FOUNDING PATRON CAMPAIGN· DESIGN PHASE 2026
Help bring
two large
works into
the world.
I am opening a small circle of founding patrons to fund one year of design — a 15 metre Whale and a gathering Dome. This is not crowdfunding. It is a direct invitation to the people I trust.
Tax-deductable giving available for Australian supporters
Burning Heart - Commissioned by Bill Hauritz Co-Founder - Woodford Folk Festival - August 2024 A short introduction from Angie — 1 min 20 sec.
These works move against the current.
WHY THIS WORKS
In a time of instant generation and frictionless consumption, they ask something different.
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Real materials. Real assembly.
These are not digital objects. They require plywood, joints, tension, weight, and hands. Every piece is cut, fitted, and held by people in the same place at the same time.
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Fabricated anywhere in the world.
The design phase creates a system — documented, tested, and licensable — that can be built locally from available materials. Not a single object shipped. A transferable blueprint.
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Systems for collective making.
The works are designed to be assembled by many people. The act of building is as much the work as the finished structure. They require coordination, shared effort, and trust.
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If this phase isn't funded, the works don't exist.
There is no shortcut to the structural rigour required. This year of design is the work before the work — and it only happens with the support of people who believe it matters.
THE WORKS
Two structures. One year of design
The whale
Migration, scale, and shared effort
A large-scale structure designed at 10 to 15 metres in length. Conceived as a semi-monocoque rib system — a structure that reveals its own internal logic through frames, stringers, and spacing. Both sculptural and inhabitable in its presence.
The Whale is the more complex of the two works. It requires extensive structural development and is being developed as a flagship: a structure of scale, movement, and shared force.
WORK 01 — FLAGSHIP
Scale Inhabitable
Assembly Collective, Many hands
Material MDF Tricoya
WORK 02 — COMPANION
Peyote Bloom Dome
Gathering, intimacy, and stillness
A large-scale dome crowned by a blooming form. The Dome is designed as a place of gathering — a structure that can be entered, inhabited, and experienced from within. More accessible in its fabrication threshold than the Whale.
It is being developed as a structure that can travel, gather people, and create temporary spatial presence in different settings. Approximately 15 plywood boards depending on final configuration.
Scale Inhabitable dome
Portability Build by many hands
Material MDF Tricoya
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
This is not open to everyone.
It is an invitation to a small group of people.
Two founding patrons have already committed. There are limited places at each level.
ENTRY
Supporter
AU$100 – $500
INCLUDES
Acknowledgment and gratitude
Progress updates during the design year
Selected behind-the-scenes material
RECOMENDED
Founding Patron
AU$1,000 – $2,500
INCLUDES
All Supporter benefits
Named recognition as a Founding Patron
Private design update — direct from Angela
Early access to key project developments
Tax-deductible receipt (DGR pathway)
SUBSTANTIAL
Anchor Patron
AU$5,000+
INCLUDES
All Founding Patron benefits
A direct conversation with Angela during the design year
Recognition as an early anchor supporter
Priority access to future acquisition
Tax-deductible receipt (DGR pathway)
OWNERSHIP
Acquire
Licensed fabrication files • One-build rights • Flat-pack scaled structures • Future physical editions • Full commissioned versions
WHERE YOUR SUPPORT GOES
One year of focused design labour
This is what that time contains
Structural design & engineering
Rigorous structural development so both works can be safely fabricated and assembled by real people in real places.
Prototyping, testing, model-making
Physical prototypes and material tests. The design process cannot happen without making things at scale and testing what holds.
Fabrication logic & documentation
Assembly documentation, licensing frameworks, and digital fabrication preparation — the systems that allow these works to exist anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It depends on how you participate. Support and patron contributions fund the design phase. Ownership pathways — files, editions, commissioned works — are handled separately by enquiry.
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Support and patron contributions fund the design phase. Physical works, flat-pack structures, and fabrication rights are available separately.
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Prototyping, fabrication, public presentation, and opportunities for commissioning, acquisition, and wider distribution. Founding patrons receive priority access to all of the above.
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International shipping is not necessary. Each work is designed for local fabrication. Depending on your location, we can arrange local pick-up or coordinate delivery.
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Because the people who will support this work are people who already understand it. A small, trusted circle is both more honest and more effective than an anonymous crowd for work of this nature.
A B O U T T H E A R T I S T
Angela Sierra
Designer. Installation artist. Based in Australia.
Angela Sierra’s practice sits at the intersection of art, design, , and community. She develops large-scale systems that can be fabricated locally, assembled by many hands, and experienced as both sculpture and shared act.
Her work focuses on collective assembly, participatory environments, and immersive experiences—where the act of building is as significant as the finished form.
The Whale and the Peyote Bloom Dome are her most ambitious works to date. Both require a full year of dedicated design before any fabrication can begin. This campaign supports that phase.
Read more about the work
BE APART OF THE BEGINNING
These works only exist through you.
If this resonates, I invite you to be part of their beginning. There are limited places at each patron level. The design year starts now.