Included in this group exhibition, my sculptural work Hot Spot Corbels explores plants in architecture and the architecture of plants. My family home was a federation era semi, the architecture characterised by white plaster plant motifs decorating the ceilings, air vents and hall archway. In my artwork, the corbel, acknowledges my childhood home and the formative impression it has left on my memory. Sitting atop are hooded lily sculptures. These explore plant architecture, which relates to the structure of plants, including the arrangement of branches, shape and size of leaves etc., determined by genetic and environmental factors. Hooded lilies are among many plant species I saw in the Southwest of Western Australia, during an artist’s residency in Albany. This region is a global biodiversity hot spot, renowned for its “hyper diverse flora”, shaped over hundreds of millions of years.
Peta Hinton 