Entrance, 2022 – 2025

Mixed media sculpture: tops cut from 140-year Ironwood fence posts, pine wood, paint and metal
Dimensions: 36 x 43 x 18 inches    

These five forms represent a blending of the old and new. New, regenerative agricultural practices will bring vibrancy back to the land by keeping a living root in the soil, mixing the crops, controlling grazed animals, retaining all water and ensuring there is habitat for a wide range of animals, insects and birds.
These original ironwood post tops have lasted well over 120 years. Today they are often replaced by metal or electric fencing.

Fences were boundaries marking out the property lines when the first settlers colonized the land in outback Australia. This land has been inhabited for thousands of years by the aboriginal peoples whose culture taught that land was sacred and not a private possession. 

Lyndal Osborne, 2025