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Bloody Consumption II | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Forlano Design. Item made of wood & glass compatible with contemporary style
Bloody Consumption II | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Forlano Design. Item made of wood & glass compatible with contemporary style
Bloody Consumption II | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Forlano Design. Item made of wood & glass compatible with contemporary style
Bloody Consumption II | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Forlano Design. Item made of wood & glass compatible with contemporary style

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Bloody Consumption II - Wall Hangings

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DimensionsWeight
30.12H x 3.15W x 3.15D in
76.5H x 8W x 8D cm
0.91 kg
2 lb

Penelope’s childhood was spent learning crafts and in the ‘flow’ of various needlecrafts such as crochet, knitting, and sewing, passed down intergenerationally through the maternal line in her family.

When Penelope was invited to participate in the exhibition ‘FLOW’ with 15 other artists as part of a satellite exhibition on woodcraft, as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial. Penelope used this as an opportunity to reconnect to this past by learning a new women’s craft - beading - from her mother.

The timing of the creation of these works coincided with the devasting Wooroloo bushfires in Perth, Western Australia, and was less than a year after the largest ever catastrophic fires on the east coast of Australia.




Materials: Charred wood and reclaimed glass and lewellery beads.
With this destruction of forests in mind, the works combine charred wood found after the 2021 Wooroloo bushfire with beading remnants and discarded op-shop jewelry. The works reflect upon the Anthropocene. What materials we value, what we throw away mindlessly and what is destroyed due to climate change. Discarded jewelry was disassembled and reassembled to create a series of works in which the materials of excess consumption ooze from a burnt-out nature.

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Wescover creator since 2018
My work explores place, memory, identity and custodianship through design and public art.

Penelope Forlano is a spatial designer and public artist with a special interest in the mnemonic and emotional experience of public and private artifacts. Her recent doctoral research examined emotionally enduring artifacts, and how to evoke custodianship in the user through a design anthropology approach. She has over 20 years of practice as an award-winning artist, furniture, and interior designer. Her work has been exhibited widely including at 100% Design (London), CraftACT, The John Curtin Gallery, FORM, and a solo show at the esteemed Salone Satellite - Milan International Furniture Fair in 2004. She received the prestigious Australian Design Award (2006), and in 2011 her ‘Terrain’ table was acquired for permanent collection by the Art Gallery of WA. She has completed multiple public artworks for private and government bodies.