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W Welcome to My Coastal Home. As we move through the year, the shorter days draw us closer to the earth and this edition is an earthy one that draws light from other places, from creativity, history, and art.
Winkler, Wi ink n ler landscaping advice from David Chapple Chap a ple from Stone Circle Landscaping, and on a local florist that medalled at an a nd a story st Melbourne’s Flower and Garden Show. M Me elbour We also als catch up with inspirational Portarlington-raised paralympian Kelly Porta li Cartwright, and find out about her most treasured possessions. Autumn is the indoor-outdoor season and this edition of My Coastal Home is both about getting outside in the garden, getting closer to the earth, and enjoying the indoors.
We look at sculpture in local housing developments: artworks that reach back through time while at the same time look to the future. They point to the natural world – the land and plant and animal life – that offers continuity in the changing local landscape. As usual, we go inside houses and offer advice and options on how to create an ideal inner space that turns a house into a home. Maria Malakellis from Kiitos Living by Design talks us through Marimekko fabrics, and we have plenty of wonderfully stylish items from Vast, Livingetc, Lightingetc and Schots Home Emporium in North Geelong. For its separate theme and individual style, something that stands out in this edition is Hugo T. Armstrong’s Point Lonsdale home. The Blues Train proprietor and former Queenscliff Music Festival director shows us inside his historic haunt, which is filled with music, Tahitian artefacts and his family story. We have an article on an award-nominated, beautiful coastal home designed by Peter
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There be treasure The Blues Train founder Hugo T. Armstrong takes us inside his colourful home
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Sculpture culture Local sculptors are having their say in new local housing estates
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Tall boy chest from Vast Interior. More style pages 4-7 and 17.
4 Style 12 Seeing ghosts 18 Design your landscape 27 Community spirit 31 Kelly Cartwright’s top 5
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SALVAGED SOPHISTICATION This rustic Paxton dining table is constructed with timber often salvaged from hundred-year-old Chinese door frames and beams. Each piece is one of a kind and retails for $1,995. Available at Schots Home Emporium, North Geelong. Phone 1300 693 693 or schots.com.au
The shape and frame of the Scandinavian-designed Muuto Around Table make it functional and elegant, along with a warm and welcoming appearance. $675 at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
AFRICAN COUCH SAFARI Pump up your pad with bold designs and bright colour, using African Cushions. Various sizes available from $75 to $115, at Livingetc. Phone 03 5241 2664 or livingetc.com.au
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Relax under a different light with these drum shades. Yellow and black $280, flamingo $360 at Livingetc. Phone 03 5241 2664 or livingetc.com.au
Store in style with these unique stack drawers. $465 at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
COOL NERD The Nerd chair by Muuto has a strong personality and iconic character, and its unique design makes the Nerd a very personal and distinct interpretation of an all-wood chair. Available in various colours. $699 at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
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ACTION! Cut through the darkness with this director’s lamp. $325 at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
Snuggle in and cook up a storm this autumn with this cast iron Spartacus fire pit in a rust finish. Includes grate for barbecuing, lid and poker. $329 at Schots Home Emporium, North Geelong. Phone 1300 693 693 or schots.com.au
A REFLECTIVE MOMENT The Reflect sideboard by Muuto evokes the natural light of Scandinavia and expresses the warm feeling of oak, with unique curves. $5,900 at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
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SITTING THE TEST OF TIME First introduced back in 1859, years were spent perfecting the classic Thonet No. 14 ‘bistro’ chair. Elegant, precise and practical, the bentwood chair has been reinvented in a wide spectrum of colours. $250 at Livingetc. Phone 03 5241 2664 or livingetc.com.au
DOORSTOPS WITH A DIFFERENCE Keep your doors open in style with these owl, dog and cat doorstops, $34.50 each at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
TRÈS CHIC ELEGANCE This Parisian pendant light in brushed nickel is a striking example of industrial design revitalised and celebrated. Comes with a removable diffuser panel to get the light just right. $199 at Schots Home Emporium, North Geelong. Phone 1300 693 693 or schots.com.au
PITCHER PERFECT These blue terracotta jugs are perfect for adding a pop of colour. $39.50 each at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
COVETED COVERINGS Dress your home with a range of retro and modern Marimekko fabrics. $69 per metre at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
LOUNGING ON THE WING This vintage wing armchair, handcrafted in the finest Italian top grain hide, will soften over time and age gracefully into the comfiest statement piece in your home. $1,345 at Schots Home Emporium, North Geelong. Phone 1300 693 693 or schots.com.au
