Coiled fibre artwork

Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Peter Eve, Monsoon Studio.

Courtesy Tropman Collection. Photo: Peter Eve, Monsoon Studio.

Courtesy Tjanpi Desert Weavers. Photo: Peter Eve, Monsoon Studio.

Courtesy Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Abeth 3833).

Pandanus (Pandanus spiralis), natural dyes. Purchased 2003, Shell Development Australia Aboriginal Art Acquisition Fund.

Artist statement:
'This style of basket with the 'button' at the base of the handle is called kaberldjindi in Kunwinjku.'

Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Peter Eve, Monsoon Studio.

Hay, threads, dried flowers, stones, fabric, clay and plastic (stitched, coiled or wrapped).

Artist statement:
'These small forms have been developed as explorations of materials and the ability to manipulate them. One could say they are fibre drawings or doodles.'

Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Peter Eve, Monsoon Studio.

Hay (coiled and cobbled).

Artist statement:
'Grass Skull represents my move to a more common material, meadow fodder or meadow hay, a mown pasture herbage. After developing Samplers I made this skull as a starting point, the very bone basket that is the container of the brain. Grass Skull is a hollow form and is approximately the same thickness as a human skull; indeed I had a human skull to work from. My form is not accurate around the jaw line as this is a complex area and the nature of fodder used in this way simply could not accommodate that complexity. Grass Skull is a starting point in the next stage of my exploration of art and life.'