The artist describes it as “One Porcelain Pinch Pot. One Bird Painting. Everyday for a Year.

The Pinch pots connect the maker and the medium. They are shaped between fingers, with fingerprints remaining in the clay as a trace of the maker. Porcelain was chosen, as its fragility mirrors the precarious future of so many birds. Many species have been driven to the brink of extinction. Ingrid Burkett is committed to social and ecological justice and hopes that with her work she can spark conversations about how we can change course.

The 11th hour series shows how endangered the birds are – it is literally the last hour to save them. The above photo displays the Night Parrot and the photo which follows displays the King Island Scrubtit both endangered.

Here is the year – on a table in the gallery. A fascinating insight into Aussie birdlife and a creative project of note.

Ingrid has donated all the proceeds from this first solo exhibition to Birdlife Southern Queensland to help them in their conservation efforts.

“In an era of ecological uncertainty, art can serve as both witness and catalyst—a means of honouring what is at risk and inspiring action to protect it.” — Ingrid Burkett

“The more I observed the more I saw”…

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