Artists

Carolyn Menzies is a Melbourne/Naarm-based visual artist

Her practice engages with remnants of domestic life that have outlived their original social meanings. Working with discarded wool blankets, needlework, and mass-produced tapestries, she transforms these materials (once symbols of middle-class stability and prosperity) into sculptural forms that reimagine landscape. Through stitching and reassembly, her works operate as unstable terrains, offering refuge amid increasing cultural and economic precarity.
 

In Residence at Bundanon

During the residency I plan to research and develop a series of drawings. These works extend my exploration of landscape as mapping and memory through found imagery, observation, and material experimentation. Responding directly to the residency site, I will use walking, sketching, and photography to study its geography, colour, and textures. Natural dyes and locally sourced plant matter will be tested for staining and mark-making, allowing the landscape to function as both subject and material collaborator.