On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Central Goldfields Art Gallery wrote:

Flossie, please explain the concepts behind the work Holy Safety Net as then I can explain to any visitors that peer through the net and may be wondering also. Is there perhaps a direct reference to lost sheep within your own community, or is this too literal an interpretation?

Cheers Jill

Hi Jill,

Lost sheep? That is a great idea. I haven’t thought of that…I like it. It works…as if to keep people together at all costs, like catching escaping animals.

Safety Net was crafted by an artist living in England who had made it a few years ago during her residency at ANU, Canberra. It alluded to the many safety barriers around council road works she observed. It hung outside for a few years and needed to be removed so I got it, washed it and it virtually fell to pieces. It was so sun and weather stuck! Later given the artist Sophie Horton’s permission, I established it in a new role…

Here as it covers a nearly extinct occurrence ‘family at breakfast’. I thought of the net as our trying to ‘recover’ this lost culturally important art…but our net has holes, literally seen in this net. Holy has a double meaning referring also to transferring beliefs. Nothing can compete with the intruding culture of mobile phones, the web and the old standby…television – which all invade mealtimes and our conversations.

See Sophie Horton for some interesting sculptures and installations.