![Jennifer Cochrane, Sleeper Self-Portrait #4 (detail), 2023, burnt jarrah and wax, 59 x 22 x 13cm](/media/5665/jennifer-cochrane-sleeper-self-portrait-4-2023-burnt-jarrah-with-wax-59-x-22-x-13cm.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=800&height=800&rnd=133380438640000000)
Jennifer Cochrane, Sleeper Self-Portrait #4 (detail), 2023, burnt jarrah and wax, 59 x 22 x 13cm
Continuing her exploration with perspective, space and point of view, Jennifer Cochrane employs railway sleepers as a material to create a diversity of forms. Bending steel over jarrah sleepers, their surface charred and black as a result of the heating process, resulting in a series of tall, free-standing wooden forms – layered in a subtle and yet beautiful blackened surface.