Collaboration with Palawa/Trawlwoolway artist Dominic White for ‘Current: Gail Mabo, Lisa Waup, Dominic White’ at QUT Art Museum
Collaborative project between Norton Fredericks and Kerri Hollingsworth, ‘Regeneration’ 2022.
This work has been displayed in Kerri’s exhibition ‘Spaces in Between’ 2022, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey Victoria
‘Regeneration’ was born out of a conversation around the recent bushfires but also the devastating Ash Wednesday fires of 1983 with a fence post that had been burnt in those fires serving as an inspiration point.
Norton contributed the handspun naturally dyed yarns, botanically printed nuno felt and created the felt piece that resembles tree bark for the project while Kerri wove these fibres so beautifully to tell the story of bush regeneration after fire.
Kerri used her traditional upholstery skills to recover a vintage 1960’s chair with modern hemp material and her father created chair legs from an old fence post.
Photos by Normi & Hart Photography
PALETTE X THREE LITTLE BIRDS X RETRITUS @ Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise
An indigenous feast for the ages, journey through time and history with the first of Palette’s 2022 collaboration experiences.
Join Executive Chef Dayan Hartill-law, Three Little Birds owner Chris Jordan, and his apprentice Otis on a culinary voyage back in time to the era of hunters and gathers. Bringing together produce foraged off country and ethically sourced proteins to create a divine menu built of techniques passed down generations; be part of an exceptional dining experience exclusive to Palette.
All diners will receive a gift designed by Norton of Retritus a proud Murri man currently residing on Bullongin land, as well as a lesson in botanical silk dyeing.
It was really wonderful working collaboratively on this beautiful project with Chris, Otis and Dayan. I first met Chris and Otis as they were catering the First Nations Artist Camp and knew immediately that Chris and I could create something wonderful together. We went up the Sunshine Coast with Dayan to visit Aunty Terri’s native bush food farm and learnt all about her social justice enterprise while collecting fruits and foraging for leaves to dye with. All the silk gifts and table runners are dyed with Australian natives from along the South East Queensland coastline.