Two poles/pou carved from Australian hardwood as tree trunks, painted, and topped with stylised metal renderings. One pole is carved to resemble a nikau palm, painted white and topped with flames, while the other is carved with the texture of a different tree (cabbage tree?), painted black, and topped with a fish/seal.

A plaque installed with the work reads “Presented to the Schools of Architecture and Design by Craig Craig Moller on the occasion of the Graduation 1 May 1996”

According to the artist, “The intent of the work is to symbolise human (animal) transformation of materials. Transformation in this case, being represented by fire. Students of design do this both in school and out in the world. The poles are Australian hardwood formerly power poles. I carved naturalistic tree surfaces…to honour our lost forests and to get the sculpture into the vast space of the atrium.” - Charlotte Fisher