MATILDA NONA | 'Kem' | Monoprint / Natural Pigments"Kem is a type of mangrove species that grows very straight. It is unlike other types that grow like trees with branches. It is commonly used by the Torres Strait Islanders for making house structures. It can last up to 100 years. It is cut, soaked in the sea for a period of time, for it to cure, and then made to use." MATILDA NONA 'Kem' 2025 Monoprint Natural Pigments 76 (h) x 57 (w) cm

This one-of-a-kind pair of earrings comes from our ‘Ancient Tomorrow Collection’

Far North Queensland artist Nina Lavarini Dawson takes inspiration from the natural environment – utilising native tropical plants to transform paper through an eco dye method

Lara is from the Argan Tribe in the Torres Strait and recognises the Thupmal (golden horn stingray) as her Totem

Artist John Williams (Born in 1958) a Lardil speaking Birri Country man said "This is the body paint up design for my totem

still like a tree

5 (w) x 5 (d) cm

BUNDA ART | 'Pandanus (Yagal)' | 2025 | Mixed media  | H 930 x W 350 mm

My father King Alfred was killed when I was only a baby so I was really grown up by the missionaries

"This print is about big Kabar sitting on the reef ready to get picked up by divers

echoing and reverberating within

– Water (as needed)

when unpacking any theme in a single issue of the Journal