Chair duffys forest picking out the scale of

picking out the scale of the load-bearing brick structure

paint peeling back to reveal the layers beneath

This science classroom at Macquarie Boys Technology High School in Rydalmere looks as though a lesson was interrupted and never resumed

A porcelain basin

Chair duffys forest picking out the scale ofA solitary timber chair sits inside West Ryde Pumping Station, its paint peeling back to bare grain. The station has pumped water to Sydney's northern suburbs continuously since Station No. 2 was commissioned in 1921, making the stillness of this corner all the more striking. Part of the West Ryde Pumping Station series.