Winsome Jobling, Mesozoic – the age of the cycads
12 February - 5 March 2011
The Mesozoic Era is a period of geological time from 250 million to 65 million years ago. It is a time when cycads developed and proliferated throughout the world and were grazed by herbivorous dinosaurs. Cycads are the world’s oldest living seed plants and have survived three mass extinction events in the earth’s history and today some species are again facing a growing threat of extinction.
In this exhibition Winsome Jobling depicts cycads in various stages of growth and in different seasons; other images evoke primordial origins of the plants through ghostly layers, or by emanating a strange glow. Jobling has incorporated her practice as a paper maker and print maker developing one-off prints on papers made from layers of gamba grass, cotton and banana, pigmented with bush charcoal and phosphorescent materials, alluding to the effects of fire.
Image right: Winsome Jobling, in the studio, ‘pulling’ a print from the press.
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Winsome Jobling Cycad |
Winsome Jobling Cycad etching on hand made paper, © 2010. From: Mesozoic – the age of the cycads |
