Beetle Gallery. 2020. I carved designs into a pair of abstract wall hangings that emulated patterns left by beetles in dead wood. They look almost like an unknown written language. The colours on these pieces come from being atmospherically fired in sawdust after being wrapped in gathered materials. I collected materials from a forest and beach on Bowen. I temporarily moved back to the island during Covid 19. Some of the materials gathered were turkey-tail mushroom, artist’s conk, ice man’s mushroom, sea weed, berries, compost, deer scat.