{"product_id":"australian-golden-wattle","title":"Golden Wattle","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Holland Honey Eater\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeries : \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fiwilkieart.com\/collections\/wonder-out-yonder\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWander Out Yonder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There are over 1000 different varieties in Australia and the plant has deep cultural significance for Indigenous Australians as a food, for medicine and for making tools. The symbolic nature of the plant is used to represent new beginnings (1st September is Wattle Day - Beginning of Spring) and for remembrance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn my work, I am aiming to develop a simplified and concise way of communicating a complex idea. Many of Australia's flowering plants are so complex that this can be a real challenge. Balancing the idea, the composition and the style I have developed to express myself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis design references  the first signs of Spring found in the bush near where we live - the daily grey  green of Winter is, all at once suddenly shaken off and all you seem to see in the landscape is the pops of bright yellow”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNb The smallest size print fits straight into 35 x 35cm IKEA Sannaed  square frames using the white mount included. The larger size (50c x 50cm) of frame can also be used for a budget framing of the largest size by adding a mount to fit - easily ordered from your local framer.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWander Out Yonder Series: This series has been created using painted paper collage. Fi first creates a mixture of colours and textured papers and then hand cuts the shapes, free hand, constructing the subjects from memory and sketchbook observations. She  uses reference book photographs to correctly observe the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebird\/ animals she is studying. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The original images are photographed and then reproduced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fi Wilkie Artist","offers":[{"title":"Paper - 23x23cm image on 30x30cm Canson Rag Paper","offer_id":47675500855514,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paper - 38 x 38cm image on 42 x 42cm Canson Rag Paper","offer_id":47675500888282,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/4424\/5978\/files\/ScreenShot2026-03-16at5.23.05pm.png?v=1773653022","url":"https:\/\/fiwilkieart.com\/products\/australian-golden-wattle","provider":"Fi Wilkie Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}