Head of Ceramics Dr Julie Bartholomew's new work 'Anthropogenic Scrolls: Transparency and Disclosure', recently exhibited at Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, has been acquired by the National Museum of Australia.

This major installation explores climate change and is inspired by scientific research into the deep ice of Antarctica.

Depicting ice cores embedded with information akin to ancient scrolls, coloured layers represent accumulated Antarctic snowfall that trapped atmospheric gases and particles as it compressed and became ice.

Dr George Main, senior curator in the Museum's People and the Environment team, writes of the work:

"These thrown porcelain and cast glass cylinders are based on actual ice cores retrieved by a team of scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division. The drill used to extract the ice cores was recently donated to the National Museum of Australia. Both it and the artwork will feature in a new gallery of environment history opening 2021."