HOOBLER STONE Beautiful... Timeless... Achievable... Hoobler Stone’s beautiful stone veneer has been adding a unique dimension to domestic and commercial projects since the early 1970’s, and is proudly Australian made and owned. Using strong, light-weight concrete the stone is cast in moulds taken from natural stone. Hundreds of different shapes are produced in a range of textures and colours. Stones are individually fixed into a mortar bed to create the appearance of
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RACK ‘EM UP Store wine in this French-inspired vintage wine rack, which won’t drop your drop! $145 at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
CRUSTACEAN CREATION Shell be right with this handmade brass cast sea crab. Each crab boasts individuality with perfect imperfections. Silver $309, black $279 or gold $279 at Livingetc. Phone 03 5241 2664 or livingetc.com.au
WHAT A DISH Mix and match your Marimekko tea towels and fabrics with their kitchenware range. Round plate $39, large round tray $109, bowl $29, at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
HELLO MUUTO The all-wood design of the Muuto Wood Lamp is a low-tech antidote to modern work desk lamps and has plenty of personality. $375 at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
WHAT’S THE TELE ON? Get a vintage look to contrast your modern entertainment devices with this industrial TV cabinet. $795 at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
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WORDS: TIFFANY PILCHER PHOTOS: GUY LE PAGE
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The Blues Train founder’s house is a museum of music, colour and family history and is as fascinating as the man himself.
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The tropical decor of Hugo T. Armstrong’s house is wild yet homely and perfectly fuses and represents the three great loves of his life – family, music and adventure. As the founder and proprietor of The Blues Train, a travelling mini music festival, and former director of the Queenscliff Music Festival, his house is overflowing with records and CDs, and a vintage jukebox packed with 45s – along with historical Tahitian and nautical artefacts. Hugo shares the Point Lonsdale house with wife Desiree and their daughter Astrid, 5. It was built in 1959 by his intrepid and much-loved father, Eric, whose deep-rooted presence is felt throughout. Most of the furniture and art were his and his image and paintings line the walls. “It’s all my dad’s stuff, he sailed around Tahiti trading coconut husks, and brought back a lot of what is still here now, most of it is from Tahiti – I love it all,” Hugo said. “Most of the other stuff has come to me in one way or another, I don’t go looking for anything, people will just give me presents or it was here my whole life.” The house itself is set over three levels, and Hugo’s 1951 Holden 4852-15 – commonly known as the FX – takes pride of place out the front. The car is in excellent condition and matches the house in Hugo’s favourite light-green hue. It’s not just for show, he drives it daily and – just as he inherited the house – he came into a love of cars through his father, who competed in the original Grand Prix at Albert Park. The house is also the headquarters for the
Blues Train business, which occupies a ground level office. A lookout with views over Point Lonsdale is perched high on the top level, while the living quarters are in the middle. This is where the treasure is found. Visitors are greeted at the entrance by a slump glass feature window bearing the image of the Balclutha, a ship first built in 1886 that Hugo’s father helped restore in the San Francisco Bay in the 1950s. It was created by a friend as a gift to Hugo and based on the original life ring from the ship itself that sits in his bathroom. This is also where the only glitzy glimpse of Hugo’s showbiz background is found, where a row of glamorous theatre dressing room lights line the mirror.
T H E M A P H U G O ’ S FAT H E R USED ON A JOURNEY TO TA H I T I H A N G S B E S I D E THE BAR. In the lounge room, the original wallpaper has since been painted over, but a tropical island mural has been left untouched and now serves as the centrepiece and anchor of the main living space. Two artworks flank the mural, which rumour has it, were painted by a Tahitian child of French artist Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin whose work influenced Picasso and Matisse. The map Hugo’s father used to chart his journey from Australia to Tahiti hangs proudly beside the bar, and Tahitian shells are mounted for display on a backing in the shape of the island. Desiree and Astrid are the main ladies in Hugo’s life, but there are two others that share the home. Fifi and Zsa Zsa, mannequins from the now defunct Queenscliff department store Eddie George, watch over the living area and office, modelling a traditional Tahitian costume and a vintage Qantas uniform. One of the very few new possessions in and around the house is a replica of a vintage Riva yacht. Hugo says while he’ll never have one of the Italian yachts himself, he’s quite happy with the more modest boat he purchased recently. “It’s not for fishing or anything, I just like to head out to Pope’s Eye, put on the iPod, have a drink and float,” he laughs. With a house saturated in family history in the he hometown so close to his heart, Hugo doesn’t entertain the idea of living anywhere else. “Where would I go? What would I do? This is our family home, my daughter will inherit it just like I inherited it and while it’s changed a lot over the years, Point Lonsdale still has a lot of great elements of the simple life. “I want Astrid to have what I have had, it’s still the same sand, it’s still the same water, there is a simplicity to the place that I am very lucky to have experienced.”
