Baka’s Gift re-contextualises the direct stitches embedded in the textile art of my Slovenian grandmother and the cloth that she embroidered as a housewarming gift for my parents and their new home in Australia.
It’s the portal through which I explore the slippage of time and memory and themes of ethnicity, loss, ancestral disconnection and selfhood.
I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, work and make art. This is Stolen Country, the sovereignty of which was never ceded.
I pay my respects to Elders past present and emerging and stand in solidarity with all First Nation peoples, and recognise their continuing connection to Land, Waters and Culture.
Always was, always will be.
