MantlePieces 2025 is a material investigation into the sense of security and reverance placed onboth the homes mantlepiece and the objects that often occupy the mantle.

Jess Day, a visual artist workingin Boorloo Perth, combines her ongoing interest in portable, pragmatic survivalobjects with the fixed, warm heart of the home- the mantlepiece. Day combinesthe materiality found on the mantle with that of outdoor survival gear,resulting in objects that act as both supports for additional objects, such asshelves and cupboards, and as an object in themselves.

Day completed her PhD at CurtinUniversity in 2023 specialising in Fine Art and Highly IndividuatedPreparedness (or

Prepping) and was awarded theChancellor's Commendation. Recent exhibitions include MelvilleContemporary at Heathcote/Goolagadup 2023, Hee-Haw at Lawson Flats 2023, and Stuffed, Bolstered and Upholstered atLawrence Wilson Art Gallery 2024.

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