Windy Day, Commissioned by Elwood Primary School, Elwood, Melbourne, copyright Velislav Georgiev, 2002
Velislav and I have been working on a new project for Ballan- Don't know Ballan? It's a small town west of Melbourne in Australia.
Ballan's a pretty windy place, not as cold as Ballarat (further west) but it gets cold (in Australian terms) and we're good friends with the wind. We first arrived there in 2002 and Velislav noticed the wind. He said it would be a good town for weathervanes. That it would be a good town to fill with wethervanes.
The idea sat quiety for 7 years while we worked at our sculpture business and built our gallery, studio and house. Then this year we decided to talk to a few other locals about art and wind and Ballan. A few weeks ago a group of us committed to the journey towards 1000 weathervanes in Ballan: to make Ballan the windart, weathervane and windbird capital of the world.
We're beginning by installing 6 new weathervanes on properties in Inglis Street, which is Ballan's main street. Velislav is making 4 of them - as windart. Can't show you the photos yet, but I'm putting up some other pieces of windart by Velislav.
Washerwoman, Commissioned by the City of Greater Dandenong, Brady Road Shopping Centre, Melbourne, copyright Velislav Georgiev, 2002
Lawnmower Man, Commissioned by the City of Greater Dandenong, Brady Road Shopping Centre, Melbourne, copyright Velislav Georgiev, 2002
Backyard Mechanic, Commissioned by the City of Greater Dandenong, Brady Road Shopping Centre, Melbourne, copyright Velislav Georgiev, 2002
Bird, Commissioned by the Nepean School for the Treehouse Playground, Seaford, Melbourne, copyright Velislav Georgiev, 2001
