Explore Artstation’s secret garden

Artstation Gallery will Spring to life when it transforms into a magical indoor garden from 24 August to 11 September 2004.

Budding artist Marlyne Jackson’s Spring exhibition converts everyday household items and craft materials like fake flowers, toothpicks, steel wool, beads and plastic fruit into fantastical plant life.

“Fantasy can make strange sense. It amazes and delights. It can inspire flights of imagination, “ says Ms Jackson, a domestic craft student at Artstation.

The bright and blooming exhibition reflects the spring season of new growth and abundance. Ms Jackson welcomes visitors to enter and experience the pleasure and adventure of her extraordinary Spring garden.

Spring exhibition information: Artists: Marlyne Jackson Exhibition: 24 August - 22 September 2004 Opening: 5 - 7pm, Tuesday 24 August 2004

Artstation, Auckland City’s community visual arts facility, is located at the old police barracks at 1 Ponsonby Rd, Newton. It is easy to get to by public transport with the Link’s ‘Artstation’ bus stop right outside.

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