My rural reality highlights the major industries that have made our region prosper, this is captured in my artwork of locally sourced and repurposed relics. Crushed coal from a mine site west of Chinchilla has been used to partially fill the timber grain of an old workers cottage fence board to signify how the energy and mining is embedded in our way of life. A locally made plough Tyne forms the handle rest for the hand forged rail clip cleaver, this denotes the symbiotic relationship of the rural and rail operations that are in our region.