Arc of the Covenant (2021)

Timber panels found on the street while walking to Trantham’s flat in the early hours of morning after walking with Buda, hardwood block from a deconstructed pallet, copper from flashings gifted to studio by Pete, native hardwood cut out from the studio door having installed a cat-flap for Archie, copper nails, brass, black oil enamel, gold oil enamel, fingerprints of the artist, assorted stones collected from the Whanganui River at Koroniti, sand and 4 Lunella smaragda operculum cat's eyes collected from Island Bay Beach, Araldite epoxy, glass vessel containing 3 candle wicks and the resultant wax that melted down from the flame emitted from these wicks with water stored underneath the layers of wax (having been used as a flower vase), steel, backing constructed from the wood of a deconstructed ‘Deloitte gift box’ which Deloitte Wellington presented Mr Beere at Christmas time (then gifted to studio), brass screw eyes and picture hanging wire for hanging on wall (alternatively this work is self-standing), assorted screws, engraved pewter, frontal cross informed by a copper boat nail which was hammered into the brick mortar of the St Hilda’s Church southern brick wall, extracted and brought together with a bent nail from the studio’s collection of objects classified ‘effectively useless if not for art’, National Candle, signed BH ’21 in white oil enamel on right panel (filmed)

44 x 33 x 14 cm

Arc of the Covenant (2021)

Timber panels found on the street while walking to Trantham’s flat in the early hours of morning after walking with Buda, hardwood block from a deconstructed pallet, copper from flashings gifted to studio by Pete, native hardwood cut out from the studio door having installed a cat-flap for Archie, copper nails, brass, black oil enamel, gold oil enamel, fingerprints of the artist, assorted stones collected from the Whanganui River at Koroniti, sand and 4 Lunella smaragda operculum cat's eyes collected from Island Bay Beach, Araldite epoxy, glass vessel containing 3 candle wicks and the resultant wax that melted down from the flame emitted from these wicks with water stored underneath the layers of wax (having been used as a flower vase), steel, backing constructed from the wood of a deconstructed ‘Deloitte gift box’ which Deloitte Wellington presented Mr Beere at Christmas time (then gifted to studio), brass screw eyes and picture hanging wire for hanging on wall (alternatively this work is self-standing), assorted screws, engraved pewter, frontal cross informed by a copper boat nail which was hammered into the brick mortar of the St Hilda’s Church southern brick wall, extracted and brought together with a bent nail from the studio’s collection of objects classified ‘effectively useless if not for art’, National Candle, signed BH ’21 in white oil enamel on right panel (filmed)

44 x 33 x 14 cm