Artist: Nellie Howden
Title: “Tribulus Terrestris”
Medium: Mixed
Artist Statement
The noxious weed Tribulus Terrestris, commonly referred in Australia as Caltrop is
an aggressive, invasive species.
It is primarily opportunistic in sandy soil, degraded pastures and wastelands. It also
thrives beside footpaths, disused railway tracks and where maintenance of the weed
is not enforced. It needs little water to thrive and a buried seed can remain viable for
more than seven years.
Sheep are the most vulnerable animals to Caltrop and if the foliage is consumed in
large dosages can be toxic consequently causing a painful death.
Two primary elements or issues which I intended to explore in this work are:
• The clearing and poor usage of the land with the introduction of livestock.
• The over usage of herbicides and the consequences of doing so.
DARE 2 For Dareton will be an art/craft space for all members of the Dareton community
regardless of the individuals socio, ethnic and/or cultural background.
This art/craft space will provide a safe environment for all participants to express their
creativity freely.
Our intention is for the art/craft space to initially be focussed on women from all ethnic and
cultural backgrounds where they will have the opportunity to be engaged in a creative space.
Leading on from this we further intend for the space to be inclusive to all of the surrounding
community.
Our Vision
We envisage that all members of the community will have the opportunity to engage in art
and craft at many levels.
These may be:
Practicing artists that are willing to share their skills.
People that wish to “have a go at a project” to learn new skills.
School children and youth.
We wish to engage individuals who don’t normally actively engage in the community.
We envisage urban revitalisation projects creating artworks at a local level.
We would like to create a place where members of the local community can come together to
express concerns or issues through the artistic process.
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