It’s coming up to spawning season for the ‘spotties’. If you would like to know more about spotted handfish spawning behavior meet Alex Hormann and check out his work below.
Click here for more information on all the handfish.
Adult spotted handfish, Images courtesy of Alex Hormann
Clare Glade-Wright, handballed ABC Radio Hobart onto my work, and my mission to save vulnerable species by combining art and science to help the Spotted Handfish here in Hobart and the Fairy Penguins in South Australia. Thank you Clare.
It was a pleasure to talk with ABC Radio Hobart on Sundays with Joel Rheinberger about what I am trying to do in educating the public and providing habitats for Fairy Penguins and growing the Spotted Handfish population on the River Derwent.
I handballed ABC Radio Hobart to my good friend and collaborator Benita Vincent, known to some as Benny Marine, because she spends so much time under water. Listen to Benita’s interview here.
My interview on Vessel: Art as a Doorway Podcast discusses the factors that led to the spotted handfish in Tasmanian becoming critically endangered. It outlines the innovative use of ceramics used as a material for spawning habitat for this charismatic fish. Learn more about Dr Tim Lynch and the spotted handfish conservation team at CSIRO, Hobart.
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References
Website
www.janebamford.com
Instagram
@janebamford_ceramics
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
www.waterhouse.samuseum.sa.gov.au
Handmark Gallery https://handmark.com.au/artist/jane-bamford/
Garland Magazine https://garlandmag.com/article/holding-space-making-place/
Brand Tasmania Video on ceramic work and Spotted Handfish conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFPDc_J_r0I
Author- Nicole Gill – The Monthly Magazine https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2018/july/1530367200/nicole-gill/crafting-ceramic-habitat-handfish
Rick Eaves -ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-22/endangered-spotted-handfish-warm-to-artist-work-in-derwent-river/9890630
ABC News article 9/ 2018 Annah Fromburg http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-25/celebrations-at-spotted-handfish-artificial-habitat-success/10298020?pfmredir=sm
Australian Ceramics podcast interview https://australianceramics.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-jane-bamford/ recorded at National ceramics Triennale
Design Tasmania Award https://designtasmania.com.au/award/
Australian National Maritime Museum - Signals Magazine quarterly https://issuu.com/anmmuseum/docs/signals131_spreads
This conversation was recorded at the Australian Ceramics Triennale on 3 May 2019 at Princes Wharf One, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Lou McCallum was joined by Jane Bamford after her presentation, The CSIRO Spotted Handfish Project.
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Jane Bamford. Ceramic artificial spawning habitat (ASH) for the spotted handfish 2018