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This paper describes a practice-led research project undertaken in Australia in 2006, in which the author sought to explore the relationship between radical changes in cultural/geographical environment and the production of unique forms of material culture.
In this case the shift in environment was brought about by migration (enforced or otherwise) from the UK to colonial Australia, and the crafted artefacts of the colonial period (and after) were taken as representative of a particularly Australian material culture. This research was developed primarily through practice, supported by museum/archive study and fieldwork in Australia. The project therefore proposed a range of historical Australian artefacts as the subject of study, and the author's own creative practice as the vehicle of study.
