Mahlimae “Shadowlands”

Mahlimae, "Echo I - Isis", stone clay, rutilated quartz, suri alpaca, feathers, Australian merino wool, rabbit fur (naturally shed from artist's own), hand dyed textiles, 7.5 inches, $610

Mahlimae, "Isis Familiar I”, stone clay, baltic amber, 4.13 in, $300

Mahlimae, "Isis Familiar II”, stone clay, baltic amber, 4.13 in, $300

Mahlimae, "Echo II - Nepthys”, stone clay, hand blown glass, Icelandic wool, Blackthorn thorns, sting ray leather, herkimer diamond, feathers, Australian merino wool, Thylogale billardierii tooth, hemp twine, 9.45 inches (to tip of thorns), $620

Mahlimae, "Nepthys Familiar I”, stone clay, baltic amber, acrylic paint, 4.33 inches, $300

Mahlimae, "Nepthys Familiar II”, stone clay, baltic amber, acrylic paint, 4.33 inches, $300

Mahlimae, "Echo III”, stone clay, hand blown glass, Australian merino wool, Morpho luna wings, 4.73 inches sitting height (to tip of antennae), $560

Mahlimae, "Echo IV", stone clay, labradorite, acrylic paint, Australian merino wool, Papilio gambrisius wings, 7.09 inches (to tip of antennae), $570

Mahlimae, "Echo V”, stone clay, feathers, hand blown glass, Australian merino wool, Icelandic wool, Cracticus tibicen mandible, 4.73 inches sitting height, $565

Mahlimae, "Echo VI”, stone clay, obsidian shards, hand blown glass, shell, hand dyed textiles, dried roots, sitting height 14cm, total height to tip of roots 10.6 inches (not poseable), $560

Mahlimae, "Echo VII”, stone clay, moonstone, suri alpaca fibre, Icelandic wool, teeth + bone shards, hand dyed textiles; (infant) - stone clay, hand blown glass, hand dyed textiles, 6.3 inches, $590

Mahlimae, "Echo VIII + Animal Familiars”, stone clay, hand blown glass, suri alpaca fibre, finch wings, Australian merino wool, hand dyed textiles, kyanite shard, Zosterops lateralis claw, hemp twine, 6.9 inches, $850 (Animal Familiars measure: Lupine - 3.15 (h) x 1.97 (l) inches, Lepus - 2.56 inches (h), Chamaeleo - 1.97 inches (l))

Mahlimae “Shadowlands”

November 3 – December 8th, 2018

“For many, culture teaches us from early infancy to split or polarize light and dark – ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, ‘good’ and ‘evil’, ‘active’ and ‘passive’, ‘expression’ and repression’. As such, the birth of our individual consciousness is crafted upon a crossroads, forming a great dichotomy within our psyche that splinters more deeply with the passing years. With societal expectations those psychic elements we deem inferior, unacceptable or evil within ourselves become incompatible with our conscious attitudes and are denied expression in life; they are inhibited, cast aside and forced to take refuge within the darkest crevices of our unconscious selves where they contort, sorcerise and grow blacker.
Shadowlands is an intimate gathering of manifestations of the twilight and in-between places; hidden things possessed of light and shadow exposed, as mahlimae attempts to reconnect with her disowned self, making the darkness conscious once again.” – Mahlimae

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