Recently, it became necessary that I gather together the family heirlooms. At different times, these precious objects belonged to my great-grandmother Ethel, Third-Cousin-Twice-Removed Frank, Uncle Derek and, scandalously, Aunty Marjorie. Please note all items are for sale. Proceeds go towards the Lawrence family’s 2016 holiday fund to Albury-Wodonga, and the purchasing of a new cheese grater and wireless. Buyers of heirlooms will receive a complementary greetings card, handwritten by a member of the Lawrence family, and a sun-dried partially-used teabag.
Exhibited at Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, 11-22 June 2015.
Exhibition documentation: Peter Webb
Sample complementary handwritten card and sun-dried partially-used teabag
Heirlooms installation view I
Heirlooms installation view II
Heirlooms installation view III
Absorbants
(paper doilies, tea, gouache, unique photo album page)
Old Mate
(knickers; small)
Caffeine Cage (wire, wood, enamel, padlocks, teabags, tin)
Thingamy
(tea on circular batt; 33cm diameter)
Inventory
(acrylic, pencil and nails on board; 120 cm x 180 cm). Photo courtesy L.S.
Inventory (detail)
Long Lost Scrubber
(bristled clay object, Inventory remains)
Carcass
(umbrella remains, latex)
Travel Pillow
(pillow case, pillow, acrylic, raffia; head-sized)
Accumulation Calendar
(etched glass time measuring vessels)
Third Drawer Down
(acrylic on tea towel)
Doovelackie
(mattress protector, acrylic, unidentifiable stains)
Them
(long-sleeved creatures)
Conversation Starter
(tray, dust)
Whatchamacallit (left); Landscape Portrait (bottom right)
(modest-sized television, snow-drawing; mirror, dust)
Contrary Shirt and Visitor Entertainers
(shirt, pencil, acrylic, coat hanger; unique photo album pages)
Visitor Entertainers
(unique photo album pages, depicting the heirlooms in-situ)
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Ida Lawrence – Art and Projects 
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