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Wire Mesh Birds Wesley Edward Eagar Centre
Di Emme sculpted eight wire mesh doves in various stages of flight to soar above the communal space at the refurbished Wesley Edward Eagar Centre in Surry Hills NSW
Art Deco-inspired Statue Lamp DYRSL
Di Emme produced a maquette to demonstrate the scale and style of the sculpture before building a full-size clay model on a steel armature with mesh frame. The model was cast in fibreglass and finished with bronze metal powders
Rose Hill Packet at Parramatta Square
Di Emme worked with Chris Kenyon, representing Walker Corporation, on a replica of the first European boat built in Australia. It was built on a metal armature and the completed vessel had to be cut in two and then rejoined on site.
Wire Mesh Sculpture at West Hotel, Sydney
Suspended from a double-height ceiling, this gold wire mesh sculpture reflects golden light around the reception area of the West Hotel.
Shibori Silk Sculpture at Nu Bambu
Conceived by Paul Kelly and crafted by Di Emme, the sculpture is comprised of an 8-metre wire armature artfully wrapped in custom Shibori-dyed fabric, strategically illuminated to exaggerate the interior frame.
Catenary Wire Sculpture in Pacific Fair
Di Emme made samples and scale models for client approval before fabricating the varisized concave fibreglass discs for the wire sculpture. Aluminium gilding and a pearlescent glaze provides the metallic finish to this 50-metre artwork.
Sculptural Fabrication in Greensborough Plaza
Giant moss balls are fabricated and suspended in the plaza atrium, with faux moss around 1m spheres encircled with illuminated gilded rings.
Sculptural Fabrication, Merrylands RSL Memorial Wall
A curtain of metal cutouts based on the club logo are finished in reflective stainless steel, bronze, brass and anodised aluminium. The wall behind has stencil-applied stucco designs representing the army, navy, air force and nursing corps.
Eternal Flame for Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL
An eternal flame symbolising remembrance of and lasting gratitude towards a nation’s war dead. Eternal flame sculpture memorial for the club facade
Ode Tower, Dee Why RSL
The ode tower bearing the poem, For the Fallen, has top-lit upper panels and floodlit lower panels requiring Di Emme to design a font that could be stamped and laser cut.
Kangaroo Recruitment March Memorial at Wagga Wagga RSL
Di Emme worked with Greg Taylor of Curtin Bathgate & Somers to create the COR-TEN steel and glass monument. An accurate maquette enabled the architect, lighting consultant and builder to see the design function in three dimensions.
Sculpted Lotus Leaves, Canterbury Leagues
The laser cut and sculpted leaves are robust yet delicate in appearance.