Tidal Zone

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A touring exhibition from Design Centre - Tasmania

3 April to 18 May 2008

Tidal Zone showcases contemporary object design from Tasmania. Having premiered at the Design Centre - Tasmania in 2007, showing at Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre 3 April - 18 May 2008.

Tidal Zone draws upon the talents of the Tasmanian Furniture Designers Association, exhibiting exciting and innovative objects from sculptural to practical that explore the space on the edge of an island.

The 'tidal Zone' is the space where the land and sea meet, an 'edge' that delineates an island's geographical space. But this is also a shifting space in which discarded, found and natural materials are collected and combined. The 'tidal zone' is a locus for disruption, unusual juxtapositions, change and new creation, themes that are cleverly expressed in this exhibition.

Artists exhibiting at Craft ACT include:

John Smith
Linda Fredheim
Sally Brown
Pippa Dickson
Belinda Marquis
Ross Straker
Denise Ava Robinson
Chanchal Foxen
Karin Beaumont
Nick Proud
Robert Edge
Benton van Dorsselaer
Jon Hemming
Tracy Gumm
Belinda Holloway
Sheena Lowe
Brendan Sharpe

Image credits: (top to bottom)

Tracy Gumm, Dilly Bowl, Huon veneered plywood
Sally Brown, strand bench seat, found rope and timber, stainless steel.

Photos: Peter Whyte

Craft ACT is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments, and also gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts advisory body. Craft ACT is a member of ACDC, Australian Craft Design Centres.