"Philip Trusttum’s loose manipulated canvas was folded and sewn into shape and painted with images of flowers to depict a very large Cooper’s seed packet. Instructions for planting are on the reverse. In some instances, while hanging in his home, the works from this series became the useful repository for household shopping lists, bills and notes. Some of Trusttum’s works have entered art gallery collections still containing these secret deposits of ephemera!"
- Raewyne Johnson, ‘My Choice’ January 2023