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Tammy Gilson (she/her), Wadawurrung
Waima - to carry, 2025
sterling silver, jewel beetle wings
41 x 8 x 3.5 cm

Reminded by childhood memory and Christmas, being my birthday! I remember seeing lots of beetles coming into the Christmas period. They loved the lights on and would always try and get inside at night when the door was open. Last year I saw only one and to me this is an indicator of their decline and environmental climate change.

The vision for this body of work with the purpose of bridging past and present is to reference Christmas beetle wings. Although these are not the exact beetle wings the example implies to a cultural woman’s adornment worn upon the body when ‘morrgalyu’ evening falls. Dancing with campfire light the iridescent shimmer from the Christmas beetle winged adornment would glow.

Christmas beetles belong to the Scarab beetle family and hold distinctive ceremony purpose.

This contemporary piece intertwines the timeless cadence of traditional storytelling with the dynamic textures of modern existence.