Michelle Yeatman 'Charcoal II'

Michelle Yeatman 'Charcoal II'Michelle Yeatman 'Charcoal II' 2024 Glazed Ceramic 11cm Drawing on the deep connections between culture, land, and spirit in my work, I use ceramics as a means to express the resilience and strength of my people. My ceramic spheres represent charcoal, a symbol of both destruction and renewal, echoing the cycle of life and the importance of keeping cultural fires burning. Charcoal, for me, holds the stories of our ancestors, who lit the fires that

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and we followed the tracks to the big river

Locals contributed 117 stories that describe everything from Dreamtime

Mango season heralds the approach of Christmas and the year’s end

I can see nature's bright and refreshing colours

Flames of Connection

ARTIST: ALEERAH BAKER

120 cm x 118 cm x 3 cm

Lastly the whole piece altogether including the colours

The book was launched on 30 September 2008 at the Menmuny Museum at Yarrabah

sea and land Country

These pieces take me back to those times with my family