Title | Rarrke Brooches
Materials | recycled glass and pin/clasp
Sizes |
Orange long triangle is 7 cm width, 2.2 cm height and @1.2 cm depth (incl. the pin)
Speckle grey rectangle is 4.8 cm width, 1.5 cm height and @1.5 cm depth (incl. the pin)
Dark golden honey and grey with strips is 5 cm width, 2.6 cm height and @1.8 cm depth (incl. the pin)
Dark golden honey square is 5.1 cm width, 3 cm height and @1 cm depth (incl. the pin)

A little bit more | These brooches are recycled glass which Jennifer has made to be wearable art. This is from her First Nations Craft + Design Collection.

According to the National Gallery of Australia, “ … Kuninjku artists draw upon traditions of body painting in their work, filling the whole surface with abstract, mainly geometric, fields of cross-hatching (rarrk) … “. Source: https://nga.gov.au/first-nations/the-aboriginal-memorial/artists-and-clans/kuninjku-people/.

Note: Jennifer is a contemporary urban based Aboriginal (Arrernte) glass artist and the above description is to explain rarrk.

All artworks come with a printed Artist Statement and Biography

Photos | Anne Masters