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Fire Origins | Public Art by Forlano Design. Item composed of aluminum
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Fire Origins | Public Art by Forlano Design. Item composed of aluminum
Fire Origins | Public Art by Forlano Design. Item composed of aluminum
Fire Origins | Public Art by Forlano Design. Item composed of aluminum

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Forlano Design

Fire Origins - Public Art

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Anodised Aluminium canopy. The canopy screen forming the artwork Fire Origins for the Bushfire Centre of Excellence features Western Australian birds, Kwetlabur-the Collared Sparrowhawk and Wata -the pigeon. These birds are central to the Bindjareb people’s fire creation story and are illustrated and interpreted by Karrie-Anne Kearing Salmon and overlaid alongside textures of the natural landscape, bird wings and feathers by Penelope Forlano. Created in anodised aluminium it forms a canopy over a gathering space creating dappled shade throughout the day.

The fine perforation design was created by Penelope and Karrie-Anne for the Josh Byrne and Associates designed canopy structure.

Item Fire Origins
Created by Forlano Design
As seen in Private Residence, Nambeelup, Australia
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Forlano Design

Perth, Australia

Wescover creator since 2018
My work explores place, memory, identity and custodianship through design and public art.

Penelope Forlano is a spatial designer and public artist with a special interest in the mnemonic and emotional experience of public and private artifacts. Her recent doctoral research examined emotionally enduring artifacts, and how to evoke custodianship in the user through a design anthropology approach. She has over 20 years of practice as an award-winning artist, furniture, and interior designer. Her work has been exhibited widely including at 100% Design (London), CraftACT, The John Curtin Gallery, FORM, and a solo show at the esteemed Salone Satellite - Milan International Furniture Fair in 2004. She received the prestigious Australian Design Award (2006), and in 2011 her ‘Terrain’ table was acquired for permanent collection by the Art Gallery of WA. She has completed multiple public artworks for private and government bodies.