SWAY by Shiloh Perry
Detail of a larger work prepared for the Swell Festival of Sculpture 2021 Currumbin. The work is reminiscent of a novel for children by Eleanor Coerr titled 'Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes' which itself recalls the true story of Sadako Sasaki who had leukaemia attributed to radiation from the Hiroshima bomb who tried to make a thousand origami cranes following a Japanese legend in the hope of survival. She died soon after. The story conjures up fond memories of Japanese friends at the University of Illinois who gave the book to my son Ben.
SWAY by Shiloh Perry
Detail of a larger work prepared for the Swell Festival of Sculpture 2021 Currumbin. The work is reminiscent of a novel for children by Eleanor Coerr titled 'Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes' which itself recalls the true story of Sadako Sasaki who had leukaemia attributed to radiation from the Hiroshima bomb who tried to make a thousand origami cranes following a Japanese legend in the hope of survival. She died soon after. The story conjures up fond memories of Japanese friends at the University of Illinois who gave the book to my son Ben.