DeMantle Pieces 2025 is a material investigation into the sense of security and reverance placed on both the home's mantlepiece and the objects that often occupy the mantle.

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

Day completed her PhD at Curtin University in 2023 specialising in Fine Art and Highly Individuated Preparedness (or Prepping) and was awarded the Chancellor's Commendation. Recent exhibitions include Melville Contemporary at Goolugatup 2023, Hee-Haw at Lawson Flats 2023, and Stuffed, Bolstered and Upholstered at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery 2024.

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