LOIS HAYES DESIGNS | ‘Stone Ring: Topaz' | Oxidized sterling silverLOIS HAYES DESIGNS Wearable art defined by the environment of Far North Queensland As a contemporary artist, Lois Haye's current focus on artistic jewelry sees her explore elements of asymmetrical balance. Combining both natural and man made objects within her pieces, Hayes undertakes a meditative act of construction within each piece, from which these contrasting materials find harmony through an asymmetrical design approach. LOIS HAYES DESIGNS Stone

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this and more stories fold into the Absolute Humidity volume

referencing the voids shaped by volcanic eruption

I am a thayyorre women

Right around

like many Torres Strait Islanders at the time

He must have wondered

He journeys to Far North Queensland and meets some colourful iconic Aussie characters along the way who makes all sorts of interesting sounds

BILLY MISSI | 'Kodal Au Buai (Crocodile Clan)' | 2009 | Lithograph on stone | Image size: 58 x 43 cm

“This fellow made a humpy

Torres Strait pigeon

Artwork story: The creation of fibre art has a long history in Indigenous Australia