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Welcome Gesture

2024Burnie, Tasmania (Burnie City Council)Painted steelWith Geoff Farquhar-Still

Installation film, Burnie City Council, 31 May 2024 ↗

Welcome Gesture at dusk from above: a line of leaning yellow poles beside a highway into Burnie, with the town lit behind

Welcome Gesture, a row of tall leaning yellow steel poles along a curved gravel path in Burnie, by David Hamilton

Welcome Gesture at dusk: leaning yellow poles lit from below at the Burnie roadside

Welcome Gesture at night: yellow poles leaning across a dark blue sky, Burnie

Welcome Gesture at night: a fan of lit yellow poles seen end-on, Burnie

Bolt

2007Academy of the Arts Campus (Inveresk), UTAS, LauncestonPainted steel12 × 36 × 4 m

Bolt, a bright green zigzag steel sculpture on the lawn outside the Academy of the Arts building, Inveresk, by David Hamilton

Bolt, a bright yellow zigzag steel sculpture on the lawn outside the Academy of the Arts building, Inveresk, by David Hamilton

Bolt, angular yellow steel rods radiating from a grassed traffic island near the Academy of the Arts, by David Hamilton

Bolt, a cluster of angular yellow steel rods on grass beside a road, with hills in the background, by David Hamilton

Bolt, by David Hamilton

Earth Drill

2007Two sites: Royal Park (Wellington Street) and Inveresk, LauncestonPainted steelRoyal Park H340 cm; Inveresk H160 × W80 cm

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0

Earth Drill, a tall red painted steel spiral standing on grass in front of pine trees at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, by David Hamilton

A red painted steel spiral sculpture, tapering to a point at its top, standing in an autumn garden, by David Hamilton

Earth Drill, a red painted steel spiral sculpture rising from a lawn in front of the QVMAG museum entrance sign, by David Hamilton

A red-orange steel wall sculpture of looping coils and sharp zigzag peaks, by David Hamilton

Earth Drill, a proposal panel showing a red spiral steel sculpture outside the QVMAG museum entrance, with a diagram of it linking underground to a second site, by David Hamilton

Wrap

2004Painted steel37 × 110 × 52 cm

Wrap, a mottled red-and-black painted steel rod knotted around itself with one end curled into a spiral, by David Hamilton

Twist

2003UTAS, NewnhamPainted steel96 × 317 × 70 cm

Twist, a long mottled bronze-and-black painted steel rod coiling into three loops, by David Hamilton

Twist, a close view of the mottled bronze-and-black coiled steel loops, by David Hamilton

Y2

2001UTAS NewnhamPainted steel

Y2, a red painted steel sculpture of knotted, looping rods standing against a brick wall on the UTAS Newnham campus, by David Hamilton

Y2, a close view of the tight knotted joint at the centre of a red painted steel rod sculpture, by David Hamilton

Strainer

1996Spreyton Primary School, TasmaniaPainted steel

Strainer, a red painted steel handrail knotted around a fence post outside Spreyton Primary School, by David Hamilton

Strainer, a close view of knotted red steel rods against yellow weatherboard cladding at Spreyton Primary School, by David Hamilton

Strainer, a close view of a twisted red steel rod knot crossing a straight upright rod at Spreyton Primary School, by David Hamilton

Pulse

1994Hellyer College Gym, Burnie, TasmaniaPainted steel

Pulse, a looping and knotted red steel line sculpture that hangs through a window frame at Hellyer College, by David Hamilton

Railing

1989Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, TasmaniaPainted steel

Railing, a red painted steel gate railing looped into a knotted floral pattern at Launceston General Hospital, by David Hamilton

Railing, a close view of a knotted red steel railing joint at Launceston General Hospital, by David Hamilton

Rack

1988Tasman Regional Library, Rosny, HobartCopper plated steel and wood

Photo: Peter Robinson

Rack: tall copper-plated steel spires rising from a circular planted bed outside the Rosny library, by David Hamilton — The site in 2005

Rack at installation: copper-plated steel spires against a blue sky, by David Hamilton — At installation