JENNA LEE
Jenna Lee
doedoet: to tie up #3
2020, recycled 925 silver, red kumihimo silk cord, 42 x 5 cm, 42 cm cord, Photography Fred Khoh.
ARTIST STATEMENT
JENNA LEE
doedoet: to tie up is a series of neck adornments inspired by research into Gulumerridjin (Larrakia) ancestral material culture and my family’s mixed Asian, Aboriginal, and Anglo-Australian heritage. Each piece incorporates textures from my childhood, such as ornamental trims and my first danala, to reflect intergenerational knowledge transfer. Made with wax casting and Kumihimo silk cord, the objects are wearable symbols of cultural pride. The "failed" casts have been restored with settler-colonial word books, symbolising the restoration and transformation of narratives and cultural practices written about us, but without us.
Jenna Lee
doedoet: to tie up #2
2020, recycled 925 silver, red kumihimo silk cord, 42 x 5 cm, 42 cm cord, Photography Fred Khoh.
