‘Sidetracked’ Orange artists now bound for Mudgee’s prestigious Sculptures in the Garden

Local artists Carl and Eden Plaisted will be returning to Mudgee’s renowned outdoor showcase event, Sculptures in the Garden this October 12–17.

While the brothers are thrilled to have had work selected for exhibition in this year’s exhibition they sheepishly admit they really should have been doing something else.

“It's nice to have it completed,” says Carl Plaisted of the welded metal piece selected for October’s showcase.

“We'd made a pact with each other not to get sidetracked from these two big commission pieces, and it's been really hard! We keep going, ‘Oh, what about this? We've got so many ideas and there's so many things that we want to experiment with and do, but we're like, ‘No, we can't do it.’” 

But when Carl and Eden’s brother-in-law, the Sydney-based artist Brett Anthony Moore mentioned he was submitting work this year, the brothers figured that maybe, just maybe,  they might be able to find a little time to complete something on the side.

“We had three pieces that we'd attempted years ago that had been hanging in the shed and we thought, well, let's try and finish them off,” explains Eden.

“So we got a bit sidetracked, I guess, and this is what's come out. So we literally

bashed it out in maybe two-and-a-half weeks… and we were actually pretty happy with it in the end!”

Carl and Eden’s sculptures will feature alongside more than 250 artworks from 130 successful artists at this year’s Sculptures in the Garden, which received an unprecedented number of submissions.

"We’re incredibly excited about this year's lineup," says Kay Norton-Knight, founder and curator of Sculptures in the Garden.

"The variety of work showcases the incredible range of creative talent in Australia. It promises to be an unforgettable event."

Sculptures in the Garden is scheduled for October 12 - 27 in the picturesque Rosby Vineyard gardens at Mudgee.