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When you specify Rylock Windows and Doors for your new home, you can rest assured that you have selected a product that has passed the test of time in one of the harshest environments on earth. Victoria’s western coastal areas can wreak havoc on many building materials, particularly those exposed to the elements like windows and doors. That’s why after 30 years we can still proudly point out homes where our windows still look like new whilst other brands, designed for sheltered suburban locations, are showing their age or often literally falling apart.
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T H E I D E A B E H I N D T H E I N S TA L L AT I O N W A S T H E N O T I O N O F A R T I M I TAT I N G L I F E , A N D T H E T E A M U S E D A VA R I E T Y O F P R O D U C T S B O R R O W E D F R O M F R I E N D S T H AT H A D B E E N USED TO MAKE ART: FROM DANCING AND MUSIC TO A TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL.
Florist’s blooming big award WORDS: TIFFANY PILCHER
Torquay florist Pearl and Boston has proved it has plenty of petal power, bringing home a silver medal from the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in March.
The owners, Lu Ellmer and Leigh Bartlett, and a team of helpers spent hundreds of hours developing the concept then bringing it to life. “Lu is definitely the driving force behind the design, our job is about grounding the ideas, making the build happen and getting it ready for the floral design,” Leigh said. “This year was very much about creating a piece of art which was fun and offered something up to those who aren’t your traditional flowershow crowd, while staying true
to ourselves and our ideals of what art is.” The idea behind the installation was the notion of art imitating life, and the team used a variety of products borrowed from friends that had been used to make art: from dancing and music to a television remote control. As well as using traditional flowers for arrangements, Lu and the team jumped at the chance to think outside the box and create something unique. “We love using colours and
textures that people wouldn’t often consider for weddings and celebrations so it is important that people keep an open mind. “This autumn we are looking forward to working with David Austins, unusual varieties of chrysanthemums, dahlias, lisianthums, calla lilies and other unique flowers. “Our advice to those beginning to look at options for special events is to think about colours more so than flowers then let us open your eyes to broad possibilities.”
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WITH SUE ANTHONY FROM LIVINGETC
What exactly is an occasional chair? I think originally it referred to a somewhat portable chair, used less frequently than the rest of the chairs in a room. Today, occasional chairs are a feature, be it in the living room or bedroom or an area in the hall.
a special occasion THE OCCASIONAL CHAIR THAT IS BARELY THERE! YOU CAN SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH IT.
The eb beauty be eauty of occasional chairs is that yo you ou can nu up pholster in a neutral fabric so they do do not upholster interfere with your overall style or you can have fun with fabric and colour and create a specific element in your room. Many styles of occasional chairs require less fabric than lounge chairs, this gives the opportunity to use a slightly more expensive fabric, introducing a gorgeous texture or colourful pattern into the room. Sparkk Fabrics offer fabrics digitally printed on demand, from a huge range of colours, here
in A Australia. Sparkk can colour match from most Pan Pantone colours, in their design or yours, and so offer an unlimited range of colours and patterns, offe just perfect for occasional chairs and scatter cus cushions to compliment sofas you may already have. hav O Occasional chairs in sunny windows can be upholstered in exterior fabric. Outdoor textiles are durable, easy to care for and have excellent sunlight resistance. It’s perfect for occasional chairs situated in windows with direct sunlight. For those with an environmental conscience,
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Mokum have a range of indoor/outdoor textiles whose yarns are 100 per cent recyclable, made from post industrial waste. Chairs upholstered in Kantha fabric, stitched from vintage cotton saris in India – and each one an individual piece of art – are a great addition to any area, and you are helping village women create a thriving commercial business. Then there is the occasional chair that is barely there! You can see straight through it. Whether you chose the armchair or side chair, a Ghost chair is a winner. It serves as a stylish desk chair or bedroom chair. An extra Ghost chair takes up very little visual space but can provide the means to display a gorgeous throw rug or a stack of coffee table style books. Sit it against a wall under artwork; it does not detract from the art but helps creates an art display instead. The Ghost chair is a piece of art in its own right and easily recyclable because it is plastic. But who would want to recycle it anyway?
