The Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award
Nicola Cerini

"After attending an ecology camp in Goongerah, East Gippsland 2001, I became aware that a large number of plants indigenous to that area were classified rare, vulnerable and endangered – approximately 125 out of 1300…I was inspired to research some of these plants to create a record for future reference which could also serve as a medium to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of our old-growth forest plant life."

 

Nicola CERINI
born Australia 1969
Flora Neglecta (detail) (2002–03)
silk, polyester viscose, cotton, lurex, pigment, ink; digital and screen printed, handpainted
300.0 x 300.0 cm