Blacksmiths worldwide weld tree of remembrance for Victorian fires

Blacksmiths worldwide have been helping grow a metal tree in tribute to Victoria’s tragic Black Saturday bushfires of 2009.

28 Nov 2013 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Inscriptions personalise the leaves with a message from sponsors and blacksmiths worldwide. Courtesy ABA and The Tree Project

Coordinated by The Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victoria) The Tree Project will be a memorial to those who lost their lives in Victoria’s tragic Black Saturday Bushfires of 7 February 2009.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina