MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Coral Cluster (large)’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Sheryl J Burchill the crescent moon symbolizes that

the crescent moon symbolizes that the ritual is performed during a particular moon phase when the village sorcerers can best channel and communicate with the ancestors of the spiritual world

In search of water

Bevan’s Camp Dogs are a secular subject and as such belong to an innovative class of Wik sculptures that have been developing in relation to the art and craft markets for some decades

is used to navigate by

Every Christmas break my family and I go to Arkai Buthu and walk from one end to another luring for squid

MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Coral Cluster (large)’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Sheryl J Burchill the crescent moon symbolizes thatMelissa Stannard is a proud Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay, and Koama artist, researcher and poet, living on Kabi Kabi land on the Sunshine Coast. Melissa has completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, majoring in (JSO) jewellery and small objects in 2019, and undertook the Kungullanji Program under the supervision of the esteemed Dr Michelle Langley, during the summer of 2018 2019. She has a keen interest in nature and the environment,