The Copper Herbarium Specimen

The copper leaf is part of a series of copper leaves reflecting on the beauty and diversity of Australian native flora. The repetitive drilling of the holes allowed time for the contemplation of nature and its amazing ability to adapt to an ever changing environment including and increasingly dry climate, fires, floods, mining, the necessity of farming, the constant creep of suburbia and mankind’s destructive habits. Mankind may be able to imitate some aspects of nature but what of nature’s biodiversity? In the future will it be possible to replace nature with man made? The future of the human race may depend on the outcome.