Ngulmun Kosar Koey Ai. (Our two main traditional foods) This print is one of my first drypoint medium prints created using the recycled liquid milk container. In this print I tell the story of Our two main traditional foods the dugong and the turtle both which are killed in large Read more…
“KOEWBU THONAR” (war time) This print is one of my first dry point medium I did this year printing using the recycled liquid milk container. The story is based on the WW2 time that Our Grandfather’s told Us when We were young. They would talk about how Japanese fighter planes Read more…
Uzu ‘Stonefish’ My new lino print is of the stonefish (synanceia) that is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily synanceiine, the stonefish,,which is classified with the family. The reef stonefish is the most venomous fish in the world It has thirteen short spines in the dorsal fin Read more…
Holding On To What You Love When the weather is rough the seafloor gets thrashed about by the waves and the seaweed beds, where the seahorses like to make their homes, get ripped out by the roots and float to the surface. If I’m diving in the weather I see Read more…
Sowurraw Pamay (Digging Wild Yam) My image Sowurraw Pamay depicts a boy digging for wild yams. I lost my father when I was young so my mother brought us up. My older brother’s taught me the traditional men’s business like hunting and fishing, but I learnt all about gathering plants Read more…
Thugaw Bithial The Bithial arrive when the kukai is blowing – the north-east wind. Huge schools of Bithial swim to the sheltered side of the island. It’s really hot at this time so they shelter just out of the mouth of the estuary, waiting for the fresh water to wash Read more…
Waru Waru (sea turtle) is an important totem for Torres Strait people. When the little brown jelly fish come down from the estuaries like a brown river thousands of turtles gather to feast on them. We don’t hunt the waru then because their intestines will be filled with jellyfish and Read more…
Kubilaw Noeraw Dhangal The lines depicted on the dhangal (dugong) show the traditional cuts that are used by Maubiay. The name of this cut is kaiar rou dun and is used to ensure that all of the meat and precious fat is obtained and shared amongst the community. The tear-shaped Read more…
Waru Waru (sea turtle) is an important totem for Torres Strait people. When the little brown jelly fish come down from the estuaries like a brown river thousands of turtles gather to feast on them. We don’t hunt the waru then because their intestines will be filled with jellyfish and Read more…
Githalay Karumuy Azam Zarram Zenadh-Kes families love to get together with family at our beach camps to go hunting for food in the mangroves. The boys use the spear to hunt fish and crabs while the girls look for muscles and pipi shells. Once we have gathered enough food for Read more…