Material Memory reflects on the marks we leave behind and the quiet histories embedded in everyday objects. Through salvaged materials, texture, and craft, each artwork becomes a container for personal and collective memory. This full collection brings all works together so viewers can explore the themes of transformation, inheritance, and material storytelling.
Material Memory
15 August – 30 November 2025
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah NSW
https://gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/material-memory
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Vacancy Now from Memory lines series 2025
170 x 122 x 10 cm
Cotton canvas, thread, plastic,
timber, acrylic paint
$1,500.00
The artist reshapes sections of an old canvas caravan annex, keeping its stitching, seams, and eyelets as part of the design. Each piece reflects memories and everyday life, using simple forms that show the material’s history and character.
Memory Lines - Galston Gorge 2025
188 x 84 x 5 cm
Cotton canvas, paint
NFS
The artist transforms sections of an old canvas caravan annex, folding and reshaping them while keeping the original stitching, seams, and eyelets as part of the design. Each piece reflects memories and daily life, using simple, thoughtful forms that highlight the material’s history and texture.
Pony ride from Memory lines series 2025
91 x 62 x 10 cm
Cotton canvas, timber, foam
$1,200.00
These works are made by folding and reshaping sections of a single canvas caravan annex, with its stitching, seams, and eyelets left visible as part of the design. They evoke memories and a sense of everyday life, using simple, thoughtful forms that honor the material’s history and texture.
Paddle from Memory lines series 2025
91 x 62 x 10 cm
Cotton canvas, timber, foam
$1,200.00
These works are made by folding and reshaping sections of a single canvas caravan annex, keeping the original stitching, seams, and eyelets as part of the design. Each piece reflects memory, routine, and familiarity, using simple, careful forms that highlight the canvas’s history and character.
Ruffle from Memory lines series 2025
60 x 100 x 10 cm
Cotton canvas, thread, timber, wire
$950.00
These works are made by folding and reshaping parts of a single canvas caravan annex, keeping its stitching, seams, and eyelets as visible design features. They reflect memories, everyday life, and a sense of familiarity, using simple, thoughtful forms that honor the material’s history and texture.
Red Saddle 01 2025
115 x 100 x 20 cm
Leather, plastic, cotton thread,
fabric, copper, timber
$1,500.00
These sculptural assemblages are made by dismantling and reassembling leather saddles with materials like plastic, rubber, brass, ceramic, timber, and paper, keeping stitching, padding, and wear visible. The intuitive, hands-on process creates unified, contemporary forms that highlight the textures, shapes, and memories of the original materials.
Gold Saddle 02 2025
120 x 90 x 23 cm
Leather, ceramic, brass, bamboo, wood, paper
$1,500.00
These sculptural assemblages are created by dismantling and reassembling leather saddles with materials like plastic, rubber, brass, ceramic, timber, and paper, keeping stitching, padding, and wear visible. The intuitive, hands-on process produces unified, contemporary forms that reveal the textures, shapes, and memories of the original materials.
Memory Patterns 2025
90 x 100 x 10 cm each
Acrylic
$2,200.00 total (20 pieces)
This series transforms the simple, playful act of folding a paper plane into brightly colored acrylic forms, capturing the memory of flight in a lasting, still object. Minimal and precise, the works evoke childhood experiences, motion, and the way small gestures can carry meaning over time.
Catcher 2025
100 x 100 x 15 cm
Leather
$2,000.00
In Catcher, Dean Stewart reconfigures vintage baseball gloves into a circular assemblage, highlighting the textures and marks of aged leather. The work reflects on teamwork, craftsmanship, and memory, showing how worn materials carry stories from the past.