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Taarn Scott

2024
Wax, string, paint
185mm (h) x 80mm (w) x 95 mm (d)

Reinterpreting ornamentation and ostentation through natural form and method. These pieces emerge from jewellery as a variety of wax armatures or casting duplicates. The organic forms are defined by string skeletons, with layered wax shells. They look to examine the modern gothic of the climate crisis through the cast-off and temporary, the hive, husk and growth.

About Taarn

Taarn Scott is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Their practice is multidisciplinary and often collaborative, creating tactile objects informed by jewellery. These forms speak to ideas around habitat, environmental concerns, and geographical histories. They are currently researching insects and working with ceramic sculpture. They recently exhibited in Folded Memory at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery in collaboration with Hana Pera Aoake in 2023 & Burrow (Collapse) at Spectrum Project Space in Perth, 2024.