Willowa a Carter

I grew up in a rich mental and emotional environment, having had farmer parents who were children of a world war, filtered with my own health complexities, my art practice often is the practical process to work through trauma via my filters of perception. My current body of work is exploring intergenerational trauma. Upcycled materials are my foundation in creating works. I have worked with many materials from innerspring mattresses to kitchen gadgets, I would say my material is sourced from disregarded household objects, mostly textiles. Finding my mark’, a recent body of work, with handmade linen and lace doilies, crafted by my late mother. I am exploring the impact upon past, present and future generational trauma. As my practice progresses, I aim to expand my practice’s reaches working beyond the Arts into Mental Health and Education.

Act 1: Bringing together, a tea gathering. This is a simple act of gathering, coming together to connect for afternoon tea. Act 2: Confession of the heart. In this act I ask participants to confess a single sorrow of their heart. Act 3: Binding words and stories. Participants will create Butaricas, a stick which is decorated in either colour wood shavings, ribbons or paper. Act 4: Acceptance. I will be performing a simple ceremony of reflective connection. A grounding to land and the offering to her.