Lucy Barker

5 Lands Walk, Avoca Beach, June 2009
Suitcases, beach sand, PVA and Terry Towelling
approx 2m w x 3 m d x 1.5m h

Living at the beach sand is ubiquitous.
It is synonymous with the feeling of home as well as the ocean.
Heading home, whether it be from a long commute or an trip away, time accelerates and you start to feel the sand creeping in again; Between your toes, in your hair, under your nails, in the cuffs of your pants, in your shoes, in the shower and always surprises in children’s pockets.

A collection of various small works each constructed from Cuisenaire rods that date back to the 1960s.

Click on an image for details of an individual work.

Avoca Beach 2008,
approx 2m x 1.5m x 1.5m.
5 Lands Walk Festival, June 21st, in conjunction with Gosford Regional Gallery.
Interactive installation using discarded PET bottles, wood, food colouring and sand.
Each pair of bottles, connected end to end, can be rotated so the sand moves from one to another like an egg timer.

The Five Lands Walk is an annual cultural event involving MacMasters, Copacabana, Avoca, North Avoca and Terrigal Beach. It takes place close to the winter solstice to co-incide with the northern whale migration. It involves the local arts and indigenous communities, as well as invited artists, to respond to the natural environment.

A very Australian celebration of man’s best friend, drawing on the rich history of ceramics in the representation of spiritual icons of worship.

Sherman Artbox, 2005.
Ceramic, enamel and wood.
24 dogs approx 12cm x 12 cm x 12cm each
The rear message board changes each week of a 4 week show.
Total size approx 80cm (w) x 70 cm (h) x 65cm (d)

Installation Concept, 2003
Winner, Willoughby City Art Prize, digital category, 2003
Type C photographic prints
One off print plus artist proof.
100cm(w) x 75cm (h)