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An aluminium tile that Crown Castings of Yandina produced for former Buderim artist Jenny Rumney is a finalist in an award scheme for Aussie mementos.
Mrs Rumney moved to the southern Moreton Bay islands in 2003 but still uses Crown Castings� services for tiles and plaques that are marketed under her business name, Welcome Tributes.
Images of a dugong and a turtle swimming together feature on the work that has been selected as a finalist in the Memento Australia Awards for Australian-made products.
The tile is part of a series focusing on the flora and marine life of Moreton Bay.
About the awards
Brisbane-based Memento Australia says its awards help creators of quality products to generate sustainable business by linking them with market opportunities.
Award sponsors include Brisbane City Council, Tourism Queensland, the Australian Made Campaign, Griffith University's Queensland College of the Arts, Creative Industries Skills Council and Arts Queensland. See http://www.mementoawards.com/
The finalists� products will feature at an award breakfast in Brisbane on September 12.
New tile series
The award selection has coincided with the release of a new tile series, which includes four designs by Mrs Rumney for direct sale through Crown Castings.
�The tiles in the Australian Flora Series are smaller than those in the Moreton Bay Series to streamline the production,� she said.
�But we have still aimed at integration into masonry and architectural settings on walls and pathways, for instance, in an entry foyer, bathroom or kitchen. "
Sunshine Coast connection
Mrs Rumney first lived on the Sunshine Coast in the early 1980s and returned in 1993 after about a decade in Brisbane and Sydney, where she worked as a designer in rug manufacture.
In 1986 she produced her first major work in cast metal, a sculpture of the Labour Party politician, law reformist and High Court judge Lionel Murphy.
Her more recent sculptures have included character studies of the late Sunshine Coast jazz musician, Rick Farbach, and Sunshine Coast Sunday columnist Ashley Robinson.
Welcome Tributes now promotes Mrs Rumney�s "special person sculptures" for commissioning by clubs, institutions and families that want to honour their loved ones.
"I realised that I needed to have more affordable and transportable art to have any chance of making a go of it," Mrs Rumney said.
Contact details
Jenny Rumney's contact details are: 07 3409 1275, [email protected] and www.geocities.com/rumneyjenny. Crown Castings: (07) 5446 8800 and [email protected].