Jade Oakley graduated top of her HSC year and in Fine Art from COFA in 1997. Her paper sculpture mobiles are unique, interesting, beautiful and shown at Australian Galleries in Sydney and Melbourne. They are in collections all over the world and it was a great privilege and learning experience to help a practising artist with a project. Getting an understanding of how Jade gets from concept to sculpture was fascinating.
Jade normally works with paper creating intricate mobiles that are reminiscent of chandeliers. She wanted to experiment with glass and these are the first results. The hooks are fired into the glass and the armatures and rock stand added later.
Sadly she did not persevere with producing larger works and it's a shame because they are really good. With some iridescent glass the mobile sparkles in the light as the wind catches the shapes. If only I had thought of it!!
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