WHEN one thinks of art, a giant teacup made of string and steel isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind.
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But that is exactly what you'll see at Steel & String, an exhibition of large-scale installation pieces by advanced diploma sculpture students at Hunter Street TAFE.
Adelaide King, of Mount Hutton, is the brains behind the fascinating, beverage-inspired artwork.
"I'm interested in enlarging the domestic scale - a lot of my work is kitchen-oriented," she said.
King is one of five students who will show off their sculpturing skills in Steel & String.
The exhibition, plays tribute to the innate properties of steel and string.
On entering Front Room Gallery, visitors will see Wickham resident Callan Beatty's creation.
Beatty has constructed a gothic-style structure that complements the gallery's doorway.
Joining the gallery's two sections is a ribbon-like piece by Merewether artist Maggie Hensel-Brown.
Offering yet another element of surprise, Norah Head's Elissa Jane displays a big web that comes down from the ceiling in different places complete with cocoons.
"It's all about feeling tangled," she said.
Meanwhile, a large line-based installation by Joanna O'Toole, of Marks Point, adorns the main wall.
"The exhibition is all about changing space, to develop work that fits into a particular space - that being the gallery," O'Toole said.
"It's the opportunity to show the public a different form of art...the gallery has never been used in this way before."
¦ Steel & String opens tomorrow, Thursday, April 5 at Front Room Gallery, 582 to 608 Hunter Street, Newcastle West. It runs until April 19.