Oil Bird was originally conceptualised to be made with used sump oil, but had to be created due to OHS reasons, non-toxic substances. It has been made here with petroleum jelly, carbon, and graphite (all petrochemical byproducts) as well as linseed oil, which will leach and oxidise with time.

Pictured here installed for the RMIT Grad Show 2023, and in the last image, pictured with Oil Piece 2.

Photographed by Willy Pleasance