sculptures portfolio

Suspended from a double-height ceiling, this gold wire mesh sculpture reflects golden light around the reception area of the West Hotel.

Conceived by Paul Kelly and crafted by Di Emme, the sculpture is comprised of an 8-metre wire armature artfully wrapped in custom Shibori-dyed fabric, strategically illuminated to exaggerate the interior frame.

Di Emme made samples and scale models for client approval before fabricating the varisized concave fibreglass discs for the wire sculpture. Aluminium gilding and a pearlescent glaze provides the metallic finish to this 50-metre artwork.

Giant moss balls are fabricated and suspended in the plaza atrium, with faux moss around 1m spheres encircled with illuminated gilded rings.

A curtain of metal cutouts based on the club logo are finished in reflective stainless steel, bronze, brass and anodised aluminium. The wall behind has stencil-applied stucco designs representing the army, navy, air force and nursing corps.

An eternal flame symbolising remembrance of and lasting gratitude towards a nation’s war dead. Eternal flame sculpture memorial for the club facade

The ode tower bearing the poem, For the Fallen, has top-lit upper panels and floodlit lower panels requiring Di Emme to design a font that could be stamped and laser cut.

Di Emme worked with Greg Taylor of Curtin Bathgate & Somers to create the COR-TEN steel and glass monument. An accurate maquette enabled the architect, lighting consultant and builder to see the design function in three dimensions.

Free-flowing contemporary stainless steel sculpture for GUESS store feature window

Precisely twisted bands of milky white acrylic create an eye-catching sculptural window display and striking backdrop for the store mannequins

Pinned cast bronze petals  mounted behind the lobby desk, appearing as if they are being swept in the wind