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RUBY GARDNER-RUSSELL (BA)

AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE

RMIT UNIVERSITY

My practice considers how nature can be associated with particular locations and evoke both memories and a feeling of place. My work focuses specifically on flora associated with and connected to my sense of home and place in regional Victoria, Wangaratta and Melbourne. I explore the function of a souvenir and how acquired pieces of nature can be transformed into jewellery and objects, serving as permanent, portable reminders of time and memories of place.