Join us in the SHED Studio for Mackenzie Browning’s The Teardrop Effect — a meditative paper installation exploring water, renewal, and the colour theory of blue. Let the sound, light, and softness of this immersive space carry you inward

Installation Description:
The Teardrop Effect is a suspended installation composed of hundreds of hand-cut paper teardrops flowing from a circular wire grid in layered shades of blue. These delicate forms descend into sculptural paper vases below, each crafted from recycled paper, forming a soft dialogue between air, gravity, and containment.

LED uplighting—programmed to mimic the shimmering motion of water—softly shifts in brightness and hue throughout the day. A soundscape of rainfall and Solfeggio frequencies (963Hz, 639Hz, 396Hz) plays on a timer, creating an immersive experience that encourages stillness, reflection, and emotional grounding.

Conceptual Focus:
The Teardrop Effect draws from cycles in nature and the symbolic power of water as a form of renewal, expression, and release. Blue is used intentionally throughout—referencing colour theory to evoke calm, openness, and depth. Paper becomes both a vessel and a voice, communicating a quiet resilience.

The flow from sky to earth, from teardrop to vessel, is both poetic and structural—speaking to the rhythms we carry and the spaces we create for holding grief, beauty, and transformation.

Experience:
Visitors are invited to engage from multiple vantage points, moving around and beneath the installation to experience its shifting presence. Timed lighting and ambient sound gently guide the body and mind into a slower, more grounded rhythm.

This is not just an artwork to view—it’s a space to step into.