| Registration Number | 1168-3-3 |
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| Series | The Missing Parrot |
| Medium | Hand carved second hand hammers |
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‘The Missing Parrot’ by Claire McArdle tells a story about Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. A workman dropped a hammer through the stained glass ceiling destroying the centre of the glass ceiling that featured an image of a parrot. The parrots were not replaced and it was never restored to its original condition. Instead they added a red geometric design to the centre of the glass ceiling that remains today. Claire McArdle made this body of work at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre while artist-in-residence for the ‘Under Construction’ exhibition in 2016. The work consists of three second-hand hammers that have been hand carved into birds that are local to the Bundoora area.
Claire McArdle trained as a jeweler at RMIT University, completing her honours degree in 2011. In 2016 she won the National Contemporary Jewellry Award at the Griffith Regional Art Gallery. In 2014 she completed a residency at the Icelandic Textile Centre and in 2017 exhibited her work in Melbourne, Munich and Estonia. Her work is held in numerous collections including: RMIT University, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and Bluestone Collective, Melbourne.