Feathers, Fur & Flames, 2018

Feathers, Fur and Flames serves as a confrontation, illustrating the terror of bushfires, raising awareness of the plight and re-emergence of our native wildlife as well as showcasing their beauty, character, vulnerability and resilience.
This project evolved in 2018 after Warlond made a move back to the area where she grew up as a child. Warlond’s new home is surrounded by beautiful bushland and nearby national parks. It soon became her ritual to take long walks throughout these areas. As the seasons began to pass Warlond noticed how landscapes changed. The increase of green foliage after heavy rain would have the birds singing loud and clear and the new greenery would mask the hidden landscape of ridges, caves and boulders that would be revealed in the Summer months. It got Warlond thinking of our native wildlife and how their habitats would also vary throughout the year. Most of all she wanted to know more about the effect bush fire would have on our wildlife population and for those that would survive where will their new habitat be?

She never imagined the degree of devastation Australia and our beautiful wildlife were yet to experience.