Fragility is an installation of rubber inflatable eggs with goose feather wings.
This installation had a long gestation period before the artist received a research grant from the University of Newcastle that enabled her to bring it to fruition. The fragility of humanity, animals and nature has always been of great concern to Feddersen. The artist recounts that as a young girl she had to collect the hen eggs on the family property. In Fragility the large rubber eggs are purposely under inflated so that there is a slight movement as one passes them. Since immigrating to Australia in the late 1950's, Feddersen has established herself as both a prominent artist and teacher.