Fiona Clarke and Ken McKean’s Eel Trap is based on the design of a
traditional Indigenous eel trap. The plate-steel sculpture is painted red and
engraved with Indigenous designs.
A local food source, eels were once
trapped close to this site, near the shallow waterfalls that used to exist
downstream, separating the freshwater of the river from the salty water of
the bay. Eel Trap was commissioned by the City of Melbourne in 2003.
Sounds like the eels have gone. Well, at least, you are left with a nice photogenic eel trap.
ReplyDeleteIt's very interesting. I will read more about this fabulous artist Fiona, thanks for all information.
ReplyDeleteDespite I have a huge fear about spiders, this one is something that I liked a lot! :)
Cool!
Léia
Ah, the photographic potential of this sculpture is immense given the shadow it would cast at varying times of the day.
ReplyDeleteGood find, BFG.
i love spider like this
ReplyDeleteAB - They must have been very large eels.:-)
ReplyDeleteCezar and Léia - I'll let you in on a little secret, true we do have snakes, spiders etc, but the stories you hear are just to scare the tourists! lol
Julie - I went back and checked the other phots and I see what you mean.
Bergson - I quite like this one too, friendly and no biting!