Squishy
Donnybrook Sandstone — 2025
3100 × 1250 × 850 mm — 5.5 tonnes
Commissioned by the City of Joondalup for Duncraig Adventure Park, Squishy is a large-scale interactive stone sculpture designed for integration within a public play environment.
Carved from a single mass of Western Australian sandstone, the work reinterprets a fictional octopus character by WA author and illustrator Sean E Avery, translating a playful visual language into a durable, tactile and permanent material form.
The sculpture operates as a multi-functional play element—serving as seating, climbing structure, sand play surface and water feature—while also fulfilling technical requirements including structural integration, safety compliance and long-term durability in a public setting.
Delivered as a complete project from concept design through to fabrication and maintenance, Squishy demonstrates the potential for stone sculpture to operate at the intersection of art, landscape and infrastructure.
integrated play-based artwork
Hen
Donnybrook Sandstone, Granite
George Sears Park, Greenwood — 2026
This interactive sculpture responds to the site’s history as a former poultry farm. A carved sandstone hen sits protectively over an egg, mounted on a natural granite boulder.
Surrounding stones are shaped to invite play, each featuring concave “nest” forms designed for children to gather natural materials and engage in imaginative role play.
The work encourages tactile interaction, storytelling, and connection to place through material and form.
Snake Rock
Donnybrook Sandstone - 2024
550 × 550 × 1200 mm — 750kgs
Available for Purchase.
“Interactive stone sculpture that invites touch, movement and play, transforming carved surfaces into shared experiences.”
POD
Donnybrook Sandstone — 2025
430 × 700 × 300 mm — 65kgs
POD explores the space between the organic and the unknown. Carved in stone yet suggestive of growth, it reads as both seed and visitor. Scalloped voids invite shifting light and shadow, activating its surface. Neither fully natural nor artificial, it offers a quiet encounter with something both familiar and otherworldly.
Trip to the Beach
Donnybrook Sandstone — 2025
900 × 700 × 1200 mm — 750kgs
An interactive stone sculpture celebrating the anticipation, excitement and joy of a day out at the beach. From leaving the house, to the long drive to the coast, this sculpture seeks to evoke childhood summer memories and entertain through tactile engagement and exploration.
TACTILE MODULAR ELEMENTS
Interaction
tracing - following
paths - solving mazes
Development
fine motor skills
hand-eye coordination
spatial awareness
Durability
carved in stone
permanent public install
ages with environment
Modular interactive stone elements for early childhood play.
First contact between children and carved stone.
