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Juukan Tears
In May of 2020 mining company Rio Tinto destroyed the Juukan Shelters, containing sacred caves that had been in use by the traditional custodians of that part of (what we now call) Western Australia, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) peoples, for over 46,000 years. The Shelters were in the remote Pilbara region of…
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live-stream q+a
11am on Friday the 19th of February, Perth time (see below for your timezone) we’re having a live q+a on my YouTube channel about the piece – working title Juukan Tears – that me and my assistant Susannah Kings-Lynne are currently working on in my studio. If you have a question you’d like to put…
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sawing continues solo
I’m still live-streaming from the studio Monday – Friday, 9am-ish till 5pmish, minus lunch time. This was to be the first full week of our current routine, in which my colleague Susannah Kings-Lynne joins in the action on Mondays and Fridays for 5 hours per day.* But even before we could begin our uninterrupted week…
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Live stream playlist
Hey Jan Smith! This one is for you. Playlist for the 13.1.2021 Ed Kavalee Podcast – Dilruk and Ed’s Mad Stacks Criminal – ep 155 – Cannonball The Bald and the Beautiful -Alaska Thunderfun* Just the Gist – ep 63 – Pepe the Frog SBS NITV Radio – Tech Interview Ep 6 Don’t you know…
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Solsticefest 2020
Hi! How are you doing? We’re getting pretty deep into Solsticefest 2020 over here. I hope you’re keeping calm, cool, warm and light where you are. This is just a note to say that we’re here, we made it, and that is worth celebrating, so I hope you will, in the ways that you can…
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Perth holiday party
Fellow Perthlings, You’re invited to join me in my studio to toast the holiday season this Friday or Saturday afternoon. Get in touch for the details. DM on insta or email jewellery @ the above web address 😉 xx m
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Bilk. Tomorrow (or today if you’re sneaky!)
10 days ago I wrote about the upcoming Full Circle show at the *New Bilk* just outside Canberra. I mentioned that it would have a simultaneous online and in-person opening on the 21st of November. Well, if you sneak over to the Bilk website right now you can cop a look at all the works…
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NAIDOC Film Fest
I’m a bit late in the run to be sharing this, but after doing the Reconciliation Film Festival earlier this year I’ve been once again enjoying the Fan Force TV format to watch the NAIDOC Film Festival. Like the earlier lockdown-proof film festival, all films have a question-and-answer sessions after each screening with community members…
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CRACK!
Crack by India de Beaufort is my new jam. While it’s not ovah-over (heeeey Georgia), and the crazy spinning of the current guy is veering ever steadily out of the boundaries of credulity, (but just within those previously outlined by the craven despotism that has marked his tenure for it to not surprise ANYONE) there…
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Full Circle – Bilk Gallery
Bilk Gallery has completed a Full Circle. The gallery space is once again connected to a workshop in a beautiful rural setting 10 minutes out of Canberra.Our first exhibition will showcase new pieces from; Brenda Ridgewell, Carlier Makigawa, Chris Bahng, Cinnamon Lee, Claire McArdle, Daniel DiCaprio, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Johannes Kuhnen, Julie Blyfield, Kath Inglis, Larah Nott,…
