The Logan City Historical Museum will be having a “wood” exhibition this October, displaying woodworking craftsmanship, tools and unique wooden artworks from local Logan artists.
Running from 6 October to 17 December, highlights of the exhibition will include a 1970s “Wee Peggy” or “Traveler’s Wheel,” designed in New Zealand for spinning wool, unusual walking sticks and a unique display of rolling pins.
The Logan City Community Men’s Shed at Crestmead will also be displaying items at the exhibition, including turned items such as bowls and boxes as well as cutting boards, toys and Christmas items.
One of the exhibition’s featured artists is local mosaic and timber artist Carol Buckland, who transforms old Federation windows from old Queenslander homes into striking mixed-media pieces.
Ms Buckland said her dive into her woodworking artistry was unexpected.
“I more or less fell into it just by chance, going to Bunnings one day they had a display on there of how to mosaic a terracotta pot, and it was free,” she said. “And I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll go and do that. That looks interesting.'”
From then on, after a chance encounter with old windows at the recycling market, she started to craft her signature Federation Window artworks.
“There was some old windows down the recycling market, and I brought them home and I thought, ‘I wonder what I could do with that. Oh, I could make something with those,'” she said.
“So that began my interest with working on recycling old windows from old Queenslanders.” she said.
“It doesn’t cost a great deal too. It costs a little bit to get set up, but the rest of it I can get mainly from op shops, bits and pieces.”
Combining tiles, old crockery, old glass bottles and other knick-knacks, Ms Buckland often draws inspiration from her imagination.
” I imagine how it would look in an old house. What would be in an old house with an old window? So that’s kind of how I get the ideas from that.”
“I have Googled a lot of windows that have been jazzed up. Not a lot here in Brisbane or Australia, but overseas,” she said
Catch Ms Buckland’s art pieces along with a host of other historical and unique wood artifacts at the Logan City Historical Museum from from 10am-3pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays from 6 October to 17 December.
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