Margaret Worth

'Forest Fragments': Experimental Art Foundation, Imprints Gallery, 'Archetypal Strategies' national touring exhibition, 1980s works

'Diana-Dianus' by Margaret Worth

The works refer to mythologies connected to the forest. Polystyrene, a derivative of ancient forests, is carved with a pruning saw into forms derived from ancient stories combined with contemporary events.

Forest Fragment: 'FALL'

200cm (H) x 150cm (W) x 60cm (D)

Financial pages, MDF board, acrylic paint

'Forest Fragment: Spirit Doorway'

300cm (H) x 230cm (W) x 100cm (D)

Polystyrofoam, synthetic resin, coloured sand, graphite.

'Forest Fragment: Complicity'

Dtail Forest Fragment: Ogam Alphabet Piece

'Forest Fragment: Ogam Alphabet' detail

Forest Fragment: 'Ogam Alphabet' detail

'Forest Fragment: Jarrah Man'

Forest Fragment: Ogam Alphabet Piece

160cm (H) x 350cm (W) x 20cm (D)

Jarrah, polystrofoam, mineral powder.

Forest Fragment: 'Forest Victim'

240cm (H) x 120cm (W) x 20cm (D)

Polystyrofoam & acrylic paint.

'Forest Fragment: Putnam Valley'

240cm (H) x 360cm (W) x 30cm (D)

Polystyrofoam, synthetic resin, acrylic paint.

Forest Fragment: 'Spring' detail

160cm (H) x 350cm (W) x 20cm (D)

Jarrah, polystrofoam, acrylic paint.

Forest Fragment:Fall

Forest Fragment: 'Diana-Dianus', national touring exhibition 'Archetypal Strategies'.

Resin, polystyrene, graphite.