An event I look forward to every year. The Thirroul Seaside Arts Festival and its On the Shore sculpture competition.
#1 Bearded Man by Deborah Redwood (no image)
Materials: Vine
#2 Hope by Deborah Redwood (no image)
Materials: Steel, rope, rocks, wood
Statement: The boat is a memorial to the many refugees that have tried to reach our shores, have been shipwrecked, never found. People have used all manner of floatable objects; in this case the boat is made from a Peugeot car bonnet, in their desperate attempts at a new life. I feel gratitude to hve been born here and have the hope that refugees make it safely to our shore.
#3 - Frog by Ron Vale
Materials: Timber, housewares
Statement: Tranquility - an interactive tranquil revelation
#4 Resolution 1 by Susan McAlister
Materials: Recycled wood and steel
Statement: I have always had a passion for art. I love the creative process and spend most of my free time planning, thinking, creating and studying art and artists. Some of my work is driven by the human condition and the world we live in whilst others are a study of form, line, pattern and texture. I enjoy working in clay, metal and recycled wood and furniture.
#5 High Rise Living by Susan McAlister
Materials: Clay, wood and metal
#6 Kinematic by Pete Jirgens, the sculptor of 'Kinematic' On The Beach' sculpture competition 
Materials: Wood, steel, electric motor, paint, bronze
Statement: My sculptural work has always centered around the use of recycled mechanical parts in new assemblages. I felt after working with these parts in static sculpture, I needed a change. Influenced by the work of Jean Tinguley a 1960's kinetic artist I began experimenting with kenetic sculpture and the ideas of motion, electricity and space.
#7 Michael Smart - The Tree.
Materials: Timber and Metal
Statement: I want to use found material; deconstruct it and then remake it; so that it has changed its form; lost its function and then become something new and relevant to my own sculptural ideas of the relationship between objects and the environment
#8 Michael Smart - Eye Saw.
Materials: Wood and metal
#9. Broken Surreal Chair by Michael Smart
Materials: Wood and stone
#10 Furniture in pieces by Michael Smart
Materials: Wood
#11 The Wave by Michael Smart
Materials: Street poles and ropes
#12 Wise Women by Alison Jones
Materials: Recycled materials
Statement: Figures have been made and decorated from recycled materials. Suitable for outdoors in your garden
#13 Earth Totem by Allison Jones
Materials: Recycled materials
Statement: Made from recycled materials. Suitable for outdoors in your garden.
#14 King Tide Beauty by Emma Medwell
Materials: Thongs, plastic pan, scrubber wire
Statement: With a range of materials, either found driftood from the beach, bright plastic shapes and colours, i am to reflect the beauty of the area we live.
#15 Nippers Sea Thrones
Materials: Found driftwood, seaweed, plastic toy crowns
#16 Something fishy by Irene Caroll
Materials: Man made stone
Statement: Somethng fishy, things are not always as clear as we would like them to be.
#17 Little Bird by Irene Caroll.
Materials: Hebel
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#19 Brick Beach Boy by Russell Powell
On The Beach' sculpture competition as part of Thirroul Seaside Arts Festival
Materials: Recycled bricks, recycled items found on the beach.
Statement: This is Beau the bronzed boarding boy from Bulli, built with bricks and other items found on the beach.
#20 Garden of the Sea by Beth Crawford
Materials: Recycled and reused and found
Statement: Being a tactile person, and with careful observations as an artist, my instinct to visual connections are what inspire me to make a work of art. My focus surrounds my immediate environment, from the mountains to the sea that illustrates the Illawarra Region's environment - reflections of a personal viewpoint. This direct relationship with the environment also allows me to work with two and three - dimensional construction. This work includes such as clay, wood, metal and found objects. These materials are manipulated using the techniques of modeling, casting, cutting, welding and painting, anything to achieve the desired result. The viewer can perceive these works as they wish. Due to their respective experiences I am sure that each individual will have their own unique interpretation of the work.
#21 Anxiety Piece by Joel Bliss
Materials: Mild steel, timber, rope
Statement: I have attempted to create an apocalyptic vision of potential future environment neglect. My materials are raw and rough - representative of the harsh reality of a degraded Australian environment. Imposing in scale, the sculpture creates a feeling of an impending threat. However, we can prevent this looming environmental crisis.
#22 Million Dollar Views by Julie Donnely
Materials: Timber frames
Statement: The cost of living by the sea has become very expensive and high rise blocks of units block the view for those people that live behind. I made the screen to reflect this.
#23. "Awaiting her turn"
sculpture by
Tom McMahon
Materials: carved timber and
acrylic paintStatement: This work is a 5
yr study of a
young woman from the age of 14 to 19
#26 Sea Change by Libby Bloxham
Stork, Swan, Egret, Spoonbill, Heron, Cormorants (pair), Stilts
Materials: recycled and found materials
Statement: These water birds were intially inspired by the birdlife of Lake Illawarra on whose banks I live. They were initially made for the 'Freshwater' Exhibition, 2003. These are the unsold leftovers who have been hanging around in my garden since then. Their plumage was originally made of recycled shopping bags, as a comment on the waste we leave in our environment which can become a major problem for birdlife. But as a proof that we are slowly mending our ways and using more environmentally acceptable plastic, their plumage broke down and rotted away. So as a comment on the recently so fashionable of the 'sea change and makeover' I decided to do jus that! I re-used bits of some other unsold artworks - my sea creatures from 'So nice to be beside the seaside' some of which were exhibited for 3 1/2 weeks of Bondi's Sculpture by the Sea 2005 and began to break down.
#27 Bob by Rowland Hay
Materials: Recycled materials (felt like a mix of paper mache, cement)
Statement by artist: Bob was a semi-ludicrous thought that arose in my office at Oak Flats High School. It was part of 'struggles not all bad and there are many beautiful things in life" sort of view of things. Over the school holidays Bob emerged and as I was making him I really wondered what on earth I was doing this for. However when Bob was finished I felt a great sense of personal efficacy that has helped me approach this year with enthusiasm and optimism. It remains with me still. Thank you Bob!
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