Rich and Rare

Rich and Rare is the outcome of several years of creative research into the (almost) lost world of ostrea angasi (native flat oyster) reefs. Jacqui has materialised the angasi’s fragility, sensitivity, delicacy and now-skeletal distribution in a piece of hand-made cloth, assembled from machine-embroidered lace oysters. This ethereal artefact is used in performance photography, cyanotype, video and installation to create a watery world of light and shadow, accretion, growth, collapse and decay.