather to signify ‘a place’ or ‘enclosed space’ and to evoke sensations common to all human experience. As he says, his work is ‘not symbolic but indexical – a trace of a real event of a real body in time’. He imagines different human behaviours, emotions and thoughts." Text and photo @pointleoestatesculpturepark #antonygormley #shrive #pointleoestatesculpturepark #fineartservices #ribandsteel #engineerforartists #engineerforartprojects #sculptureengineer #cast #iron #sculpture

So Incredibly proud of this one. Jasmine Morgan-Ryan's major work Blind Spot (2014) has just been acquired by Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, and is currently being exhibited within the incredible current exhibition Turner & Australia. Exhibition dates: Jun 7, 2025 - Aug 24, 2025 "Blind Spot maps the twentieth century tipping point of awareness surrounding environmental concerns-the discovery of the ozone hole. Like an iceberg looming in space, it is a dark wonder of the natural world that cannot be found on any atlas or world map. Its appearance in our atmosphere every spring is a haunting reminder of how close we come to pushing our environment beyond the point of regeneration. The work maps the ozone hole filtered through the lens of a computer, revealing its visual similarity to an iceberg. The narrative of the work highlights the history of ongoing issues surrounding global warming and today's climate change realities." - Simon Gregg, Director Gippsland Art Gallery. @gippsartgallery The work has been previously exhibited / supported by: McClelland Gallery @mcclellandgallery Art + Climate = Change festival @climarteaus Latrobe Regional Gallery @latroberegionalgallery Linden New Art @linden_new_art t Alcaston Gallery @alcaston_gallery Incinerator Gallery @incinerator_gallery Creative Australia (Australia Council for the Arts) @creative.australia NASA Ozone Watch (NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) More information: /blind-spot @jasminemorganryanartist #turnerinaustralia #jasminemorganryan #jasminetargett #engineerforartists #sculptureengineer #sculpturedrafting #acrylicsculpture #artisanengineeringdesign_arts

It was a real flapping hoot working on Emily Floyd's wonderful "Left Wing Owl" to be exhibited with Ames Yavuz for their forthcoming presentation at Art Basel Hong Kong @emilyfloyd0 @amesyavuz @artbasel The gallery's presentation at booth 1D33 will highlight works by represented artists including: Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (Philippines); Vincent Namatjira (Australia), Pinaree Sanpitak (Thailand), Brook Andrew (Australia), Saskia Pintelon (Belgium), Abdul Abdullah (Australia), Guido Maestri (Australia), Ayka Go (Philppines), Emily Floyd (Australia), Anya Paintsil (Wales/Ghana), Alvin Ong (Singapore), Reko Rennie (Australia), and Caroline Rothwell (Australia/ United Kingdom). 📷/text: @emilyfloyd0 🦉🌈 #engineerforartists #sculptureengineering #sculpturedrafting #artbasel #artbaselhongkong #artisanengineeringdesign_arts

💥⚡ Throwback to 2014! It was momentous to work on the Victoria Street Gateway project with Riband Steel, for Fimma Constructions and Gregory Burgess Architects. This iconic 30m fabricated beast featured a special textured paint finish, computer choreographed lighting and a massive amount of welding! From Victoria Street traders association: In April 2010, the City of Yara adopted a Victoria Street Structure Plan with community support for recognising and enhancing the Vietnamese cultural identity of Victoria Street. The gateway project was a $2 million project designed by an award-winning Gregory Burgess Architects and Thompson Berrill Landscape Design. The gateway was erected on 16 January 2014, just a few days before the Lunar New Year Festival. Additional treatments such as the hats suspended over the roadway and the artworks planned for the rail bridge were expected to be installed by the end of February 2014. Architect - @gregoryburgessarchitect Builder - @fimmaconstructions Cost management - @slattery_qs Yarra city council - @cityofyarra @yarracityarts Fabricator - #ribandsteel Landscaping - #thompsonberrilllandscapedesign #melbourneicon #sculpturalengineer #sculpturaldrafting #sculpturefabrication #architecturalfabrication #steelsculpture

