Jessie Lumb

Plasticine and Thumbtacks

Point of No Return

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3 film2My heart lifts up when I behold, plasticine in gaps in the mortar of a wall. As part of ‘Point of No Return’ at Dianne Tanzer Gallery and Projects, Melbourne, August 2011.

Photos by Alis Garlick.

Joy follows like a shadow

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_MG_3047Hand punched paper shapes glued in place of the shadows on the wall, cracks filled with Posca paint pens.

Exhibition at the Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre South Australia, April 2011.

Photos by Hugh Langlands Belle

Jingdezhen, China

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13Handmade porcelain bricks replacing those that were missing or lost.

Experiments with clay on a Helpmann Academy funded residency at the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China in late 2010.

Transitory Phenomena in an Obscure Corner

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9Portion of a rainbow I have clutched (2010), torch, textas

7A light heart lives long (love from a fan lasts forever) (2010), torch hanging from the ceiling – when looked at from below the beam of light appeared as a heart

Exhibition in the Back Gallery at FELTspace ARI, Adelaide in April 2010. Held in conjunction with ‘Hemano Fan Club’ by Shaw Hendry ❤

Because I’m a joyful girl

6(detail), 2010, ‘Hatched National Graduate Exhibition’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art

Hand coloured toothpicks stuck in holes in a wall 4 x 6.6 metres

An immeasurable field of nameless stars

1(detail), 2009, Dorrit Black Building, City West Campus, UniSA, Adelaide

Over a period of four months thumbtacks were placed on a pinboard until it was completely covered.

Holes in the wall

'Untitled (wall)''Untitled (wall)'Holes in a concrete wall were filled with a mix of bakers food colouring and spack filler.

'Untitled (glow wall)'A variation in which holes in the wall were filled with a homemade, glow in the dark putty.

(details), 2009, Dorrit Black Building, City West Campus, UniSA, Adelaide