Volume 197 - Issue 11
Yipwon: social fracking
Author: Marc Grunseit
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (11): 660. || doi: 10.5694/mja12.11517
Published online: 10 December 2012
Published online: 10 December 2012
This piece deals with the social disruption associated with mining and its latest iteration - fracking. I chose to create an image based on a carving by the Yimam people of Papua New Guinea because I found their carving style intriguing, but it could refer to any community group. The figure is constructed of strata representing geology, but also layers of history and community. It ...
This piece deals with the social disruption associated with mining and its latest iteration — fracking. I chose to create an image based on a carving by the Yimam people of Papua New Guinea because I found their carving style intriguing, but it could refer to any community group. The figure is constructed of strata representing geology, but also layers of history and community. It has been drilled right through the heart.
The piece is made of glass that has been manipulated in kilns, then assembled and fused to form the final image.
I am a retired medical practitioner and I have worked as a glass artist for the past 30 years.