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Great ocean abode A striking yet environmentally harmonious Aireys Inlet house designed by Surf Coast architect Peter Winkler has been nominated for an illustrious Victorian Architecture Award. Winkler used his passion for strong, creative and functional design to create the “Great Ocean House”, which he said was completed late last year as a holiday house for a large, extended family. “They wanted a home on the coast they could truly enjoy, where they could invite their family and really relax during their time away.”
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Winkler said the surrounding landscape and rugged coastal location had a profound influence on his approach to the design. The colour and texture of the earth along the coastline and the shades and tones of the Moonah and sheoak trunks at the site were used as the basis for the materials incorporated into the house. Rammed Earth was selected as a bold base to ground the building and the timber clad, Silvertop Ash façade on the upper level will weather naturally to meld into landscape of the surrounding trees. A bluestone path winds through indigenous vegetation to the entrance of the home. The entrance divides yet connects the communal living zones and sleeping quarters, and becomes a metaphor for the mouth of Painkalac Creek, which splits Aireys Inlet from Fairhaven.
“It was important to them that they had a place where they could draw everyone together, so we designed the entrance to greet, then gesture for people to journey upstairs to the communal living area,” Winkler said. From this elevated space, a stunning focal point is created for the living spaces with excellent ocean views towards the west of the house and glimpses of the sea from the top of the stairs. The Victorian Architecture Award winners will be announced in June. For more information visit vicawards. architecture.com.au or peterwinklerarchitect.com.au.
A stunning focal point is created for the living spaces with excellent ocean views towards the west of the house and glimpses of the sea from the top of the stairs.
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material world Splash the colour around and add personality to any room with clever use of affordable fabric on walls, cushions, couches and floors.
Fine fabric art WITH MARIA MALAKELLIS FROM KIITOS LIVING BY DESIGN
COLOUR IT IN Colour your world with Marimekko fabrics. $69 per metre at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
GIVE THEM A TOWELLING Brighten your kitchen with these Marimekko tea towels in a range of designs. $44 each at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
A CUSHY EXISTENCE
BERRY NICE CUSHIONS
Bring nature inside with the Marimekko Lumimarja cushion cover, based on Finnish snowberry bushes. $47 at Kiitos Living by Design. Phone 03 5254 1835 or kiitos.com.au
Fabulous cushions in a variety of styles and patterns for your couch, bed or whatever your imagination can come up with. From $44.50 at Vast Interior. Phone 03 5244 2244 or vastinterior.com.au
Whether you’ve moved into a new home and are confronted with blank wall space, want to add a splash of colour before selling a home and or just feel it’s time to change the look of your existing home decor, fabric wall art is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to add personality to a room. Fabric wall art is easy to create and looks fabulous in a living room, dining room, hall or as an alternative to a bed head. I have even used it to add a bit of pizzazz to a dated bathroom. Marimekko is an iconic textile brand from Finland, established in 1952. It is renowned for its bright, bold and colourful fabrics. Marimekko introduces new textile designs with four collections every year, and the vivid designs and patterns are an excellent choice for fabric wall art. When you consider that there are more than 3,000 designs held in the Marimekko archives, there is bound to be a fabric that will suit your taste and style. Fondly known as the ‘poppy print’, Marimekko’s Unikko is a much-loved and recognised pattern. Designed in 1965, the pattern became hugely popular in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, and its striking design works perfectly as wall art. Many Kiitos customers love to reminisce about the Unikko blinds in their kitchen, their Unikko tablecloth or the Unikko doona cover they slept under. Marimekko is still as popular as ever and a whole new generation will have fond memories of growing up surrounded by bold and vibrant colour. Making Marimekko wall art for your home is simple. All you need is the fabric, a staple gun, and an artist’s canvas or wooden frame made to suit the dimensions of your fabric – don’t forget to allow at least 10 centimetres of fabric on each side to go over the frame. Just a word of warning – once you see how much character one Marimekko fabric stretch adds to your space, you might find yourself addicted and wanting to make a second and a third.
Antumbra The Antumbra panel can detect a user approaching with hidden sensors.. When a user’s presence is detected the Antumbra panel ‘wakes up’ with a wall wash lighting effect and the camouflaged button indicators reveal themselves, welcoming the user to interact. Each of the buttons can be labelled to give indications of functions. At rest, the panel will blend into the wall with passive aesthetics that can match a room’s decor and design. Built in light level sensor ensures that the panel responds with the wall light wash effect to a user’s presence perfectly. After a person moves away the panel will then simply fade back into the wall architecture.
