Jeanne Melville

Where the journey leads

Exhibited in: The Alternative Archive – Only Hospital For Miles Miles exhibition at the Lake Grace Regional Artspace

Media/Materials: copper, brass, nickel, aluminium, metal wires, mica, resin, fabric, paper and rusted paper.

Dimensions: Approx. 900mm x 900mm

Artist Statement:

I’ve used the idea of a ‘charm bracelet’ as a vehicle to allow the viewer to contemplate what might have been. Small metal charms with windows, doors, photographs, patched and sewn up pieces, forgotten stories and imagined faces are there to encourage the viewer to engage with the Lake Grace Hospital that was.

Source: Lake Grace AIM Hospital Museum photographic collection

Photography credit: Rebecca Clark