David Murphy's Nan's Desk, Frankston VISITORS to Coronet Bay’s foreshore reserve will soon get a taste of local history and legends when they sit down for a picnic.
Artist David Murphy will work with residents and others to gather local stories and render them into six bronze sculptures for a work labelled “Bronze Yarns”.
Five will be made up of objects cast from life and composed to sit on picnic tables or benches, while still leaving room to sit and eat around. The base plates will incorporate snippets of text evoking deeper layers of the stories.
Artist David Murphy will work with residents and others to gather local stories and render them into six bronze sculptures for a work labelled “Bronze Yarns”.
Five will be made up of objects cast from life and composed to sit on picnic tables or benches, while still leaving room to sit and eat around. The base plates will incorporate snippets of text evoking deeper layers of the stories.
The sixth work will be a collection of small, bronze sculptures created by local children around stories about Coronet Bay, arranged on granite stones at the north end of the reserve.
Murphy says visitors will be able to experience a poetic sense of place, its history and insights into the stories of the local community and the local community itself.
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, David has done over 14 public art pieces and now specialises in large-scale public works of art with a number of permanent sculptures around Melbourne. He won the commission from Bass Coast Council after impressing the public arts consultative committee.
Now he’s looking forward to hearing the stories that are important to locals. “They could be fishing yarns, funny anecdotes, tragic tales or historic events that can then be represented as a series of telling objects.”
The council has been working with the Coronet Bay community since November 2012 to agree on sites, concepts and themes. The works are expected to be finished by November.
Bronze Yarns will be the second major public art project in Bass Coast, following the installation of harmony bells and sculptured seats at the Cowes Town Square.
Coronet Bay residents wanting to share their stories for a sculpture can contact David Murphy at dub@netspace.net.au, 0409 148 569, or 15 Lakes Drive, Newport, 3015.
Murphy says visitors will be able to experience a poetic sense of place, its history and insights into the stories of the local community and the local community itself.
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, David has done over 14 public art pieces and now specialises in large-scale public works of art with a number of permanent sculptures around Melbourne. He won the commission from Bass Coast Council after impressing the public arts consultative committee.
Now he’s looking forward to hearing the stories that are important to locals. “They could be fishing yarns, funny anecdotes, tragic tales or historic events that can then be represented as a series of telling objects.”
The council has been working with the Coronet Bay community since November 2012 to agree on sites, concepts and themes. The works are expected to be finished by November.
Bronze Yarns will be the second major public art project in Bass Coast, following the installation of harmony bells and sculptured seats at the Cowes Town Square.
Coronet Bay residents wanting to share their stories for a sculpture can contact David Murphy at dub@netspace.net.au, 0409 148 569, or 15 Lakes Drive, Newport, 3015.