When Samantha Stephenson first worked with steel in art school, she found it "the most daunting", but now it has become her most-used art medium.
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She has bended, curved and painted the it to convey different emotions, and her piece in Mudgee's Sculptures in the Garden is no exception.
Rigid steel has been made into lines that are interwoven, cross and detach from one another in Gravity, which represents the concepts of unravelling and reforming, and the intangibility of moments.
![Samantha Stephenson explores the human experiences of unravelling and reforming through her work Gravity, which is featured in Sculptures in the Garden in Mudgee. Picture by Laura Sutton Samantha Stephenson explores the human experiences of unravelling and reforming through her work Gravity, which is featured in Sculptures in the Garden in Mudgee. Picture by Laura Sutton](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/123048163/4a55e3ea-0974-4924-bc0f-b4733197b3a3.jpeg/r0_257_1204_1394_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
"I enjoy the challenge of working with industrial materials," the award-winning artist from Bowral said.
"It's always a personal venture, but I find that working through obstruction allows for interpretations."
The piece was originally made as part of her Bittersweet exhibition at the Robin Gibson Gallery in Sydney, which further delves into coming apart, reforming and to have and to have lost.
Measuring more than a metre, the sculptor hopes it makes people curious, ask questions and get imaginative.
"The size and steel play an important part with this work in Sculptures in the Garden, it's more intimate and the space allows you not to be too distracted and take something away from it," she said.
Her steel pieces have been exhibited in the Mosman, at Western Sydney University, the Robin Gibson Gallery, in Gordon, Italy, Campbelltown and three times as part of Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi.
She has also used steel with wire, native flowers and a mirror in a collaborative exhibition in Tasmania, and presented art at the Bowral Art Gallery, Whitewall Art Projects in Berrima, the Hillview Sculpture Park in Sutton Forest, and work commissioned at St Vincent's Hospital.
Mrs Stephenson has also been an artist in residence at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre and The Studio at Santa Maria Rignana in Tuscany.
Mrs Stephenson also has work displayed in the Mosman Art Gallery as part of the Mosman Art Prize.
Gravity is not the only piece from the Highlands that is on display in Mudgee - Bundanoon sculptor James Bunter has two sandstone sculptures featured.
People can see Gravity at Rosby Wines until October 22, tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.
Learn more about Samantha Stephenson through samanthastephenson.com.au/.
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