Enfold IV
Alison Duff
Master of Art

Enfold IV
Alison Duff's suspended sculpture 'Enfold IV' employs the Japanese aesthetic notion of finding beauty in imperfection known as Wabi Sabi, by layering and highlighting translucency with an unorthodox application of kelp to create a Fibonacci spiral. The sculpture illustrates Duff's definition of home, embracing notions of security and refuge as a healing balm for life’s challenges. Duff sees 'Enfold IV' as a visual metaphor for a nurturing embrace, paralleling the kelp's divergent features of fragility and resilience with her own sense of humanity.