Haven is a collaborative work with textile artist Llama selected for SWELL Sculpture 2024. The large scale work won the After Dark Award and is a first time entry for Jewell and Llama. The work is comprised of 13 plinth like modules that are occupied by over 70 embroidered panels. Each module is illuminated by 4 individual LED beacons that animate the work at night.

This project was made possible by the generous support of:

  • SWELL Sculpture and Miami One Artist Residency (studio space)

  • Graphenstone Eco Paints (paint)

  • The Providores (bamboo)

  • Black Armour Window Films (beacons)

  • Artist Lighting Pty Ltd (electrical support)

  • McNab Constructions (installation support)

  • Lincoln Austin (mentor)

ARTIST STATEMENT

Shifts in ocean temperature and sea level will have a profound effect on life in and out of the water. Where will climate refugees find safe harbour?

Haven explores the delight and fragility of intertidal zones, documenting real-time and projected changes to the Gold Coast's subtropical marine environment as Great Barrier Reef species expand their range to escape the impact of climate change.

Through the hopeful lens of adaptation, the work maps a transformed coastal landscape, charting a higher shoreline of sculptural modules that serve as delicate portals to speculative sites of habitation. Gauzy embroideries of marine life inhabit each mapped zone of of the work, documenting the delight and wonder of transformed ecologies.

HAVEN

2024, 10000cm x 10000cm x 100cm (h), bamboo, mineral paint, adhesive, wire, gauze, thread

I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and work, the land of Kombumerri families of the Yugumbeh Language Region, and I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.