Emmie Collins

Emmie’s mixed media work and light sculptures draw on the combined influences of her background in archaeology, fine arts and site-specific theatre.

The coastal landscape is a recurring presence in her work, reflecting, as she puts it, “the dance of a spotted gum in afternoon light, the play of wind on water, the unique quality of found objects lost in the soil and sand -  tactile with texture and memory - the shape of stone, the echo of an owl.”

She gives expression to this inspiration in the form of dry point and collagraph etchings, woodblock and relief prints, graphite rubbings, assembled with discovered artefacts on paper sculptures and illuminated from within. 

Emmie’s practice is a synthesis of two mediums: lit sculptural bodies of paper, cane and wood exploring a relationship between form and light, encased in assemblages of prints on handmade Japanese Hosho papers and found objects. They create a sense of whimsy and wonder.