Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (1584-23) abstract painting Looking up I watch the

Looking up I watch the bubbles of air flee towards the light

to preserve nesting habitats

Garifalakis evokes and interrogates a diversity of imagery and phenomena

"Birthed from a broken heart

Ink and acrylic on card

Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (1584-23) abstract painting Looking up I watch theHand crafted earrings created by Gurrpulan Guyula from the Buku Larrgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala (North East Arnhem Land). The jewellery pieces are woven from gunga (Pandanus spiralis). The spiky pandanus leaves are sometimes difficult to harvest, followed by the careful task of flaying the leaves before hanging them to dry. Only the few central leaves of the palm growing from the core which have not bent are used. These can be ten or twenty feet high