Iane Coate
Stand Fast our Aussie Diggers; we need you at the front. Our freedoms demand maintenance; which you must bear the brunt. We don’t always appreciate the freedoms that you’ve won. We soon forget in peacetime that duties that you’ve done. But do your job in spite of us; ignore our ignorance. Defend us in our time of need with constant vigilance. And on that day we’ll wish we had, maintained our support for you.
Stand Fast – Poem by Ian Coate (used with permission)
2021
205 x 105 cm
Materials & Representation:
Red wool – rememberance,
Raw Edges – symbol of PTSD,
Cutouts – morse code of poem by Ian Coate,
Hand cut – hard work (maintenance) by our service personnel,
White on white text – hidden underlying message (inviting us to look deeper),
Raw Hemline – Frayed soldiers (coming undone)
Removable backing – Allows us to view the message clearer.
Brenda Wood Art 