SentiMETAL photo pickings

As we step into a bright New Year, it feels like the perfect time to get a little sentiMETAL and revisit some of my favourite projects from 2014.

They may not have been the biggest commissions or the most complex builds, but for one reason or another, they’re the ones that stayed with me.

Best in Show with Mark Browning

The first image is of Chris and me alongside the one and only Mark Browning of Cycas Landscape Design and Consultancy, photographed by Little Red Photography.

It was taken on the morning Mark was awarded Best in Show for his garden titled “The Patriarch.” A proud moment for everyone involved and a reminder of how powerful collaboration can be in landscape design and sculpture.

Exo Skeleton & The Littlest Lump

Another favourite is a phone snap of our Littlest Lump playing inside Exo Skeleton, permanently installed outside Hawthorn Town Hall.

I love the pink tones against the speckled green background but even more than that, I love that our little one sees this sculpture not as “public art,” but simply as the world’s most interesting climbing frame.

There’s something reassuring about that.

Sliding Screens & Generous Clients

One image features a beautiful residential home incorporating sliding Lump screens in the upper windows, along with decorative Corten steel screens in the garden.

The owners were endlessly generous welcoming us back time and time again for photography sessions and patiently responding to countless questions. Projects like this remind us that great design is always supported by great clients.

Launching the Shard Planter

This next photo was taken (again, on my phone) at Indesign the event, where we partnered with Temperature to launch the Shard Planter.

If I had to choose just one Lump piece for my own home, it would be a Shard Planter.

I also love this image because we were concerned that the selected planting would make them look like oversized pineapples.

It absolutely does. And honestly? I love the pineapples. It still makes me laugh.

Cocoon & Family

I took another photo this time with my “real” camera of Chris and the Littlest Lump for a story about the Cocoon sculpture and its connection to family.

In the end, a professional photographer captured the final image for publication in the Northcote Leader, and it was our biggest little Lump who featured in the story. Still, both moments felt special, a quiet intersection between sculpture, storytelling and our family life.

The Lump Crew

And finally, our gang the Lump Sculpture Studio crew.

Photographed by my sister Bek from Little Red Photography, this image captures most of the current team (though a few were missing on the day). We are incredibly fortunate to work alongside such talented, committed and creative people.

Without this team, very little of what we achieve would be possible.

Looking Forward

Reflecting on past projects reminds us why we do what we do. It’s not just about steel, sculpture or screens it’s also about people, collaboration and the moments in between.

Here’s to another year of making beautiful, meaningful things.