Students at Ravensthorpe District High School, in southern Western Australia are making small wire sculptures to be tagged and released into the local community. Finders are asked to tell us via email where they found the art work before taking it somewhere else. It is a collaborative project with the Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council to coincide withtheir 2012 theme of "Art in unusual and Unexpected Places".
Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council
The students at RDHS wish to thanks the Ravensthorpe Regional Arts Council and the Ravensthorpe IGA for supporting this project.
Sunday 24 November 2013
Number 44, AKA Silver Cavier!
Hello Teacher and Students,
My name is Dianne and my husband John and I are travelling around Australia by caravan for 12 months. We left home in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland on 6th April and have thoroughly enjoyed your beautiful State of Western Australia. We have never been to WA before. It is so completely different to our State. We actually free camped just west of Ravensthorpe on 31st October and I took photos of your lovely rose garden in town. From there we travelled to Esperance and then on to Kalgoorlie.
On the way we stopped to take photos of the galvanised iron camels on the roundabout in Norseman. There I found your wire horse No. 44 sitting on the rump of a camel as you will see in the photo. I was very excited and felt it was nearly like finding a letter in a bottle. Well almost! I named her "Silver Caviar". I knew she had to be placed somewhere special and so she came for quite a ride with us. Into Coolgardie for the Melbourne Cup and then onto Kalgoorlie. From here we free camped across the Nullarbor then into Fowler's Bay, Streaky Bay, Venus Bay, Coffin Bay and finally Port Lincoln where we are now.
As you can see in the photos I placed her under the statue of Makybe Diva. While we were there a man came along with his pet Kangaroo named Skippy. So Skippy hopped up and also had her photo taken with these two "famous horses". Later I saw a man and lady pick up Silver Caviar and take her, so I hope she has more adventures which they will then relate back to you.
Thank you for the chance to participate in your school project. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would love to hear of her travels in the future if you would care to let me know.
Thanking you,
Kind regards
Dianne
Friday 11 October 2013
Fat Tailed Dunnart Found in Exeter
Hello,
Just to let you know, I have found the fat tailed Dunnart in the Duty station Managers office at Exeter st Davids Railway station, I do not know how it came to be there but I intend to send it on its way by train in the hope it will be found and sent on its way once again.
Best Regards
Debbie
Duty Station Manager - Exeter St Davids | First Great Western
Saturday 5 October 2013
Number 8 likes the meccano!
Hi my name is Cathy and I own and work at the Merredin
Toy Shop.....today I found Artwork No 8 on my shelf....so someone has left it
there for me to find.....what a great concept this is....well done!!!....I will
leave it somewhere else now......:)
Have a great day!!
Danny & Cathy
MERREDIN TOY SHOP
54 Barrack StreetMERREDIN WA 6415
No 8 found at Merredin Toy Shop today.....checking out the Meccano.....:)
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Number 48 is in Alaska!
Hi! I found wire art at Dark Horse Coffee in Anchorage Alaska.
Thanks for brightening my day!
Warmly,
Jess
Above is a photo of little 48 before it was released....thanks for letting us know it made it all the way to Alaska Jess!
Thursday 15 August 2013
Number 30 finds love???!!!
A languished traveller.
Lingering at the Azure Café overlooking the picturesque foreshore of Denham.
Beckons me to an otherwise vacant table.
I couldn't resist his charm. A coffee companion and more?
Number 30...Flirty 30? Dirty 30!!
Smuggled home I found a place for him to unwind.
Admiring him bask in the rays of winter sunshine. Regenerating.
Treasured.
Can I bestow him to a stranger?
Last seen hanging with the birds.......Destiny unknown
KAREN
Lingering at the Azure Café overlooking the picturesque foreshore of Denham.
Beckons me to an otherwise vacant table.
I couldn't resist his charm. A coffee companion and more?
Number 30...Flirty 30? Dirty 30!!
Smuggled home I found a place for him to unwind.
Admiring him bask in the rays of winter sunshine. Regenerating.
Treasured.
Can I bestow him to a stranger?
Last seen hanging with the birds.......Destiny unknown
KAREN
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Number 30 Finds a CEO!
Hello
I found this artwork under today’s west Australian on our
staff lunch table. I am the CEO of Country Arts WA and on the rare occasion
that I sit down at the lunch table I was delighted to find this artwork. Made
me smile. I have passed the artwork onto our regional arts development officer
Theaker on her way to the Gascoyne.
Best wishes
Jessica
Machin
Chief Executive Officer
Country Arts WA
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Country Arts WA
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Country Arts WA CEO Jess Machin with Number 30 |
Gascoyne Regional Arts Development Officer Theaker Von Ziarno with Number 30, soon on her way to Shark Bay. |
Friday 2 August 2013
Number 59
Hello, My name is Kerrie and I found your
artwork in Ceduna SA in April 2013 at the Big 4 Caravan Park. My partner &
I have a caravan & boat & have been travelling Australia for 6 years.
