Sally Simpson
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Objects for an Unknown Future Museum

Drawing on the legacy of traditions in which humans make objects through which they hope to influence or appeal to nature, these 'reliquaries' employ contemporary local materials. Transforming washed up materials collected from Australian beaches  I intend to question what is precious in our moment in history.
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Coral Reliquaries 1 & 2, 2017.
Collected rope, coral, fish bones and fishing tackle.
70 x 50 x 20 cms
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Coral Reliquaries 3 & 4, 2017
Collected rope, coral in resin, bird & fish bones, steel.
71 x 50 x 20 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Skull​, 2016
Collected rope and long line, coral in resin, skull, driftwood, stainless steel.
126 x 25 x 24 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Stingray Bones​, 2016
Collected rope and long line, coral in resin, stingray bones, driftwood, fishing tackle, stainless steel.
118 x 25 x 25 cms
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Money Shell Reliquary with Bird Skull​, 2016 
Collected rope and long line, shell, skull, stainless steel.
​106 x 25 x 24 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Bird Skull, 2016
Collected rope and long line, coral in resin, bird skull,
​whipping twine, stainless steel mount.
76 x 20 x 20 cms
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Cephalopoda Reliquary with Stingray Bones, 2016
Collected rope and long line, cephalopoda in resin, driftwood,
​fishing tackle, stainless steel.
79 x 20 x 20 cms
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Coral Reliquary 5, 2017
Collected rope, coral in resin, fish bones, fishing tackle, steel.
​106 x 25 x 20 cms
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Cephalopoda Reliquary with Salmon Vertebrae, 2016
Collected rope, cephalopoda in resin, salmon bones, driftwood, fishing tackle, stainless steel.
74 x 24 x 19 cms
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Shell Reliquary with Salmon Vertebrae, 2016
Collected rope, shells, salmon bones, driftwood, fishing line, stainless steel.
71 x 20 x 19 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Puffer Fish, 2016
Collected rope and long line, coral in resin, puffer fish scales, salmon and bird bones.
107 x 25 x 24 cms
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Limpet Reliquary, 2016
Collected rope, limpet shell, fishing tackle,
​stainless steel.
78 x 25 x 19 cms
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Seaweed Reliquary, 2016
Collected rope, seaweed, glass, fish vertebrae,
​stainless steel.
62 x 35 x 58 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Salmon Bones, 2016
Collected rope, coral in resin, salmon bones, fishing line, stainless steel.
79 x 24.5 x 19 cms
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Coral Reliquary with Fishing Tackle, 2016
Collected rope and long line, coral in resin,
​fishing tackle, stainless steel.
113 x 25 x 24 cms
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Shell Reliquary, 2016
Collected rope and long line, shell, glass,
​fishing line and tackle, stainless steel
90 x 36 x 20 cms
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