A covey of three wind sculptures inspired by the wing forms of majestic raptors ‘gather’ beside the Pages River in the Upper Hunter Town of Murrurundi. Nestling between its hills, their paired counterbalanced winglines hover, flutter, float and glide on local eddies as they turn into the wind.

Two counterbalanced intersecting lines pivot vertically in a controlled scissor - like action. The long primary ‘arm’ is connected to a tilted support post and turns just off the horizontal through 360 degrees whilst scribing gliding vertical arcs in the air. A secondary, slightly smaller paired ‘arm’ pivots off the lower counterbalanced end of the primary ‘arm’.

The focal kinetic intersection is made airborne by a ‘mid air’ point of pivot creating a heightened sense of free gliding floatation. Whilst both arms respond to the movements of the wind, the smaller secondary arm also moves in a delayed push and return response to the movement of the primary arm. The combination and inter-relationship of the horizontal and vertical movements of the paired arms create an intriguing complexity to the slow, gliding, hovering motion of the winglines sculptures. Experienced in relationship to each other, their individual dynamics will at times be idiosyncratic with the vagaries of unexpected eddies and at others fall into unison with a strong prevailing wind. The sculptural suite’s kinetic medley juxtaposes one to the other and highlights the intrigue of their movements.

Themselves a grouping, winglines suggests a gathering place beside the river for residents and visitors to Murrurundi. Gently dynamic in their turning airborne intersections, the sculptures draw the community to them with their mesmerizing movements and then onwards to follow the line of the new Pages River Walk.