CERES TERRA WONDER

A handful of soil contains up to 50 billion microbes - considerably more life than there are humans on earth, and yet we know almost nothing about these beautiful creatures that make life on earth possible.

Between 2019 and 2021 I collaborated with Terra Wonder Playspace Artistic Director Nick Curmi - recycled metal scrounging sculptor extraordinaire, and CERES Environment Park, to design an adventure playground based around the theme of soil ecology.

Nick and I actually began this project in 2009. Fourteen years on and it’s stupendously exciting to see it taking shape. Currently available funding has allowed just a few key parts of the overall design to be built. But CERES aims to complete the entire park in the next five years.

Thanks to Nick Curmi and Chris Ennis at CERES for holding the vison for all these years. To construction lead, Adam Cogger, Adrien, Cam and the whole CERES site team for their amazing fabrication skills. And to the playground’s community steering committee and in kind supporters: Joana Montalvo, Mary Jeavons, Paul Grover, Frank Cichello, Marcus Veerman, Lauren Kaszubski, Vanessa Chapple, Lindy de Wijn, Rosie Curmi – and so many more!

Please check out my facebook page for ongoing documentation of my drawings, the berserk recycled objects we’ve found to work with, and the awesome construction process that’s happening in at the CERES sculpture workshop.