We’ve seen lots of amazing places & Australia’s enormous, we don’t think
we’ll ever see our whole country! On leaving Ceduna after fishing for 9 weeks,
we travelled to Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, Alstonville, Gold Coast, Jondaryan
Wool Shed, Roma, Mitchell, Morven, Blackall, Barcaldine & on to Longreach
in Outback Queensland. The scenery, landscapes, weather & birds are forever
changing & there’s always something to look at. Travelling on to Winton,
Mckinlay-Walkabout Creek Hotel, Cloncurry, Burke & Wills Roadhouse,
Normanton-The Purple Pub, & Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria where we are
now fishing for a few weeks. Your Artwork has travelled all this way with us
& is now resting in the office of the Gulf Country Caravan Park. Keep
enjoying your art & I’ve enjoyed being a part of Artwork Number 59. Regards
to you All, Kerrie.
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Number 30
When I came to school this morning to get the Art room ready for lessons
tomorrow, I found a little wire snake in my pigeon hole! Not sure where
he’s been hiding, or who put him there…maybe they were just giving him back!
Anyway...
I’m
off to Perth to a meeting at Country Arts WA next week….so I think I will take
little Number 30 with me and see if I can place him somewhere without being
caught!
Monday 1 July 2013
Number 36!
Hi,
my name is Sally and I found the artwork 36 at a picture framing shop in Coffs
Harbour. The shop is also an art gallery, and the piece was on a little shelf
as though it was an exhibition. When I picked it up the shop owner asked me to
take it away with me.
I will be sure to leave it somewhere unusual and unexpected!
:-)
I will be sure to leave it somewhere unusual and unexpected!
:-)
Monday 25 March 2013
Number 55
Hi
Have just been handed this over front desk at the library. I
will pass it on to a customer.
Lee
Lee
Library Technician (Children & Youth Services)
Singleton
Public Library
Sunday 17 March 2013
Artwork Number 22
Hi!
I found this artwork hanging in a tree in a park in McCrae when I was walking my dog. McCrae is on the Mornington Peninsula about an hour's drive from Melbourne.
Tonight I'm flying to NZ so I'm going to take the art with me and leave it somewhere in the South Island. I hope it will be found by someone who appreciates your project as much as I do.
Sincerely,
Melinda
I found this artwork hanging in a tree in a park in McCrae when I was walking my dog. McCrae is on the Mornington Peninsula about an hour's drive from Melbourne.
Tonight I'm flying to NZ so I'm going to take the art with me and leave it somewhere in the South Island. I hope it will be found by someone who appreciates your project as much as I do.
Sincerely,
Melinda
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Number 36 Again...that was quick!
My Name is Roland Chowdhury. I
am In Coffs Harbour Mid North Coast NSW (Big Banana)
population 90,000
I came across this piece of
artwork when calling on a client at a small supermarket
about 30klm south of here in a beautiful little coastal town called Urunga. population
1,919
Conveniently my office building is
next door to a business called................ wait for it...................
The
Art Factory Coffs Harbour
I will be passing this piece onto
them as I know it will be very well received and looked after.
Please drop me a line as I am very
interested in this concept and the journey of this creation.
Regards,
Roland Chowdhury
Coffs Harbour Sales Representative
The Cetnaj Group of
Companies
Mobile: 0413 201 195
Phone: (02) 6652-7400
Phone: (02) 6652-7400
Fax:
(02) 6651-5609
Monday 11 March 2013
Number 36
Your unusual piece of artwork was
discovered in my small supermarket, Urunga Foodworks.
Urunga is a small seaside village
approximately 30kms from Coffs Harbour.
Approximately 2000 people (mainly
retirees) live in Urunga.
Urunga's caravan and camping ground
on the Bellinger/Kalang rivers is a popular destination for tourist, and I
presume your artwork was placed in the shop by someone travelling through.
It will be interesting to see where
it ends up next.
Sincerely yours,
Jeanene.
Thursday 7 February 2013
Number 55
We have left him at the Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre
which is the home of our famous Hot Baths / We found him at Tom Price and he
stated Roth us on our journey home to Moree via Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls
Creek, Victoria River, Three Ways, Mount
Isa, Mitchell and Moree
Thank you for the memories
From Nick and his parents Lila and Eric
Thursday 3 January 2013
Busy Number 53 again!
Hi!
I have found art number 53. I am originally from Australia and I am having an around the world trip with my daughter. I found this art in disney world florida on New Years Eve.
Good luck with your project!
Rosa x
I have found art number 53. I am originally from Australia and I am having an around the world trip with my daughter. I found this art in disney world florida on New Years Eve.
Good luck with your project!
Rosa x
Number 53
Hi I found this art in Sydney Australia in darling
harbour.
I am originally from Perth WA and i am traveling to
Sydney with my hip hop crew to compete in a national hip hop battle. From here
I am traveling to Florida to visit my family for Christmas.
Hope you had a great Christmas and new year and I hope
your art goes far! :)
Kind Regards
Alyssia
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