It was a real honour to work on Lisa Wuap's "Embedded Memory" with Sculpture Co for the Bell Station Level Crossing Removal Project this year. 244 pieces of organically shaped weathering steel plate had me enraptured, and sometimes enraged. It is one of the most beautiful geometries I have had the privilege of translating into fabrication drawings. Seeing it completed was great, I personally love how it feels like part of the landscape, and it interacts with the wind and sun. Fabricated to a great finish with immense skill and patience by Sculpture Co. From the artist: “Walking through the landscape during my first visit to this place, I felt the movement of the wind through the grass and the Eucalyptus trees. This work begins with and acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People, the traditional custodians of this land, and their unwavering ties to Country, waterways, community, and culture. The line work, reminiscent of handprints, represents the lines etched into our palms— a testament to our identity. I was born in Preston— this adopted Country of mine holds numerous precious memories and opportunities. Through this piece, I want to boldly underscore the significance of the Wurundjeri, of ancestors, the past, present and future. There has been times where identity has not always been acknowledged or exposed and so this piece, boldly and proudly fills that space. Within these lines, the memory of the landscape resides—the rivers that have shaped this place. These rivers, like threads, have woven the fabric of community, connecting paths and generations.” Location: Preston, Naarm Artwork: ‘embedded memory’ Client: MARS Gallery for the Level Crossing Removal Project Art Consultancy, Artist Services: Sarah Weston, SW Art Consulting Fabricator: Sculpture Co. Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people - @lisa.waup @sculpture.company @sw_artconsulting #artisanengineeringdesign_arts #engineerforartists #sculptureengineer #sculpturedrafting #steelsculpture #sculpturefabrication #corten #melbournepublicart #publicart #contemporaryart #levelcrossingremovalproject

It was great working with Annabel Nowlan on several variations of her iconic "Drover's Wife". It was her first sculptural work, although this figure has been a recurring image in Annabel's two dimensional artworks over the years. 📷1,2 The Drover’s Wife, 2021 @annabelnowlan Winner, Family Award, Montalto Sculpture Prize 📷3 The Drover, 2022 @annabelnowlan Opening at: 'Sculpture Now' exhibition at Yarra Sculpture Gallery 📷4 The Drover's wife, 2022, Edition due to popular demand @annabelnowlan 📷5 The Drover, 2022 @annabelnowlan at Yering Station Sculpture Award 📷6 The Drover's wife 007, 2022 @annabelnowlan as Public Art in Bowning, NSW ---- The Drover’s Wife, 2021 The image of a woman scanning the horizon, searching and waiting has personal significance and is emblematic of Australian rural women. The lone figure of the Drover’s wife silhouetted against the backdrop of the country, conveys women’s vulnerability, potential frailty and isolation. It is a homage to all women. The Drover, 2022 In this second version titled, The Drover (as opposed to the Drover’s Wife) she is featured with her left hand placed firmly on her hip. This Drover embodies a wilful attitude of independence, strength, and endurance. A homage to all women, as she simultaneously represents the hardships women encounter and the resilience they possess. [text from artist website] #annabelnowlan #robhook #engineerforartists #sculpturedesign #sculpturefabrication #contemporaryart #melbcontemporyart #sculptureart #sculpturegarden #landscapeart #yeringsculptureaward #publicart #sculpture #strongwomen @yeringstation @montaltovineyard @yarrasculpturegallery

