Human Sundials, 2008

Steven Russell
Stainless steel and sandblasted sandstone
Campbell Parade

Steven Russell is a Bidjigal weaver, drawer and painter who was born and raised on La Perouse mission in Sydney. He comes from a long line of celebrated La Perouse shell workers, particularly Esme Timbery (mother) and Queen Emma Timbery (great, great grandmother).

The Human Sundials were commissioned in 2008 as a part of Waverley Council’s ongoing commitment to conservation of Waverley’s Aboriginal cultural heritage. Steven Russell provided the drawings, knowledge and language for a sundial and steel disks incorporated in the Campbell Parade East footpath. These portray stories relating to Koori time and seasonal harvest.

Now based in Gerringong on the New South Wales South Coast, Steven Russell works in local schools and communities, and runs an artist collective, Jungah Weavers, with his wife Phyllis Stewart, who is also an artist.