Terrarium (Hieracium maculatum)

Miranda Bellamy & Amanda Fauteux
Sackville, NB

Size

28" x 11" x 9"

Medium

Sackville red sandstone

“Terrarium (Hieracium maculatum),” Sackville red sandstone, 2022. “Terrarium (Hieracium maculatum)” is one in a series of sandstone sculptures made from the remains of demolished Mount Allison University buildings in Sackville, New Brunswick. These sculptures were carved and extruded from sandstone according to drawings derived from the electrochemical signals of lupin, raspberry, spotted hawkweed, February daphne, and fern fiddleheads found growing in Sackville’s defunct Pickard Quarry. Once the source of Mount Allison’s famous sandstone, and the origin of these stones, the quarry is now a liminal space of both ecological turmoil and “natural beauty.”

Terrarium (Hieracium maculatum)

Miranda Bellamy & Amanda Fauteux
Sackville, NB

About the artist
About the artist

Miranda Bellamy & Amanda Fauteux
Sackville, NB

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Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux are partners and artistic collaborators who work with research driven processes and interdisciplinary outcomes. They share time living in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand, and within the traditional territory of Mi’kma’ki known as Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Since their collaboration began in 2019, they have exhibited their work and attended residencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, UK, and the USA. Recent exhibitions include “Stone Moves” at Te Atamira, Tāhuna, Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, and “Terrarium,” at Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Their collaborative practice was recognised on the longlist for the 2023 Sobey Art Award.

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