Art and Engineering

This is the Nambour Weekly article that covered the collaboration of The Juggler, a 3 meter sculpture combining both wood and metal and brought together students skills in manual arts who worked with me on a journey of exploring art and the strangely different art process compared to the specifications and skill building exercises involved in Manual Arts practices. The students were immersed in the process of art as I brought in drawings and paintings that I did in my studio during the discovery of The Juggler.

This is something I am interested in taking to schools and challenging the students to think alternatively to the direct route of outcome based learning through lateral thinking processes.  The process of making art and combining objects through a constructivist method is exciting.  The work is potentially the most effective way of introducing math science technology and any discipline , philosophy is the big ticket if the schools open up to the idea...will be involved in the quest for potential clients, schools and educators interested. Stay tuned.

This masturbation that continues with the government refusing to stop the coal seam gas exploration on fertile land has me wondering what it will take to change the minds of the average Aussie.  I am continuing the protesting of what is the destruction of the rights of Australians to deny the drilling on their land, which tax paying landholders should have the right to say no.  I am joined by many who are diverse across many walks of life including the wealthy the poor and all those in between.  I call on each and every person who is concerned about the future of the land the water and the future of Australia to join the fight against coal seam gas. Stand up and act before it is too late.  These Cane Toads of Humanity must be eradicated before they populate to the point of toxic contamination, and irreversible devastation.  Stop the greed based society we are living in.  End the tyranny of Government control by the Corporations and those taking the payouts. It is enough.