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 10–15 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 END OF FINANCIAL YEAR
Australian supporters can claim a full tax deduction on contributions — receipts issued before 30 June.
THE WORKS
WORK 01 — FLAGSHIP
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.
Scale Inhabitable dome
Structure. Semi-monocoque rib system
Portability Designed to travel
Material MDF Tricoya
Conceptual visualisation of the proposed system. Final work is resolved through structural design, material testing, and fabrication development.
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
Structure. Semi-monocoque rib system
Portability Build by many hands
Material MDF Tricoya
Conceptual visualisation of the proposed system. Final work is resolved through structural design, material testing, and fabrication development.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Every event we host is designed with intention, from the atmosphere we create to the way each session flows.