The bronze helmet was made in response to the multitude of mine shafts searching for gold all over central Victoria. Battling water table levels the glitter of gold has drawn people to extraordinary levels of risk and success. A candle burns at night inside the helmet, illuminating the sparkle of gold on the surface of the mining landscape.
Price: $8000
Medium: Bronze, glass & copper
Anton Hasell
Anton Hasell is a sculptor living in Central Victoria, exploring both traditional and digital tools in the design of bells, interactive and joyful public-space installation and printmaking. He is best known for the invention and creation of the Federation Bells Carillon in Melbourne.
Amongst many other projects, he most notably completed the invention, casting and tuning of a musical set of ‘difference tone’ bells for the Longnow Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock project installed inside a mountain in Texas. He has also completed a Synapse Residency working with scientists at CSIRO’s Lab 22, to research the direct-metal 3D printing of bells in titanium and stainless-steel/bronze.
Anton holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Design from RMIT University (2003) and is an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University’s Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) Research Centre.
