These sculptures are constructed using stainless steel pipes, so that the work can be built to a significant scale while keeping the final full weight of the artwork within the limits necessary for the supporting beams. The design of the interlocking joints direct the visual appearance of the artwork away from being a simple mathematical exercise towards that of an engineered construct. The artworks will be distributed in the three entrance foyers / atria.

These are three-dimensional drawings, lines floating in air. After my initial temporary piece "Sierpinski's Growth" created for the National Botanic Gardens 2007 Sculpture in Context Exhibition, I am excited by the opportunity to recreate this artwork in permanent materials.

This installation will allow the viewer to examine the sculpture from many various angles and from almost within the work itself. The materials used to construct the artwork will allow the viewer to see right through the work, as it will consist mainly of negative space surrounded by lines. The installation will 'grow' across the space and into the air. This new piece is an extension of my other large-scale artworks & installations, and is an artistic expression of my personal preoccupation with fractal mathematics.

This opportunity is very important to my practice as a sculptor. I have been challenged and engaged by other site-specific opportunities in the past, but opportunities such as this with the freedom to realise large-scale ideas are few and far between.

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