Harakeke (flax) Artist Talk: Robyn Webster

Robyn's practice has evolved out of many years exploring harakeke as ecologically sound and culturally rich material for art-making and an interest in contemporary dance which dates back about a decade. Robyn is very interested in scale, using her own body as a measure. She is also interested in creating a sort of feminine alternative to traditional sculptural practice and processes, preferring lightness, tying, and binding, and using applied weight/tension to create rigidity with flexible materials. The connection with dance developed out of a desire to create movement within the harakeke forms, using human bodies instead of machines to animate forms.

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