Exhibitions
The Pushing Up Daisies Exhibition is the culmination of each Eco Coffin Project. The exhibition displays the decorated eco-coffins and hand-crafted shrouds made by the participants. These powerful personal works of art and love spark questions about sustainable death and raise community awareness of natural burial.
The exhibition venue is the Gawler Civic Centre during all of August. The exhibition is promoted as a group entry in the South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA).
The purpose of this part of the program is to share our learnings and insights with the wider community in this creative way.
To reach an even wider audience we have curated the online exhibitions below for your enjoyment. To learn more about each exhibit click on the ‘more detail’ button which will open the Artist page. On that page you will gain an understanding of the artist’s making-process and be moved by the heartfelt personal story that inspired their exquisitely beautiful and unique creation.
Pushing Up Daisies Online Exhibitions:
2023
Artist: Victoria Secomb
Type: Shroud
Title: Kindred Spirit
Dimensions: 2000 x 2500 mm
Materials: coffee-dyed seeded calico, paperbark applique, eco-paint, cotton embroidery
Artist: Marie Kibble
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Joy
Materials: eco-cardboard, eco-paint, eco-glue, paper decoupage
Dimensions: 2000x530x330mm
Artist: Jackie
Type: Shroud
Title: Roll Up & Dye
Dimensions: 600x170x100mm
Materials: eucalypt-leaves-dyed merino wool
Artist: Colleen Storer Milne
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: If I Were A Leaf
Dimensions: 2000x530x330mm
Materials: eco-cardboard, eco-paint, eco-markers
Artist: Adelaide Secomb
Type: Shroud
Title: Returning To The Nest
Dimensions: 2500 x 1500 mm
Materials: Red-wine-dyed seeded calico, eco-paint, appliqued recycled raffia, twine, feathers and sticks
Artist: Deb Griffiths
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: My Coffin
Dimensions: 2000x530x330mm
Materials: eco-cardboard, eco-paint, eco-markers
Artist: Scarlet Secomb
Type: Shroud
Title: Idiosyncratic
Dimensions: 2500 x 2050 mm
Materials: Australian-black-bean-dyed seeded calico, turmeric-dyed recycled rope
Artist: Colleen Storer Milne
Type: Urn
Title: If I Were A Leaf
Dimensions: 400 x 100 mm
Materials: recycled paper/cardboard, handmade eco-glue, eco-markers, eco-paint
Artist: Lynne Smith
Type: Shroud
Title: Tapestry Of My Life
Dimensions: 2800 x 1400 mm
Materials: seeded calico, eco-glue, eco-paint
Artist: Colleen Storer Milne
Type: Shroud
Title: If I Were A Leaf
Dimensions: 900 x 1830 mm
Materials: unbleached calico, reclaimed material, felt, cotton
2021
Artist: Meredith Parker
Type: Shroud
Title: The Process
Dimensions: 1600 x 600 mm
Materials: recycled linen tablecloth, recycled cotton sheet, cotton threads, natural dyes, embroidery
Artist: Robyn Ticehurst
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Robyn’s Tree Of Life
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, eco-paint, eco-markers, eco-glue, chalk, paper, dried flowers, wool
Artist: Wendy Rushbrook
Type: Death Dress
Title: Dress For Death
Materials: Cotton dress from op-shop, fabric paint
Artist: Kerry Dellar
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Kerry’s Coffin
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, eco-glue, paper
Artist: Elisabeth Whittaker
Type: Shroud
Title: Shroud Project
Dimensions: 1320 x 1500 mm
Materials: cotton fabric, wool wadding
Artist: June Faulkner
Type: Shroud
Title: My Colourful Cocoon
Materials: remnant cotton fabric, buttons made from slices of old wooden rake handle
Artist: Louise Goode
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: One Chance At Life
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, eco-glue, eco-paints, eco-markers, plant materials, paper drawings
Artist: Carol Muzyk
Type: Pet Shroud
Title: Messages To Heaven
Materials: unbleached calico, cotton thread, recycled cardboard for hand-made tags, natural fibre twine, rosemary
2020
Artist: Kathy Allen
Type: Shroud
Title: Immersion Into Inner Peace
Dimensions: 3200 x 2100 mm
Materials: merino & corriedale wool rovings; ahimsa, corn and seaweed silk
Artist: Tracey Hall
Type: Shroud
Title: Ochre shroud
Dimensions: 2000 x 2800 mm
Materials: linen-cotton material, vintage pine bookshelf for backing board, display stuffing: overalls, boots and towels
Artist: Tracey Hall assisted by Eloise Hall
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Desert Life
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, eco-paint
Artist: Maursie McKenzie
Type: Shroud
Title: Four Seasons Of Life
Dimensions: 2450 x 2740 mm
Materials: vintage queen bed sheet, eco-paint
Artist: Jan Abel
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Music! Music! Music!
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, vintage paper music sheets, eco-glue, eco-paint, stencil silhouettes
Artist: Carole Schroeder
Type: Shroud
Title: Home Amongst The Gum Trees
Dimensions: 2400 x 2740 mm
Materials: cotton family-heirloom sheets, vintage handmade lace inserts, natural dyes from native lemon-scented gum leaves and lemon-scented grasses, cotton thread
Artist: Murray Goodes
Type: Eco Coffin
Title: Remembering Murray
Dimensions: 2000x600x400mm
Materials: eco-ply, eco-paint, eco-markers, drawings from tracings made by Murray for his coffin days before he tragically and unexpectedly died during the Eco Coffin Project and Covid-lockdown. Our group supported Jan (also a 2020 participant) to decorate Murray’s eco-coffin as he intended.
Artist: Gem Congdon
Type: Shroud
Title: Kantha Silk Coffin Quilt
Dimensions: 2540 x 2500 mm
Materials: remnant silk swatches, remnant cotton batik fabric for backing, vintage flannelette sheet wadding, cotton-thread embroidery using Indian running stitch (Kantha)
Artist: Abby Buckley
Type: Shroud
Title: Wrapped In Love
Dimensions: 1500 x 800 mm
Materials: crochet yarn from upcycled cotton t-shirts gifted by family & friends
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It was a wonderful opportunity to learn from others. The visits to the Natural Burial Grounds were a great experience and Abby Buckley’s knowledge, presentations and selections of guest speakers for this course was on point.
Marie Kibble
2021 Eco Coffin Project participant
Next Eco Coffin Project is 2025
