It Hangs by a Delicate Thread | Cate Verney

It Hangs by a Delicate Thread reflects the changing moods of the Wallum Heathlands, through its transformative stages of repair and recovery, its changes through beauty and harshness, and its reaction to human intervention.

Apple Tree Creek based artist, Cate Verney, has a strong connection to the Wallum Heathlands, spending much time exploring and researching this diverse ecosystem characterised by a dense covering of low shrubs, gnarly trees and raggy grasses sprouting from low nutrient sandy soils.  Cate's arts practice reflects her connection to this environment, with the works in It Hangs by a Delicate Thread weaving together natural materials and found objects with botanically printed fabrics, fragile silkworm threads and fine embroidery. Regeneration and repair in the heathland is a gradual, many layered process, retaining traces of its loss in the environment, and through this exhibition Cate tells her own story, elegantly interlacing the artworks into the fabric of the narration.

Image: Cate Verney, Patched Up Cocoons, 2024, unspun silk, found objects.