{"product_id":"the-landing","title":"The Landing","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Landing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as an exploration of surrender, scale, and the strange beauty of letting go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA figure lies within the grass like a fallen frangipani - pink against green, her hands almost the same size as the clover leaves around her. Through deliberate composition and shadowing, she becomes part of the landscape, enveloped by the foliage like a flower that has just landed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lot of my work begins with emotional states translated through forms found in nature. In this piece, I was thinking about how hard it can feel to let go and trust, when sometimes that is the one thing that will change our life. I was also drawn to the idea that we can see a fallen flower as the end, when it could be much closer to a beginning of something we do not understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographic digital composite printed on Hahnemühle Photo Cotton Rag 308gsm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstructed from two separately captured images - a human figure wearing custom-made crepe paper frangipani petals, and a carefully selected fragment of lawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented in a 1-of-1 timber \u0026amp; glass frame reclaimed for this work, embellished with 3x Czech-made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreciosa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e crystals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecognition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003ePresented - Secrets of Composite images, Guest Lecture, University Sunshine Coast, \u003cspan\u003eAustralia, 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted - The Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibited – The Fifth Week of Friday, Solo show, Moffat Beach, QLD, Australia, 2024.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karina Sharpe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877539922094,"sku":"OA02-TLD","price":580.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/8974\/8910\/files\/TLNDNG_RoomMockup.jpg?v=1779245776","url":"https:\/\/www.karinasharpe.com.au\/products\/the-landing","provider":"Karina Sharpe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}