Donna Franklin

Franklin undertook research into the techniques of ancient and new technologies through exploring the growth and staining of fungi on textiles. Her work was exhibited in BioDifference at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery during BEAP2004. “...a white dress “colonised” by a fungal growth. This encrustation was in reds, oranges, pinks and dull greens, transforming the white purity of the cotton fibre into a living fabric of dazzling beauty... The invasion of something so closely connected with self by a beautiful but alien life form was wonderful but alarming – like the earth reclaiming the body after death” Simon Blond, The West Australian Arts Review, 25 Sept. 2004.

Self Funded residency working in collaboration with Gary Cass, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, UWA.

2006 6 month residency funded by ArtsWA.

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