⚡Throwback to 2011! It was fantastic to work on Grant Finck's 'Fanfare' sculpture for the Somerset Estate, Bannockburn, with Riband Steel. -- Grant started his professional career as a sculptor and ceramicist in the late 1970s and from 1996 has completed a substantial number of public sculpture commissions and built an extensive exhibition history. "The years spent as a ceramicist, mastering the precise discipline of clay and fire and developing a strong eye for form has honed a substantial skills set. This foundation has given Grant the ability to undertake a diverse range of projects, utilising a range of materials from ceramics to resin, steel and bronze. In his search for dynamic coherence within the image, Grant draws on a conceptual foundation and intuition to create sculpture that reflects his interest in describing the phenomena of community, the interplay between the individual and the collective, intimacy and anonymity, and how each of these influences our relationship with the various environments in which we exist." - adapted from @grantfinckartist website #grantfinckartist @grantfinckartist #ribandsteel #engineerforartists #sculptureengineer #sculpturedrafting #sculpturefabrication #cortensteel #bannockburn #contemporaryart #steelsculpture #australianart #publicart #victoria

I was delighted to work on Emily Floyd's 'OPEN SPACE!' commission at Australia Square, George St, Sydney, with Rob Hook. Commissioned by Toga Far East Hotels (TFE) Produced by: Monash Art Projects Curator: Amanda Sharrad Architects: Johnson Pilton Walker Photos / Images: Brett Boardman, Artisan Engineering Design -- “’OPEN SPACE!’ engages with the mod­ern art and archi­tec­ture of Aus­tralia Square, play­ful­ly and intel­li­gent­ly placed in a spa­tial game of hide and seek with its ele­vat­ed neighbour.” “Emily’s art­work is a con­tem­po­rary take on 20th Cen­tu­ry art and design, inspired by female mod­ernist design­ers and play­ful aspects of the peri­od. Emily has respond­ed bril­liant­ly to this rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to enrich a well-loved and high­ly regard­ed part of Sydney’s urban land­scape with con­tem­po­rary art.” Inspired by Le Grand Cirque Calder, Floyd saw Curtin Place as an are­na of play where ​“block like sculp­tur­al forms ref­er­ence the child-cen­tric design of Alma Sei­d­hoff-Busch­er and her wood­en toys.” - from Anna Schwartz Gallery @emilyfloyd0 #artisanengineeringdesign_arts #roberthook @annaschwartzgallery @amandasharrad @mappublicart @mapstudio12 @monashada @cityofsydney @publicartsydney @johnsonpiltonwalker #engineerforartists #publicartengineer #sculpturedrafting #solidworks #publicartfabrication

It was a pleasure working with Jasmine Morgan-Ryan on her stunning dichroic glass artworks, funded by the City of Melbourne's Arts Project Grants Program. 🔥🌎️❄️ --- Life Support Systems uses NASA space suit helmet glass to map the history of monitoring Earth’s Atmosphere and today’s attitudes towards Climate Change: the forecast for tomorrow. "Visually we first became aware of the role Earth’s atmosphere plays in weather and sustaining our environment in the space race’s iconographic images. In the 1950s the dichroic glass lens of the space suit helmet reflected the first view of Earth as a tiny fragment in an ecosystem of universal proportions from which no part is immune from the changes of its counterparts. NASA’s further atmospheric observations have revealed the current ecological crisis. We produce vast amounts of scientific data to comprehend changing environmental conditions. This information challenges our perception of our environment and ourselves as we strive to understand the balance we need to live sustainably." Life Support Systems is a series of three atmospheric glass weather maps that chart shifting weather conditions in the atmosphere over Antarctica that have global implications. The work aims to explore how the forecast for tomorrow’s weather is reliant on our perception of our environment today. - jasminetarrgett.com 📷 1-3 Fixed Dichroic Glass (no photoshop) prior to framing 📷 4-8 at "Wonderland" exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Associate Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Antoanetta Ivanova 📷 9 Making Sense exhibition at Craft Victoria 📷 10 Shortlisted for the Artecycle Art Award at Incinerator Gallery (2013) @jasminemorganryanartist #dicroic #dichroicglass #glassart @mocataipei @craftvictoria @incinerator_gallery @cityofmelbourne #artecycle #artaward