SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Growing a plantation of mixed

Growing a plantation of mixed rainforest species that are highly desirable cabinet timbers has delivered both a home for animals and a wonderful selection of timbers

” Taking this perspective as a starting point

Details:  'Anyways 1' | 2021 | Acrylic on canvas / box timber frame | 75 x 60 cm

This is one of many everyday activities that occur in the vast seascape environment within the Maluilgal (Western Torres Strait) waterway

close to Australia's northernmost reach and is one of the remotest communities in the country

SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Growing a plantation of mixedSheryl J Burchill Language Group: Kuku Yalanji and Kuku Nyungkul Traditional Land: Daintree, Shiptons Flat, China Camp & Bulban Totem: Black & White Cockatoo Lives: Mossman, Far North Queensland Artwork Story: "The Kuku Yalanji language word for our Basket is Balji (pronounced buhl jee). The baskets are made from river grass or black palm. This basket may be empty to many but my inheritance, my Balji, is full it is full of my Kuku Yalanji culture