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DESIGNING WITH DAVID CHAPPLE, LANDSCAPE DESIGNER – STONE CIRCLE LANDSCAPES
Whether you’re building a new home or simply feel that your current garden doesn’t serve you as it should, an investment in the landscape design process is the best way to ensure you achieve the best that your money and property have to offer. 1. COMPILE YOUR OWN BRIEF:
As with any interactive living space careful consideration is the best way to achieve a pleasing result and most commonly there are two ways of going about designing your garden. The most obvious method would be to engage the services of a professional landscape designer, and secondly, for those a little more adventurous, the decision to have a go yourself. If you decide to engage a professional designer, I would recommend doing your research, there are a lot of people offering landscape design services with varying experience, methods and fees. Speak to more than one designer and don’t be afraid to ask questions, communication is key and it’s imperative that you have a rapport with your designer if they are to help you realise you vision. Once you have found a designer you want to work with they should make the rest of the journey smooth and enjoyable. Going it alone involves a lot more effort but can be a very rewarding experience. Although there is no substitute for experience in the landscape industry here are a few tips that will helpfully get you started towards designing your own landscape. 18
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Think about all the things you want to use the garden for, such as growing vegetables, entertaining and so on. Are there any specific elements you would like to incorporate into the garden, like a cubby house, covered area or a water feature? Are there any specific issues you property faces, such as overlooking neighbours, easements or extreme weather conditions? What style of garden attracts you? Formal, minimalistic, earthy? Look around, visit nurseries, buy magazines, books and take photos of gardens and features you like.
2. DRAW UP A BASE PLAN: This is a scaled plan representing your property; it will be the cornerstone of all the “drawn” design work. The most common scale used and the easiest to work with would be 1/100, essentially this means one centimetre in paper space equals 100 centimetres on the ground. Don’t forget about levels. Where that retaining wall has to be, or how many steps you need can have a big impact on the overall layout of your design. The easiest method of assessing heights is with a dumpy level or laser level. These are carried by some hire centres and failing that a string line and level can get the job done.
3. SKETCH OUT YOUR IDEAS: Working on a copy of your base plan, start to loosely lay out your ideas. You’ll most likely be doing this more than once so don’t sweat the details just yet. Do some research into specific requirements of each component in your brief and work around them; there’s more to consider than what fits where. Different elements of your garden will have different preferences. Vegetables like sun, screening plantings will give you shade. Easements are generally a structural no-go zone. Prime locations in your garden will be heavily fought for and success lies in finding a harmonious balance. The scaled drawing will now be coming into its own as you refine your layout, solving heated issues such as “do we really want that much produce area, the trampoline we want won’t fit if we do” and so on. Plotting out your ideas in the actual space can help solve these issues, a can of marking paint has saved the day more than once. Once you are happy with how things are laid out you can move on to details, plant lists, material specifications and the like. Remember the devil’s in the details so do your research.
your design you may be now able to undertake some of the construction work yourself. If you have incorporated actual structures into your landscape (paving, decking, retaining walls), a lot of structural questions may yet to be answered and a reputable landscaper should no doubt be able to help you with that. All designers use little techniques to create not only functional spaces but spaces that are beautiful and enjoyable to be in. Ideas such as establishing unity through repetition of plants and materials, creating interest and mystery through broken lines and hidden areas and making a plain old garden into a children’s magic wonderland simply by adding a few little paths between the plantings can yield great results. This is an incredible simplification of what can be a very complex process; landscape designers wouldn’t spend years honing their craft if I could explain it to you in such a short article. That said there is such a vast amount of reference material available these days and with some time, effort and lot of determination you too can create a beautiful garden full of a sense of “I did that”.
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THE LAND HAS A HISTORY BEFORE US, DURING OUR LIVES AND AFTER WE’RE GONE. While we live it has a place inside us, as something created by us. This mental transformation parallels and interconnects with our physical transformation of the land as we build upon it. As houses go up and the landscape changes, statements are being made about what was there in the past, what is there now and what will be there in the future. The need for these statements is acknowledged in the planning process by councils, by developers and by the people who provide them through art – sculptors. Examples of this thinking can be seen in local estates, particularly in Armstrong Creek and on the Bellarine Peninsula in Leopold and Drysdale.
L-R: Mark Trinham, Warralily project manager Jeremy Minter and Glenn Romanis at Warralily.
