The Shakers designed the peg. Not the clothes peg, but the peg that fills up a space to hold things together. They designed a lot of other things, but it's the peg that they're most known for. The Shakers believe that idle hands are the devils playground. Keeping their hands busy seems to bind them with a golden thread to Gods side. It's really pretty simple: The Peg & and God is not so dissimilar from the cup of tea & the Dali Lama, or Beuys & the Fat Corner. Like the sculptural objects in this exhibition, the Peg has been customised to fill a need - physical, metaphysical, psychological.

Above: Gradient Piece; found office paper, nail

Thinking Table (with bronze Elbow->Head Prop, wooden Prosthetic Enabler and resin Furniture Raisers); wood, bronze, resin and found broom stick

Left: Installation view. Right: detail of broom stick prosthesis

Above and below: Joy Prop; bronze casting (the inside of a forced smile) + copper and wood; 150cm x 5cm x 5cm; (one-off hand-cast bronze via lost wax process)

Above and below left: Variable Access Enablers (Hard & Soft); resin, wood

Shelf with Nails; bronze and wood; dimensions vary

Expanding Field (with Corresponding Fillers, White), Cork, cardboard, vinyl adhesive, paper, pins

Infinity Field; watercolour on paper, frame with mirror interior, mounted on multi-ply

I would like to acknowledge the support of Gertrude Contemporary www.gertrude.org.au

This exhibition has been produced with the generous support of Arts Victoria 2009 - 2010