Decorative Screens & Art Panels

Carol has created a wide range of decorative metal screens for many uses. These include artistic screening on shade shelters and garden screening. Carol works closely with her clients helping them to create their own bespoke designs.

This garden screen depicts a detailed design of Western Australian flora and fauna which is laser etched into the anodised surface of the aluminium sheet. The sheet was then carefully rolled to form an arc. The screen serves the dual purposes of hiding unsightly household bins whilst being a beautiful garden artwork.

This bespoke fire screen features birds form Australia and New Zealand, representing the client's connections to both countries. The curved screen is fabricated from laser cut 2600 x 1300 x 2mm steel. 

Carol has designed a series seven of decorative, site-specific works to add dappled shade to renovated shade shelters at Coogee Beach in WA. The original dilapidated shelters offered little in the way of shade. Carol worked with Artforms WA to create far more functional structures with artistic relevance to site. Together they worked around the existing framework, adding angled aluminum artwork panels and sub-roof designs to be lit from above at night. The artwork elements include a giant octopus, shoals of fish, sea horses, a leafy sea-dragon, shells, local flora, honeyeaters and native quendas. The angled shading allow light to penetrate, scattering beautiful shadows from the laser cut images on the ground below.

Carol was approached by a client wishing to disguise an unattractive brick wall which dominated her outdoor area. The farming family worked with Carol to select elements for the design which would stir memories of their time on the land. The resulting wall art panel is a laser cut stainless steel farm scene which includes eucalyptus trees, an old Ford tractor, a windmill and dam and a kelpie rounding up sheep.

Carol’s aluminium cockatoo panels for Macfaull Park in the City of Cockburn, WA were designed to meet the criteria of creating shade and adding a windbreak to the barbeque area. The City requested a design which would permit daylight to penetrate and highlight the artwork whilst using a minimal number of penetrations to help shelter this communal area from the wind.

Carol was asked by Perth Zoo to design an educational sign which would double as a safety barrier near the crocodile enclosure. Working with images and dimensions of Perth Zoo’s long-time resident crocodile – Simmo, Carol designed a life-sized depiction of Simmo lying on rocks. A carefully drawn outline of Simmo was laser cut from aluminium donated by Capral. This was then anodised and laser etched with his image on both sides. The crocodile was then mounted on either side between water jet cut and routered rocks.

Made from Corten steel, this art panel demonstrates the longevity and durability of fabricating garden artworks from quality materials. The panel was made in 2010 and still looks great in its exposed position, close to the sea. The design of falling liquid amber leaves is laser cut from 6mm Corten sheet which given a return-fold to all sides, creating a strong boxed edge.

In 2020 the RSL Western Australia commissioned the creation of an artwork for the newly build Anzac House Veteran Central in St. George's Terrace, Perth. The design incorporated elements representing Australian armed forces. It is made from boxed aluminium panels of laser etched and laser cut anodised aluminium with contrasting backing plates.

Carol's hand painted palm pods are designed and made to order.

Designed for garden installation, Carol's laser cut Australian birds can be made to any size from Corten or stainless steel. Choose from a wide range of bird designs or work with Carol to create a bird of your own choice. 

Following the theft of bronze inground artworks from Mount Lyell in Mosman Park, the Town of Mosman Park sought a replacement which would deter future theft. Carol faithfully reworked the original designs from faded fax images. The designs were then laser etched into the surface of black granite discs made to the exact dimensions of the holes left in the footpath from the original artworks.