LOIS HAYES | 'Brooch 3 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Recycled builder’s wood / paint / copper / oxidized sterling silver / lacquer / stainless steel pin Meeting Place Taught to me by Uncle

Taught to me by Uncle Ken Thaiday I aim to preserve my culture through contemporary forms

There are lots of grasses there called malbaa that the women used to gather to make woven grass bags called mijilda

having finished his art studies in 2005 with a Diploma of Art from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Visual Arts Course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

Turtleshell masks were a central component to ritual observance throughout most of the islands in the Western

LOIS HAYES | 'Brooch 3 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Recycled builder’s wood / paint / copper / oxidized sterling silver / lacquer / stainless steel pin Meeting Place Taught to me by UncleRainforest Floor Secrets: "The tropical rainforest floor is a most fascinating place for a contemporary conceptual artist designer and horticulturist. The constant cycle of life, death and decay the Earths life force. Layers of random organic patterns reconfigure chaotically, yet rhythmically all in a busy symbiotic dance. On close inspection, there can be found amongst the leaves, mossy rocks and tree roots, brightly coloured curiosities like fungi,