The work is driven by an interest in the brittle and inhospitable fur-like materiality of the matured thistles flower, as well as the play between utility and complete uselessness in furniture as pure sculpture.
Thistle Chair was exhibited as a part of Melbourne Design Week 2024 and was a finalist in the 2024 Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize. An interview about the project was published in Union Magazine in June 2024.
All photography by Michael Pham.