Four of Australia’s five black cockatoo species are now under threat. Habitat loss from deforestation, urban expansion and bushfires, along with the disappearance of nesting hollows and food sources, has placed their future at risk. This series responds to the precarious situation.

At the Edge of Flight shows abstracted cockatoos rising upward, their wings gradually disappearing as they reach the top. The fading forms suggest a future where human excess pushes species beyond their limits, leaving only the memory of their flight.

In Hanging by a Thread cockatoos tumble and cling to one another through fractured strands of wire. The broken threads reflect human impact on fragile ecosystems. The circular woven form recalls the nest, a symbol of shelter and renewal, while one unbroken strand remains, a small lifeline and a metaphor for hope.

Warning Line reduces the cockatoo to its most elemental form: a sequence of bodies riveted head to tail, their wings absent. Repeated points project outward in a jagged rhythm, suggesting the pain carried in the gradual loss of species and the unease surrounding the path we are taking.

Fragments of Flight gathers strands of wire into a spiral from which forms emerge. These fragments originate from the bird shapes but are difficult to recognise. The coil suggests a world spinning out of control, while the scattered pieces hint at a future where living creatures survive only as altered memories.

Together the works act as elegy and call to awareness, inviting reflection on the fragile bonds that sustain all life.

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