craft – Eav Brennan

Playing with microscopes

I have a new toy and have been making some paper crafts with it. Recently I got a new microscopic camera that goes up to 19x zoom from Australian Entomological Supplies and I have been obsessed with the plants in my garden (not a new thing, but the microscope has made a new perspective onContinue reading “Playing with microscopes”

Character design of Clovelly’s shallows

A crafty format for blending abstraction and observation I made this sewn artist book as a way of processing the forms, shapes, colours, textures and individuals who inhabit the bay at Clovelly on Bidjigal and Gadigal Country. I am making a story about a Blue Grouper in my book, and wanted to be able toContinue reading “Character design of Clovelly’s shallows”

Timewalking with Naturalist Kitsch

Making soft sculptures to reimagine the ethical framework of naturalist collections A key idea of the Anthropocene Naturalist project is how to reinvent the extractive and colonialist practices of the naturalist tradition, while capturing its curiosity, attention to detail and connection to the more-than human. Collections have always been a part of the western scientificContinue reading “Timewalking with Naturalist Kitsch”