Harrie Fasher

Sooo much to say, so much to share.⁠ ⁠ I am back in my studio, head down bum up finalising work for King Street Gallery later this month.⁠ ⁠ Landscape of the Soul the show is called.⁠ It seems quite apt. Three months in Bhutan taught me a hell of a lot - but in some ways it just scratched the tip of the iceberg.⁠ ⁠ I have hit the ground running. In the studio, on the tools with the brave assistance of Steve Hogan @stephenhogansculptures . ⁠ ⁠ Some of the work on the table actually harks back to time he and I shared in Mongolia last year. Riding to the reindeer people, researching the place of the horse within spirituality, with the Buddhists and the Sharmans. ⁠ ⁠ These images... thoughtfully captured by⁠ ⁠📸 Kevin Spencer (president of @tc.notbroken fan club)⁠ are the beginnings of my investigation of the skull and the significance of bones to ritual. ⁠ We cast it ourselves in the Portland Foundry ;)!⁠ ⁠ #foundry #bronze #themagicofmaking⁠ ⁠ @kingstreetgallery sydney⁠ 22nd November⁠ ⁠

*Feed the beast*⁠ ⁠ Pouring bronze is magic. Alchemy at its finest. ⁠ ⁠ This pour involved a little bit of experimentation. (And I ask myself quietly each time we try something different "Is this really necessary"). ⁠ ⁠ "I'm learning so much" says Lotte, new to our team... ⁠ I wonder what exactly, not to be afraid to push the boundaries? ⁠ That must be it! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #theportlandfoundry @thefoundationsportland ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Coming soon to Melbourne town⁠ Intimacy of Fear⁠ @AustralianGalleries MELBOURNE June 4⁠ ⁠ 📸Kevin Spencer (president @TC.notbroken fan club)⁠

These incredible images capture artist @harrie_fasher and the fascinating process of bronze casting. We could not be more excited to see Harrie’s magnificent works installed in Melbourne, ready for the exhibition opening next week! @harrie_fasher ‘Intimacy of Fear (after Pema Chödrön)’ 4-22 June 2024 28 Derby Street, Collingwood Harrie Fasher is a highly skilled sculptor whose works are known for their distinct visual language and powerful emotive eloquence. Utilising both abstraction and figuration, with her predominate subject being the horse and more recently the human figure, Fasher’s works poignantly embody tension and movement, power and vulnerability, strength and grace. Harrie Fasher’s understanding and respect for the mediums she works with and an innate connection to her subject matter are palpable in her captivating works. Her sculptures are imbued with an intricate knowledge of the physical and gestural nuances of the horse, and resonate poignantly with an understanding of their deeper nature, beyond physical form. Image slide 1: @silversalt_photography Studio images: Kevin spencer @tc.notbroken Read more: @thefoundationsportland Please email [email protected] with all enquiries #art #harriefasher #pemachodron #bronze #contemporaryart #sculpture #horse #portlandfoundry

Sublime to the ridiculous ⁠ Enough to morph you into a chicken headed human *(see second photo;)⁠ 😄😂 ⁠ ⁠ Bringing Before Dawn home was a series of magical moments.⁠ The galloper "Some Floating Dreams are Nightmares" leaving Orange gallery was rather poetic. The tangle of lines in motion. Its disappearance behind a white wall. *(slide 3)⁠ ⁠ Yuri, (master art handler) and I filled the studio with a vast array of oversized objects.⁠ I was up close and personal with the sculptures; marvelling at their existence and lost in a trance like wonderment at how they came to be. ⁠ Odd - given I know exactly how they came into being, the pleasure at being in their presence and the magic of each form caught me by surprise.⁠ ⁠ The sublime 💫⁠ ⁠ ⁠ And then the rain fell⁠ The ridiculous!⁠ ⁠ The studio flooded⁠ Bill and I spent a week on the wet vac.⁠ I gave gratitude that we live in the mountains and not the flood plains up north...⁠ Amongst the water, mud, moving, and mopping there was little pockets of gold. ⁠ ⁠ A double rainbow that coincided with the visit from Arts OutWests fearless leader, Kylie. ⁠ ⁠ And the stitching on this sack; ⁠ Line work I had never noticed. ⁠ Its delicacy in direct opposition to our crudely stitched patches.⁠ I rescued the vintage sacks from the waterlogged floor, pain stakeingly gurneyed and strung them out like an outback laundry; and doing so encountered magic.⁠ Again; sublime in the ridiclous⁠ ⁠ ⁠ **Note - so far two drills, a grinder lost their lives in this happening; but no animals were harmed - in fact the rare frog in the drain system sounds happy as a lark, and the red belly was relocated before Christmas.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @yurihumenik move art⁠ @thefoundationsportland ⁠ #itsbillrobinson⁠ ⁠ #artistslife #studiolife #sculpture⁠ #chickens #studio⁠

