Bloom after Burning //

“Bloom after Burning” is a collection of wooden vases and shapes, designed to hold buds, blooms, berries and blossoms. Drawing on the Japanese practice of ikebana flower arrangements, each wood piece is ebonized using traditional shou sugi ban technique to burn and wash the wood. This series was developed as a reflection on the Australian Bushfires in 2019-20 and the rejuvenation of native forest as it blooms after burning.

// Bloom after Burning //

Australia’s Black Summer 2019-2020 // Not-very-Fun Facts

In 2019/20 Australia experienced the worst bushfire season in living memory - it’s Black Summer. With the events of the global pandemic unfolding in 2020 and 2021 it’s easy to forget that just 12 months ago our country was on fire, with around 21 percent of Australian temperate broadleaf and mixed forests burnt. With the latest bushfires we are reminded that now, more than ever, we need to help restore our lost forests, increase habitat for threatened species and mitigate the effects of climate change through the incredible carbon capture technology that is a single tree. Nature does it best.

– Nearly 80 percent of Australians were affected either directly or indirectly by the bushfires.

– One billion animals were killed by the bushfires, 800 million in NSW.

– The Gospers Mountain fire was the largest forest fire ever recorded in Australia, burning more than 500,000 hectares.

– The 2019/20 season’s fires were incredibly large in area, even compared to forests all around the world. Around 21 percent of Australian temperate broadleaf and mixed forests were burnt.

Source: https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/summer-of-crisis/