Accordingly, Boat Dress opens up the possibility of using rivers for transport and recreation. Another of Bradley’s objects, Ladder Shoes, intends to keep the wearer safe from snakes whilst traversing a grassy plain.
Bradley’s objects are inherently believable. No plastics to be seen, no high-tech components; Bradley’s sculptures are 100% hand-made.
Bradley’s ‘outdoors type’ can see the humour and possibilities inherent in our relationship with the land, and beats their own wacky path through it aided by inventiveness, creativity and an inspiring sense of adventure.
Text: Annika Harding
Boat Dress 1* 2009 From series The Outdoors. Photographed by Tegan Payne. Bundanon Trust Artist in Residency program.
Exhibit in Gorman House from 15th July to 20th August 2011
