AKIKO HANAZAKI | 'White Splash #2' Lidded Jewellery Dish | Hand built ceramicAkiko Hanazaki was born in Japan and is now based in Cairns. Her ceramics style is influenced by various eras of Japanese pottery, and also by her Grandmother an accomplished potter back in Japan. Experimentation and innovation are key to Akikos practice and no two pieces are ever the same. Using a variety of styles and materials, Akiko is able to create a new contemporary aesthetic. AKIKO HANAZAKI 'White Splash #2' Lidded Jewellery Dish Hand built

Linocut printed in black ink from one block hand coloured

BETTY WILLIAMS (NEE YARRAK) | ‘Mathali’ | 2019 |  Acrylic on Belgian linen | 40 X 50 cm

At the bottom is the hammer head representing myself

For me weaving reminds me of growing up on Country and all the time that I spent with family

if you go to this part of land you have got to be quiet and no making noise or swearing

My father was an important man and traveling to Fiji and other places performing traditional dance

This is a very profound statement as it is a demarcation between their past history and modern history

She did not know that the man she had chosen to be her husband was a ghost (mari)

SERVICE CERAMICS | ‘Rice Bowl- Cross I’ | 2025 | Wheel-thrown ceramics | 5 (h) x 16 (dia) cm

This monoprint was first exhibited at KickArts 'Now Time' exhibition 2006

The graphic style in his practice combines his Torres Strait Islander heritage with a strong passion for experimentation

My children tell me to join the old people here at the Art Centre