ELYSHA REI
  • home
  • gallery
    • paper cuts >
      • 余白の美: Yohaku no bi (the beauty of empty space)
      • paper cut series
      • paper cut installations
    • public art >
      • Wilston Village Precinct 2020
      • Milton Patterns 2019
      • Brisbane Street Art Festival 2019
      • Window of Worship 2019
      • The River's Embrace 2018
      • Cathedral Square 2017
      • William Jolly Bridge 2017
      • First Coat 2017
      • Grand Central Culture Wall 2017
      • Traffic Signal Box 2016
      • Vibrant Laneways 2016
      • BrisAsia Festival 2016
      • UnFramed, Coolum 2015
      • Thailand Paste-Ups 2014
      • Real People Real Stories 2013
      • Animals with Attitude 2012
    • portraits >
      • portrait drawings
      • portrait paintings
  • about
    • about
    • contact
Milton Patterns, 2019
As part of the Milton Urban Common upgrade, Brisbane City Council
Corner of Railway and Manning Streets, Brisbane, Queensland.

These designs are inspired by the site’s history of Ambrose Eldridge and his success in growing the first European cotton in the 1850s.  It is Eldridge’s farming experiments that led to the area now known as Milton, with the success of his cotton crop and its export to Great Britain ensuring the prosperity of the area and creating the earliest modern Australian landmark – Milton House. Channeling my maternal heritage, the cotton bulbs, leaves and buds, have been transformed into Japanese-inspired patterns featured in fabric designs, creating a link between the growth of cotton in Queensland that was then exported to places like Japan and Paris to create beautiful textiles. This life-cycle of the plant also reflects the changes that have taken place in the area now called Milton Urban Common. The artworks have been sandblasted into the pavement of the park's perimeter.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • home
  • gallery
    • paper cuts >
      • 余白の美: Yohaku no bi (the beauty of empty space)
      • paper cut series
      • paper cut installations
    • public art >
      • Wilston Village Precinct 2020
      • Milton Patterns 2019
      • Brisbane Street Art Festival 2019
      • Window of Worship 2019
      • The River's Embrace 2018
      • Cathedral Square 2017
      • William Jolly Bridge 2017
      • First Coat 2017
      • Grand Central Culture Wall 2017
      • Traffic Signal Box 2016
      • Vibrant Laneways 2016
      • BrisAsia Festival 2016
      • UnFramed, Coolum 2015
      • Thailand Paste-Ups 2014
      • Real People Real Stories 2013
      • Animals with Attitude 2012
    • portraits >
      • portrait drawings
      • portrait paintings
  • about
    • about
    • contact