The sculpture looks like a great-aunt’s living room and has come to be known as Aunty Meredith’s Couch – as the music festival is known as Aunty Meredith. 

Inverleigh visual artist Mark Cuthbertson created the piece of art, using the technique of  soft form casting with concrete. The sculpture includes a detailed couch with a throw rug (about one and a half tonnes), lamp, pouffe and bookshelf built into the wall. 

The festival is renowned for having a relaxed atmosphere, with people taking couches into the festival to listen to the music. 

“People in the township also drag their couches out to sit out the back and listen to what’s happening at the festival,” Mr Cuthbertson said. 

The work was commissioned by the Golden Plains Shire after Mr Cuthbertson took part in the arts trail last year. 

He said the technique was used by architects, and included making a silicone mould. 

“You then need to make another mould that will support the weight of the concrete, but the silicone captures the detail. The mould takes a long time to create,” he said. 

Mr Cuthbertson said the shire approached him with the an idea of a couch, but he didn’t want to do the traditional mosaic. 

The rug is also made of cement and painted to look like the original it was moulded from. 

“I’ve kept quite true to the originals. They’re all reproductions of real things.

“It’s using a quite rudimentary material, but it’s giving it a new appreciation. Concrete has been around since Roman times.” 

Mr Cuthbertson and the shire hope it will be the location for many social media and photo opportunities.