Garland Magazine

The stories behind
what we make

dhurrung wurruki nyayl ngarrp – kunang

Tammy Gilson reflects on the combined Wadawurrung connection to Country and English sense of industry that has shaped her artistic path and social leadership.

Art protects us and our shared world: Two messages from Indigenous Brazil

Arassari Pataxó and Kulikyrda “Stive” Mehinaku bring the cultures of Pataxó and Mehinaku peoples to the metropolis.

Tonantsintlalli: Our Mother Earth

Desiree Ibinarriaga and David Marcelino Cayetano bring people together through their Nahuatl culture.

Ka Taka Te Wā – Time Passed

Areta Wilkinson creates jewellery imprinted with stones from her whenua among the braided rivers of Canterbury.

 

Featured Articles

From Issue 27: Estuary

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Goahten: At home with Sámi

There is more to Swedish furniture than IKEA. Katarina Spik Skum has produced authentic iconic Sámi furnishings that reconnect with nomad roots.

by Katarina Spik Skum

Australia or Bandaiyan? 

Bardi Elder, Aunty Munya Andrews, writes about her people's name for "Australia", which describes a bisexual being.

by Aunty Munya Andrews

Embroidering pugholes

Sera Waters describes how her embroidery brings to the surface the holes dug during settlement that remained as wounds on the landscape.

by Sera Waters

Assegai: A spear of light across the Indian Ocean

Adam Markowitz reflects on the origins of his pendant light and why he decided to give it a Zulu name.

by Adam Markowitz

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Know your weaver: The revival of Udupi sarees

Nalin Rai outlines the campaign that helped rescue the precious craft of weaving Udupi sarees in Karnataka.

Bombay, batik & biotechnics: Gender and nationhood in modernist textiles

As part of our Reinventing the Wheel series, Antonia Behan, Vishal Khandelwal and Michael Mamp reflect on the careers of Ethel Mairet, Nelly Sethna and Ethel Wallace respectively.

Nikki Main and Sally Blake ✿ Wood wide web

Nikki Main and Sally Blake share their thoughts that have inspired a series of sublime works which delicately bind space.

Avi Amesbury ✿ Our material home

Julie Bartholomew reviews a sensory exhibition of ceramics that connects us to sand, seaweed, ash and other planetary materials.

The Last Kai ✿ A Moana renaissance

Our June laurel goes to an epic tapa recreation of da Vinci's Last Supper painting. Tui Emma Gillies shares the journey of its creation.

The Grandfather Clock: A dark history tolls

Sebastian Blackie winds a grandfather clock which then unwinds its dark history.

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Craft ACT (Canberra)
19 May - 2 July 2022
Victoria Manganiello: Material Technology
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
14 June - 26 August 2022
Bioplastic Futures: 3D Printing and the Maker Movement
Australian Design Centre (Sydney)
16 June - 2 July 2022
Bic Tieu: Objects In-between
UNSW Galleries (Sydney)
18 June - 14 August 2022
Liz Williamson: Weaving Eucalypts Project
UNSW Galleries (Sydney)
18 June - 14 August 2022
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Geelong Art Space (Geelong)
24 June - 27 August 2022

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