Dalang (Clay)
Artist: Melissa Ladkin
Mob: Awabakal, Wonnarua, Bundjalung
Medium: Ochre on linen
Year: 2024
Size: 30.5cm x30.5cm
Hanging ready
The many layers of what is below our feet and the abundance of colour within our earth. The ochre layers take many thousands of years to form into the soft stone, clay and sand is represented in this piece. Ochres hold their own memory and story, dalang is of great significance among our people. Each nation having a different relationship to it and the way we use it.
Artist: Melissa Ladkin
Mob: Awabakal, Wonnarua, Bundjalung
Medium: Ochre on linen
Year: 2024
Size: 30.5cm x30.5cm
Hanging ready
The many layers of what is below our feet and the abundance of colour within our earth. The ochre layers take many thousands of years to form into the soft stone, clay and sand is represented in this piece. Ochres hold their own memory and story, dalang is of great significance among our people. Each nation having a different relationship to it and the way we use it.
Artist: Melissa Ladkin
Mob: Awabakal, Wonnarua, Bundjalung
Medium: Ochre on linen
Year: 2024
Size: 30.5cm x30.5cm
Hanging ready
The many layers of what is below our feet and the abundance of colour within our earth. The ochre layers take many thousands of years to form into the soft stone, clay and sand is represented in this piece. Ochres hold their own memory and story, dalang is of great significance among our people. Each nation having a different relationship to it and the way we use it.
