'Square Chair' continues Aylward's passage of appreciation to the natural surroundings. Sourced locally in his rural hometown of Corowa as a connective process through father and son.
The design and construction process is strictly influenced by the material’s voice and response to the hand. As the piece ages and adjusts to conditions, continual movement will occur showing the ever-changing properties of a living piece. Square Chair represents a position for the user to love, cherish and nurture with nature.
Bronte Stolz, Untitled (Urinal), from ‘Behavioural Sink’ showcased at Laila, Sydney,
Welding and Fabrication, 2023
Aylward's work in 'Monument' journeys through notions of strata, symbolically expressed through the material pairing of brass and timber. With his learning in cubist ideologies, an expressive form is generated as brass is utilised to support the redgum slab from beneath. Similar to its origin thus reinforcing its monument to nature.
2023, ‘WORKSHOP 01’, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
Images: Nicholas Wilton
Trap comes in a new experimental finish, with stingray leather on blackened steel. As shown at Mahouse “In Praise of Shadows”, for Craft Contemporary 2023.
Images: Sarah Forgie
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