KATE HUNTER | ‘Tree Python’ | Pendant | Copper / silver / brass / silk cord'Camped By The River' by Kate Hunter 2024 "This series of jewellery is a response to my surroundings whilst camped at Davies Creek. Forest bathing, or shinrin yoku in Japanese, means bathing in the forest atmosphere, or taking in the forest through our senses. I have used pictogram stamping on the metal to illustrate my feelings and observations, creating visual stories as I have walked in moving meditation, swam and noticed the wild life and tree

" - Bridee Hennessey

Etching printed in three colours from three platesEdition of 30

having exhibited widely and achieved both national and international acclaim

a native of the rainforest

and Indigenous Australian – Waanyi

as my grandmother Grace was a skilled and knowledgeable hunter gatherer

This image depicts a group of goannas arriving upon a Green Turtle's nest

that he reworks into contemporary artworks for the future generations of his clan

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This style of timber sword carved from hardwood was used in conjunction with the bigin (shield) to settle arguments during a brun (gathering)

Copyright Agnes Kohler

I enjoy painting