Chook’s Shed

Chook’s Shed

Client: Cerebral Palsy League Materials: CNC cut steel, mosaics, paint Completed: 2003 Chook’s Shed was a misused BBQ shelter in Humpybong Park, Redcliffe. The brief was to turn it into a lockable workshop venue and give it a facelift. Two…

Carole Park Community Centre

Carole Park Community Centre

Client: Carole Park Community Centre Materials: concrete, spraycrete, mosaic, laser cutting, timber, branding, landscaping materials, native plants Features: renewable energy (solar) Completed: 2001 The brief for this project was to visually unite the two halves of a recently extended community centre.…

Murrarie Target Seat

Murrarie Target Seat

Client: Brisbane City Council Materials: steel, concrete, custom coloured spray-crete, auto paint Features: skate-friendly seating node Completed: 2000 The concept of the target seat was developed in community workshops and design developed by the artist. The seat is installed on…

Cuisine on Charlotte

Cuisine on Charlotte

Client: Cuisine on Charlotte Materials: laminated Jarrah, cast aluminium, CNC cut steel, tilt slab concrete, toughened glass, custom-cut granite paving Features: column design integrated as load bearing structural elements Completed: 2000 Cuisine on Charlotte is a sidewalk eatery on the…

Bubble Machine II

Bubble Machine II

Materials: Acrylic Sphere, Wheelchair Motors and Controllers, Fabricated Steel, Various Electrical Components Features: Front Independent Suspension, Rolling Beam Rear Suspension, 6 Wheel Drive, 6 Wheel Steer, Electric Door, 2 High Capacity Bubble Blowers Completed: October 2000 Bubble Machine II is styled after the…

Millennium Seat

Millennium Seat

Client: Goondiwindi State High & Goodiwindi Shire Council Materials: steel, ironbark, concrete, auto paint, resin, fibre optics, brass, solar panels control gear Features: solar powered fibre optic lighting Completed: 1999 The Millennium Seating Node, located in the cultural centre parklands, incorporates…

LIVID Snow

LIVID Snow

Client: LIVID Festival Materials: snow and ice Features: Snow in Brisbane’s summer Completed: 1998 The ice yard was installed at the entrance to Brisbane’s LIVID Festival. The ice chair was carved on site by a world champion ice carver, and…

Big Bloody Water Things

Big Bloody Water Things

Client: Livid Festival Materials: aluminium, flexible waterhose, pump, fibre optics, concrete control gear Features: giant sprinklers, timed to go off every fifteen minutes Completed: 1996 Every 15 minutes the work would spray high pressure jets of water on the crowd…

Bubble Machine I

Bubble Machine I

Client: Brisbane Festival Materials: acrylic sphere, wheelchair motors and controllers, scrap steel, various electrical components Features: three large bubble blowers, three small bubble blowers, stair climbing & wheel stand capabilities (at driver’s own risk) Completed: 1996 The first Bubble Machine was…

Go Cart

Go Cart

Materials: handforged steel Features: new trend for the automobile world Completed: 1994 With push and pull levers for hands and feet to lift its steel bars up and forward, this hand-forged go cart digs into the ground to drag and…

Ultima

Ultima

Materials: recycled bric a brac, clock parts, toys, video, steel, electrical components Features: revolutionise tea industry with the wonders of remote tea making Completed: 1994 Ultima, with the addition of electrical control is the pinnacle of absurd tea making [it actually…

Teabag Jigglers

Teabag Jigglers

Materials: various objects, steel Features: revolutionise tea industry Completed: 1993-1996 The idea of the tea bag jiggler came to me one night when a friend was making me a cup of taa [earl grey] for the first time. I looked…

Drinks Waiter

Drinks Waiter

Materials: steel, springs, timber, VW parts Features: mechanical walking drinks waiter Completed: 1993 This project started with an exploration in walking machines. The mechanism resembles a chicken’s gait. The full drinks are balanced on the back, while the empty glasses…

Potato Chopper

Potato Chopper

Completed: 1993 Materials: Steel timber, paint, springs nuts and bolts Features: Revolutionise chip industry The idea behind my work is the melding of whimsy and absurdity. In this case I wanted to take a simple task and make it as hard as…

Tea Bag Jiggler

Tea Bag Jiggler

Materials: Various found objects, steel Features: Revolutionise tea industry Completed: 1993 The idea of the tea bag jiggler came to me one night when a friend was making me a cup of taa [earl grey] for the first time. I looked…