Image:
Lyn Wallis
Whippy Vase
3D Printing (PLA bioplastic)
20 x 14 cm
1 – 31 May 2023
Gallery Shop
Benalla Art Gallery presents a collection of 3D-printed vases in a variety of bold colours, textures and sizes by local artist Lyn Wallis in the Gallery Shop throughout May. Outside the STEM celebrates how nature, craft, and technology can come together to create something new, curious and contradictory. For, while our ecosystem is threatened by the disposal of objects, and 3D printing technology enables us to make more, the choice of degradable, biodegradable and compostable materials gives us the power to ‘unmake’ responsibly.
Lyn Wallis is the founder of The Daily Rabbit (TDR), a unique design and 3D printing micro-farm in regional Victoria. Lyn is committed to sustainable practice; imagining, CAD modelling, and 3D printing all designs in a solar-powered home studio. Her light and vibrant 3D printed vases are made from eco-friendly PLA (polylactic acid), a plant-based bio-plastic which can be commercially composted.
Of the vases Lyn explains, “My vase designs are often minimalist, sometimes intricate – but vibrant colour is always a feature. I am broadly inspired by the natural environment, with many vase designs referencing the essential curves of plants and natural structures through the filter of man-made technology. In the manipulative world of 3D printing, trees can be translucent blue, and glaciers, fluorescent orange. To honour and preserve nature, vases are printed on-demand with Polylactic Acid (PLA) filaments derived from corn starch, which are biodegradable and/or commercially compostable.”
TDR vases are stocked by many contemporary Australian art gallery shops including: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Art Store for the National Gallery of Australia, JamFactory Adelaide, QAGOMA Brisbane, MAMA Albury, Art Gallery of Ballarat, and QVWC SHOP! in Melbourne.
In 2021, Lyn’s popular Alien Vase was shortlisted for both an Interior Design Excellence Award (IDEA) and a VIVID Design Award. In 2022, Lyn’s Whippy Vase was ‘Commended’ at the VIVID Design Awards, and ‘Highly Commended’ in IDEA’s Object – Furniture and Lighting (Rising) category. Lyn’s vases have also featured in gallery stores as retail tie-ins for major exhibitions such as Robert Owen’s Blue Over Time (Heide 2021) and Do Ho Suh’s recent solo exhibition for Museum of Contemporary Art’s International Art Series.
All works in the Gallery Shop are available for purchase from Benalla Art Gallery,
or by contacting the Gallery on: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au