Artist Cameron Robbins has built a new solar-powered drawing machine at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre this month.
Called the Solar Roller, the machine is the result his residency at the gallery this month.
Mr Robbins builds machines that harness the movement and power of wind, solar and sound to record unique patterns.
His work combines engineering skills and the natural forces of nature to create patterns that may otherwise go unseen.
He describes his machines as instruments that connect to the landscape to record how patterns move through a particular location.
This is a way to access the unseen energy and forces that surround us.
Mr Robbins unveiled his Solar Roller at an open gallery at Hazelhurst.
It was described by one observer as a “solar powered pen”.
The Solar Roller is the latest in a number of installations and exhibitions he has created in art centres, disused buildings and outdoor sites in Australia and internationally.
His recent major solo exhibition and permanent wind installation, Field Lines, was held at the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania.
Solar Roller has been commissioned by Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre for the exhibition Dream Machines, to be held July 22 to September 10.