Trust // ⁠ I love this photo of @aiyadreaming at the install of #BeforeDawn.⁠ ⁠ After Pina / Calling Kali was built on trust. ⁠ ⁠ Every day I told myself; she will build herself - you are the conduit - don't allow your brain to attempt to steer this! Stay out of the way;)⁠ ⁠ @orangeregionalgallery had unwavering belief⁠ @creative.australia funded her⁠ An extraordinary studio team brought bubbling enthusiasm working tirelessly on something they couldn't see - she lived only in my head.⁠ ⁠ See her at Orange this weekend, Sunday is the last day⁠ ⁠ #bronze #theportlandfoundry⁠ @thefoundationsportland ⁠ #knowmyname⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #studioteam // luckiest woman in the world⁠ #itsbillrobinson @ellen.ferrier @koichi.ishino @martin_john_oldfield @samhopkins_sculpture ⁠ ⁠

#magic Wow… what a space 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #itsbillrobinson and I preparing, what I fondly call the museum room, to receive Before Dawn. @orangeregionalgallery until Sunday To make this show was an extraordinary opportunity, the reception it has had blows me away. #unique #monumental #sacred To live with her will be very special @thefoundationsportland 🙏🏼 🙏🏼💥💫💫💫💫💫 Ps. Link in bio for @art.wank podcast, doco by @johndalyceramics

Sung Bung / An offering Before Dawn is an offering. A conversation with a space that is bigger than myself, relinquishing control, and again an example of my following creative intuition. Presenting the exhibition with a smoke offering was always part of my vision. It had become a morning ritual during my residency in Bhutan; the sang bung (construction housing the smoke offering) a repeated shape that I was drawn too. Weighing in at 2.6tonne, the execution and installation of this work was much more involved than conieving it. (I expect most mothers would say that birth is much more challenging than conception!) @orangeregionalgallery #beforedawn #knowmyname

I love being an artist. It is an opportunity to embrace all of life’s madness! A licence to follow your dreams. Before Dawn @orangeregionalgallery clearly demonstrates underlying ties to India, Mongolia and Bhutan. The textures, the imbedded spirituality, and the fervour for life! I’ve escaped to the subcontinent. To allow the power I generated in Before Dawn to settle in my soul. Last night I experienced the fire puja at dusk, an offering to Mother Ganga, the sacred river Ganges with some extraordinary women. This is the best “church” I have found 🤣💥🙏 Thank you to my new sisters XX Led by Katie Rose @bhakti.rose and Edwina @edwina_peden

Invocation / Shakti Imagine being able to summon the divine feminine for protection. 💥 Originally concieved as weapons for Kali, the goddess reknown for her ruthless fierce action, these sculptures morphed into mystical objects that could be used for both protection and summoning the divine. They are heavy. Layers of bronze developed over years of casting. The entire process of making these sculptures is alchemic magic 💫 Derived from functional objects used in the casting process to assess the temperature of the molten bronze, and cleaner slag from its surface. 📸 @silversalt_photography @orangeregionalgallery #BeforeDawn #femininestrength #Knowmyname #bronze #portlandfoundry

@orangeregionalgallery #beforedawn (until Feb 22) My next work… and adventures from the forklift Each iteration of preparing Sky Veil became a work in its own right. An extraordinary shape evolved in my studio as we prepared work for Orange. This fumigation tent quickly became my favourite pace. A cubby house complete with everything I treasure; the concrete form of the Space Behind, the hessian hanging across my red gantry, rope collected from Bhutan and India, a horses skull and my blue sacred silks weathered by the mountain spirit. The vantage point of the forklift are always fun! As are afternoon knock offs in the sun with the Bird. X @aiyadreaming #itsbillrobinson @dalzielannemaree 📸 @lizziebuckmasterdove #FasherStudios @thefoundationsportland #australianartist #knowmyname

We did it, with the extraordinary assistance of my fabulous studio team. I pulled off the construction and installation of Before Dawn. I’d love you to see it, the reviews and messages back to me have blown me away. It is having a deep emotional resonance. Entrancing folk, and engaging those unfamiliar with the gallery environment. Let me take you behind the scenes, into the space where we toiled to bring her to life. 💙 Sky Veil”, a 15m long curtain divides the space. She is a three dimensional colour field painting constructed from the blues of used tarpaulins and the earthy colours of vintage hessian sacks and jute rope from India. She speaks to the Mongolian concepts of the sky god and shamanic rituals, to vulnerability and inate strength. My stitched line travels across the surface as a drawing unevenly following my intuition, the tread becomes a series of marks. Whilst Sky Veil has been hanging in my studio for some time, installing her saw to her completion. Out of the magic of my studio, a visually rich post industrial space - into the crisp clean space of the Orange Gallery gave me space to really see her. @aiya.dreaming and I continued working on her, utilising all the spare pieces we had packed. And now she stands; bold, dividing the exhibition, framing key works and inviting exploration #beforedawn @orangeregionalgallery @creative.australia #fasherstudios #portlandworkshops @thefoundationsportland 📸 @silversaltphotography took the cracka gallery shots #colourfieldpainting

Great news! Our documentary for 'Harrie Fasher: Before Dawn' is now also available on YouTube. Follow the link in our profile to watch. 'Harrie Fasher: Before Dawn' continues until 22 February 2026. @harrie_fasher is assisted by the Australian Government through @creative.australia its principal arts investment and advisory body. Harrie Fasher is represented by King Street Gallery on William, Sydney.