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Bek Saltmarsh (they/them), Connections to Gamilaroi Country
Grief Vessels, 2024-2025
raffia, foraged fibres
8 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

Incorporating Romani spiritual practice and Aboriginal coil weaving, these baskets were woven during various funerals, periods of Sorry Business and other times of emotional upheaval and transition, as a way to process grief as it unfolds.

The process of weaving these baskets helps me mark and process these transitions. Once woven, the baskets themselves will transition, as they will be gifted to significant people left behind in their grief.

The finished form is designed as a vessel for the recipient to rest their emotional difficulties in, for a moment of respite. The holes in the weave allow the things that don’t need to be kept to filter away.