"River bed assemblage"
Collective Artwork
By Frog Census Launch 2013 Attendees
Thanks everyone for your contribution.
This collective artwork is inspired by the image of a river bed looked upon from a birds eye view. When water is calm and silt and sediment settles to the bottom with leaf litter in a pebble-lined creek or shallow wetland, this kind of space is ideal frog spawning habitat and as a tadpole nursary.
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| A growling grass frog: very present in this year's frog census. GGFs live in all sorts of places around Melbourne from wetlands with phragmites-lined edges to the inside of old discarded car tyres and cereal boxes, I learned. |
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| Collective river bed assemblage in progress. |
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| in the beginning. |
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| collage of fabrics used to make 'river bed assemblage' - a showcase of the tones of Port Phillip Western Port. Compiled Sarah Crinall. |
"A catchment scene"
A Collective Artwork
by attendees at the Melbourne Water Frog Census Launch 2013
tbc....
Frogs have been found in the earth, water, and in the air as they fall from trees to ground. Frogs and humans live in conjunction with each other. Growling grass frogs, for instance, though a sensitive vulnerable species, are found living at times in rubbish tips. Regardless, they are sensitive to the expanding urban boundary. Creating backyards that are 'frog friendly' will help support frogs to live happily amongst us, and us, amongst them.
See frogs.melbournewater.com.au to find out how to make a home for frogs in your home.
People contributing to "A catchment scene" had encountered frogs in tents, holes in their gardens, cereal boxes, wetlands, creeks, bike paths, bathroom and car windows, and more.
Where did you last see a frog?
Send your frog stories, photos and artworks to creatingwesternport@gmail.com
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