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Along Barwon Heads Road near Warralily’s development in Armstrong Creek, traffic might be slowing but it’s not necessarily because of the changed speed limit and new traffic lights. Standing in a rust-coloured array in homage to the creek and the history of the land, is a sculptural installation by local artists Mark Trinham and Glenn Romanis, who work as RomanisTrinham Collaborations. Speaking on behalf of both artists, Mark said the sculptures had a timeless quality. “We generally aim to make the observer stop and think of ‘what was’ and ‘what could be’ in the future. “The public’s own time and place on the planet is part of a much bigger picture. “There’s a famous phrase that is shared by many traditional cultures:
‘We belong to the earth, the earth does not belong to us’. “Of course housing development is about owning land, but that land is part of a shared community and will get passed on to the next generation. “These communities benefit from a greater sense of place, being part of a bigger picture and a relationship with the environment.” Natural history and indigenous culture are strong themes of RomanisTrinham Collaborations art and this is seen in the works in the Warralily installation. The tall Bulrush sculpture refers to the bulrush or cumbungi, a semiaquatic plant from the Typha genus – and one of the most important food plants and an essential source of fibre for fishing line, nets and rope for the Wathaurong population who inhabited the area prior to white settlement.
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Mark said it was a plant that naturally occurred around the globe, and pointed to and united the multicultural make-up of the new community. The striking Stipa sculpture symbolises the indigenous grasslands once widespread throughout the region. The dispersal of seeds from the 12-metre high spear grass sculpture represents the colonising of a new area while at the same time pointing to its history. Flowing through the stones and wooden benches beneath these “grasses” is The Creek, a stylised interpretation of Armstrong Creek. “We feel that there’s something basically ethical in what we’re doing,” Mark said. “As much as there are opinions on development on both sides of the fence, it’s important for us to tell stories of the land and its history. It does help sell blocks but it will also be there for decades and people can attach themselves to the stories.”
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The importance of the materials in sculpture is paramount. The interaction of idea and medium carries layered messages that are historic, artistic and intentional, while at the same time allowing for interpretation. Mark said RomanisTrinham Collaborations used natural and man-made materials. “Natural materials are a priority for us. Whenever possible, we aim to achieve a look that nature has had a hand in creating. “Our timber is all reclaimed or recycled. We use large old cypress from farm windrows, pier pylons from Port Phillip Bay. Some of these pylons have been in the water for over 150 years.” Mark said the mix of materials in the Warralily works – and in similar works along Griggs Creek on the Bellarine – brought up connotations to the artist and viewer. “The timber is formed naturally, but worked with tools, bringing up a relationship between the old and new. Rusted steel has a strong hint of past history and the harsh elements that corrode the environment and ultimately our human lives. “The shiny stainless steel brings light and reflection to the other sometimes heavy-looking materials. This also celebrates the technical success of our species and the beauty of steel.” Another artist with a similar philosophy of materials is Folko Kooper, who works with
the distinctive cor-ten steel that naturally corrodes to form a protective outer layer. His works are well known throughout Villawood’s developments. He said the steel was perfectly suited to external sculptures that face the elements. “It fits into the environment. We work with the natural look of the steel and don’t add anything artificial. “The colour complements Australia, its sits well in any environment. You’re not trying to fight the elements.” The land on the Mt Duneed side of the Surf Coast Highway is enhanced by Folko’s giant pelican sculptures. It is an area that will become Villawood’s Armstrong development. The rust-coloured birds are Folko’s signature style, which deals with the present state of the land and the viewer’s experience within it. Birds are Folko’s specialty and are less abstract than the RomanisTrinham installations.
“When working with Villawood we sit down and look at the ecology and feel of the housing estate. Generally, Rory (Villawood executive director Rory Costelloe) will have big wetlands in his estates, and from there we work with what sort of birds would visit the local areas and those wetlands. “I like my sculptures to blend in so you come across them rather than them being in your face, you can create an impression more dramatically by placing the sculpture around a corner.” Folko says the effect of sculpture in new housing estates is quite profound and that their presence in Melbourne’s outer ring of suburbs is promising. “Melbourne is quite an artistic city with lots of sculpture but it peters out quite quickly once you leave the city. “It’s great that in these communities in the outer ring the presence of sculpture is being re-established.”
