{"product_id":"bush-cloak-1","title":"Bush Cloak","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBush Cloak\u003c\/em\u003e, 2015,\u003cbr\u003ePowder-coated aluminium wire,\u003cbr\u003e1500mm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBev Goodwin's psychic automatistic wire work creates a three dimensional line drawing suspended in mid-air, cutting through space and mirroring the natural forms of the forest. Deeply concerned with site-specificity, Goodwin’s work is planned and built around the environment in which it is intended for - be it lakes, forests, or the wild beaches of the West Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering herself a multi-media practitioner, Goodwin finds great enjoyment in recycling low-tech materials, be it wire, plastics, wood or metal sheeting. Bush Cloak uses hand wound powder coated recycled aluminium and number 8 wire to create a convoluted circular form, suspended above the sculpture trail by fine stainless steel cables. It is a work as intricate as the cobwebs strung throughout the forest, there for the first trail-walker to venture through. Goodwin’s sculpture speaks of detail and dynamism - a complicated and busy sculpture with significant visual allure. Its suspension above the trail feels as if we are looking at an artificial spider web.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis artificiality is integral to Goodwin’s oeuvre, an exploration into the crossover between the sculpture’s natural surroundings and the harsh materiality of the recycled wire and steel. Goodwin muses: “While using unusual and recycled materials that mimic nature, I am asking the question: how fine is the line between the natural and the artificial? I hope to extend the imagination and possibilities in new found solutions”. Deeply concerned with environmentalism and the effects of mass consumerism, her recycled materials are integral to her artistic process, a comment on our collective actions on a fragile ecosystem - as fragile and intricate as Bush Cloak appears, floating slightly, in the native forest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brick Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52242071453995,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/2822\/0459\/files\/BushCloak-LowRes-2.webp?v=1771281044","url":"https:\/\/www.brickbay.co.nz\/products\/bush-cloak-1","provider":"Brick Bay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}