Winning at the Fifth World Wicker and Weaving Festival, Poland, 2023
I am currently travelling Europe and the UK as a recipient of a Churchill Fellowship to investigate endangered basketry and avenues being taken to preserve knowledge. Last weekend I attended the 5th International Wicker and Weaving Festival in Poznan, Poland which was an incredible opportunity to meet international basket weavers.
Jakarta- Tales of a Sinking City
As artist’s in residence in Jakarta, Maicie Lalalra, Annabel Amagula and I met with two wonderful artists from Jakarta, Tita Salina and her partner Irwan Ahmett . Tita Salina’s work, 1001st island – the most sustainable island in archipelago 2015 explores issues of community disenfranchisement, and environmental pollution.
Monster Net
In 2018 I participated in an Asialink Arts Residency with Annabel Amagula and Maicie Lalara from Anindilyakwa Arts . We spent a month at Kominatas Salihara, an International multidisciplinary arts center in Indonesia.Before leaving for Indonesia Maicie Lalara finished weaving a large ‘monster fish’ from a ghost net retrieved from the sea near Groote Eylandt by the ferry driver. This net was nicknamed a ‘Monster Net’ by the Northern Territory News.