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Warralily committed to building community A commitment to developing a strong community unity is the icing on the cake for residents at Warralily. lily. The new estate is progressing towards being the master-planned suburb of the future with beautifully landscaped parklands, perfectly positioned neighbourhood facilities and nextgeneration infrastructure including the national broadband network (NBN) and recycled water. According to Warralily’s recently appointed community development officer Kylie Pollock, her position is rare in greenfield sites and demonstrates Warralily’s understanding that it’s not just about building homes, it’s about building a community. “We know that families moving to Warralily are looking for a sense of community and I’m fortunate to be here from the beginning to help that community develop as the estate expands,” she said. Kylie’s role is to work with Warralily residents to foster neighbourhood connections, linking them to local services and facilities, creating community networks via events and other programs and working closely with local authorities including Geelong council to ensure these programs are sustainable for the long term. Kylie said having settled into her new role, the next step will be to talk directly with Warralily
residents to identify the kinds of thingss they are interested in or would like to be a partt of. mmunity “It’s about being responsive to community aspirations. My aim is to develop a program rogram of ts which regular and one-off community events s, parent might include community barbecues, groups or exercise groups.” Over summer, Warralily hosted a calendar nd the of activities to help new residents and broader local community get to know ow each otherr ue night, kidss including a neighbourhood barbecue nd a Twilight Party in the Park, twilight movies and Foodies Market, with special guestss The Voice contestants Diana Rouvas and Carmen men Smith. Kylie said she was delighted to see many familiar faces attending numerous events as well as a number of new faces who o will soon call Warralily home. “As the population grows and community facilities are built we will be able to form sporting clubs and committees, but until then the W Lounge is available for local group events, classes and activities. Yoga is already offered twice a week and a parents group will commence in May.” Kylie will also liaise with existing local clubs and groups to ensure Warralily residents are
Warralily community development officer Kylie Pollock.
included in their plans until the community grows to a point where the focus will shift to assisting the establishment of internal estate committees and clubs. The first stages of the estate off Barwon Heads Road are taking shape with over 200 new homes completed. New bus stops have been built installed on Barwon Heads Road to take residents into Geelong, Torquay and Barwon Heads, with
routes being extended along Warralily Boulevard in the future. “I’m thrilled to be a part of this exciting new community and welcome ideas from Warralily residents and the wider community to help make it a truly wonderful place to live,” Kylie said. Kylie joins the Warralily team after spending a year in a similar role with local government and 12 years in the not-for-profit sector. She can be contacted on kyliepollock@warralily.com.au.
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favourite image last forever in the metal form. KB has been a sculptor since she can remember and said after a hiatus when she had kids, she got back into it by creating designs she wanted in her own home. “It’s like that saying, if you love what you do, everything else will fall into place – for me it’s not a job.� She said she enjoys sharing the design and creation process with her husband, Ricky. “It’s very collaborative, we sit down and have a glass of wine and come up with the ideas, I sketch out the designs then Ricky works his magic on the computer. “It’s a really nice dynamic and I couldn’t do it without him.� SculptedbyKB is pleased to offer free delivery until the end of May for all My Coastal Home readers. For more information and a full range of designs, visit sculptedbykb.com or call KB on 0429 459 724.
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KB and Ricky Carroll collaborating on designs for SculptedbyKB. TOP RIGHT: An image of the Berlin Wall is overlaid on SculptedbyKB’s most popular design, “The Skater�.
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The stunning Freedom 195 is the ultimate contemporary design, showcasing an elaborate and highly-detailed coastal façade, striking internal brick feature wall and an abundance of space, light and modern luxury inside. The clever floor plan allows easy access to the heart of the home where you will relax and entertain friends, while the zoned bedroom areas are essentially private with the parents’ retreat looking over the rear yard. Soaring raked ceilings through the entry, kitchen and meals area incorporate highlight windows that provide a wealth of natural light and allow for cross-flow ventilation on hot days. The volume of this area and immense feeling of space really set this home apart. The home incorporates four bedrooms, with spacious full ensuite to the master, walk-in pantry, private study plus two generous living areas. 20 Silky Oak Lane, Warralily Estate Open Sat-Thurs 12-5pm Phone 03 5222 5555 www.hamlanhomes.com.au
The Buckland 4 is the ultimate family home offering plenty of space and personality. The display also showcases Geelong Homes’ ‘Lifestyle Package’ designer specification upgrade which is offered at a fraction of the retail cost. t 'JWF TQBDJPVT CFESPPNT BMM with built-in robes t .BTUFS XJUI XBML JO SPCF BOE GVMM ensuite with double shower t 5XP MBSHF MJWJOH BSFBT GPS FOEMFTT entertaining possibilities t (PVSNFU LJUDIFO XJUI VQHSBEFE appliances, stone benches and large butler’s pantry – every entertainer’s dream! t 6OEFSDPWFS PVUEPPS FOUFSUBJOJOH t $MBTTJD CSJDL GBŽBEF t %PVCMF HBSBHF 44 Anstead Avenue, Curlewis Parks Estate Open: 1–5pm Sat–Wed or by appointment Phone: 03 5222 5522 www.geelonghomes.com.au
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TORQUAY Peter Scott - 30 years experience Ph: 5261 2866 or 0434 730 962 Display Office: 1D Baines Cres, Torquay 3228
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FAVOURITE THINGS:
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It’s the latest model; a Ottobock “Genium”. It’s worth $100,000. There’s a computer in the knee – which I have to charge every couple of days – that sends a thousand messages a second to my y foot. It does a lot of the walking for me, it’s a lot safer. I don’t have the bestt foot; this one has a split in the toe because I like to wear thongs.
