https://melissaellero.com/top-right-panel 2025-10-27T09:07:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://melissaellero.com/nav 2025-10-27T09:07:51+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2577630370093525101395139045652/L1000528.jpg https://melissaellero.com/page-1 2025-10-27T09:22:31+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2130485014731784348518957525596/Beuys-8347.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2577630369909057660658043529492/L1000258-2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2577663968974734211898742876436/Screenshot-2025-09-15-at-1.53.07PM.png STORIES OF SEEDS SERIES “KARRAK” 2025 ICONIC & STARVING This abstract sculptural series continues the environmental narrative of her previous series, Death by A Thousand Cuts, which imprinted the heartwood of logged trees to highlight the devastating impact of bauxite mining in the Perth Hills. This new work focuses on the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo—known as “Karrak” in Noongar language—and its vanishing habitat. The last remaining Jarrah forests, along with Marri, Blackbutt, Karri, and Sheoak trees, are disappearing at an alarming rate. These trees are not only iconic—they are essential food and habitat. A single Karrak requires approximately 100 native nuts per day to survive. This installation comprises a selection of 100 wheel-thrown, altered, and hand-carved stoneware forms, raku-fired to reflect the rawness of the land. Each sculptural form echoes the geometry found in nature and the interconnected balance of the ecosystem. Inspired by the seed formations scattered along the trails near her Mundaring Hills (Perth) studio, Storie of Seeds-KARRAK is a metaphoric call to action— a seed of awareness. With every form, I invite viewers to consider the cost of deforestation, and to envision a forest that feeds future generations. “The Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Karrak), endemic to south-western Australia, is listed as Vulnerable under both the WA Biodiversity Conservation Act and the federal EPBC Act, with fewer than 15,000 individuals remaining in the wild.” https://melissaellero.com/page-2 2025-10-27T06:51:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2130472127688800502436522175068/Cragg-400.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2577630370038184869174010390804/L1000452.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2577630369890610916584333977876/L1000206.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2577681103251413821089470949652/Screenshot-2025-09-16-at-12.53.03PM.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2602914225850018251015409051924/L1000263-copy2.jpg https://melissaellero.com/page-5-1 2025-10-27T06:51:47+00:00 always 0.5 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