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Tickets are now open for next year’s drum workshop in March. If you have been thinking about it, or missed out on the No...
12/10/2026

Tickets are now open for next year’s drum workshop in March. If you have been thinking about it, or missed out on the November workshop, this is your chance to birth your very own hand drum.

If you have any questions please feel free to send me a message, or pop into to have a chat.

The people we have the privilege of connecting with through this work is so lovely. These babies are now on their way ho...
09/10/2026

The people we have the privilege of connecting with through this work is so lovely. These babies are now on their way home with some very special people. Feeling very grateful.




Sneak peak of the Blue Lake drum. This one was really complicated and is not my neatest work however for the purposes of...
08/10/2026

Sneak peak of the Blue Lake drum. This one was really complicated and is not my neatest work however for the purposes of this drum, it is actually perfect. It actually would have done the story behind this drum a disservice if it had been perfect.

I chose to do netting for this drum as it is about connection, some connections are messy and entangled, some look perfect on the surface but in fact are void of depth, some are big open spaces and others are tight and restrictive. Working with skin can be really difficult sometimes because you are dependant on its flexibility - some parts of raw hide are malleable and others are rigid - just like us and just like connection can be.

If i had wanted it to look aesthetically perfect i could have used waxed tension cotton because it is all the one tension and slips easily but i really wanted the skin and i to work together to create a pretty solid representation of the realities of connection - or at least my experience of connection.

Interestingly i didn’t have any breaks in the cord at all while i was making it but when i was stretching and massaging the cord beforehand i did one which in the story of drum birthing is pre-birth. I also began with a shorter cord and then had to add on extra cord which is also a perfect representation - beginning with something limited and then moving towards expansion.

What i really love about this is the interconnectedness of all the parts - nothing is separate which symbolises that all our connections come together to create our own experience of connection. We are interwoven - everyone that has ever been in my life at any point in time has come together to create the story of my experience.

12 drums down….8 to go

This next drum i am working on is inspired by this incredible body of water at Jenolan called The Blue Lake. The waters ...
06/10/2026

This next drum i am working on is inspired by this incredible body of water at Jenolan called The Blue Lake.

The waters are blue due to suspended calcium carbonate particles from the limestone bedrock scattering blue light wavelengths. The waters are never the same colour as they change with the light.

You can read more about the waters around Jenolan and Aboriginal significance on the Caves website.

Since the fires and landslides, the lake has had to be excavated twice to help it recover. During those events platypus habitats were destroyed as well as for other little creatures.

The reason behind this lake for the drum is that this drum is centred on Connection. Jenolan is where i lived for my very early years and is both a place of connection and great disconnection. The waters in Jenolan were visited by many First Nations people across Australia due to their healing properties and so i am imbuing the drum with the energy of the lake.

Excited to birth this one.

Drum number 12 on its way…Deer on Willow 22”….bring it on
05/10/2026

Drum number 12 on its way…Deer on Willow 22”….bring it on

Bookings for this workshop are now closed. We are so excited to facilitate the birthing of 10 very special drum babies.I...
05/10/2026

Bookings for this workshop are now closed. We are so excited to facilitate the birthing of 10 very special drum babies.

If you missed out on this one we will be running another one at the beginning of March 2027. Bookings are now open.




Gallery ONE88 Fine Arts

Sneaky peek of this lunar eclipse baby. This is probably the most intense eclipse period i can ever recall experiencing....
30/08/2026

Sneaky peek of this lunar eclipse baby. This is probably the most intense eclipse period i can ever recall experiencing. The revealing of patterns, fears and depth of pain has been engulfing. I felt completely disempowered. On the other side, i am moving forward gently, in deep awareness and openness to noticing it all.

I can’t say too much about it as this one is for the exhibition - 10 down, 9 to go. I will say it is a 20” Rosewood hoop with African goat skin birthed inside out. This one will not be for sale even in the exhibition. It has a long scar in the skin on the front which wasn’t evident before soaking and it feels very symbolic of the trauma that arose during this period. This one will also be painted on.

There is an Australia-wide shortage of goat skins - unsure why that is - so i bought an African goat skin to see what it...
28/08/2026

There is an Australia-wide shortage of goat skins - unsure why that is - so i bought an African goat skin to see what it was like. The edges come pre-trimmed, which is not my favourite (i like seeing the reality that this was once a living, breathing being - it helps cognitively, otherwise we can fool ourselves that this is just another man-made object). The skin feels different - unsure if it is related to the different species of goat or if it is a processing thing - not bad different, just different. The patterning is stunning - it reminds me of an artist we used to have in our gallery.

This drum is going to be very special. It’s another exhibition drum and is representative of the beauty that can persist, grow and bloom even in unfavourable conditions.

Watch this space for a sneaky peek….

Sneaky peak of another exhibition drum for Imaginal….it’s slowly coming together…9 down, 11 to go…!
25/08/2026

Sneaky peak of another exhibition drum for Imaginal….it’s slowly coming together…9 down, 11 to go…!

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