AT HOME WITH
KELLY
CARTWRIGHT INTERVIEW: JAMES TAYLOR
PHOTOS: GUY LE PAGE
Kelly Cartwright’s world was turned upside down at the age of 15 when an aggressive form of cancer forced the amputation of her right leg above the knee.
It’s made out of carbon fibre. For the first three or four weeks, I was holding my coach’s hand on the track as it was a totally different setup (to the regular leg) and it felt totally unsafe. Everyone has different bumpers (to prevent the calf from hitting the thigh while running), but I like using a tennis ball. When I was at a track in Germany, a dog was constantly grabbing the ball; it was hilarious.
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PETS
The dog loves the cat but the cat hates the dog. My cat, Jamaica, is a Burmese. His back left leg is amputated – we’re not sure what happened, but my parents found him with a broken leg one day. He’s very lazy. Millie, my dog, is a Murray River collie retriever. She thinks she’s a human – you can put her in dresses and hats and she just takes it. My parents don’t tell me when they’re unwell because they know I’ll worry, I feel guilty for leaving them in Geelong.
After learning how to walk again, the Bellarine Peninsularaised athlete turned her attention to running and made a rapid rise through the ranks, finishing sixth in the 100 metres at her first Paralympic Games in Beijing. The 2011 World Championships saw her score gold medals in the long jump (a world record) and 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships. Last year’s London Paralympics were just as successful, with Kelly winning gold in the long jump and silver in the 100 metres. Now based in Melbourne for training, she shared some of her favourite things with My Coastal Home at the apartment complex her parents own in Belmont.
PROFILE Born: I was born in Portarlington in 1989. I pretty much grew up in Ocean Grove, all of my friends are down there. My dad coached the Portarlington footy side and I played netball all along the coast. Family: I have two older brothers and a sister – Scott, 28; Jason, 24; and Jillian, 38. About the amputation of her leg, in 2004: It’s the one thing you think is never going to happen to you, you don’t think you’ll ever hear the doctor say that. It was hard going back to school on crutches – my close friends knew, but a lot of people were saying “oh, what happened to you?” Going to the Paralympics: I probably thought it was possible when I started to train six days a week and met elite athletes with a disability. I ran an A-qualifier before Beijing and that’s when I thought “yeah, this is what I really want to do”.
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I have five tattoos. They are addictive, and they’re not always my best moments. One says “6/8/09”, the date I climbed Mt Kilimanjaro. Another says “Armn’aleg” – my best friend has one ne arm, so we got the same tattoo in 2009. I love art and love tattoos. I’d love to get a full sleeve, but it is something I’ll have to think seriously about. ut.
Travel: I don’t get to go on holiday much. I see the athletics track and the hotel and that’s about it. The next world championships are in France, so my aim is to ski in Italy afterwards – to be honest, I just want to eat the food.
Other hobbies: I love dresses, and shoes, and skincare. I love cooking as well – I’ve got a sweet tooth, so I’m looking for cakes and biscuits that are healthy.
Limitations: I can’t think of anything that I couldn’t somehow do. I thought climbing Mt Kilimanjaro would be too hard, but then I saw Kurt Fearnley crawl the Kokoda Track and that changed my view and I did it. I can’t wear high heeled shoes at the moment, but there are feet for that. I do miss being able to walk into the water straight from the sand. There are beach legs, but I find them awkward.
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I live with another Paralympian who won silver, and I had been taking her silver medal along to schools and I didn’t even realise – they look exactly the same from the front. I left my medal in the car for a while because a lot of people wanted to see it. I think the medals mean more to other people than they do to me. Standing on the podium in London with my family and friends there meant more than getting the medal did.
Photo: AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE
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