PAULA SAVAGE | Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #73-26' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026 Delissa Walker not everybody could do it

not everybody could do it

the creeping influence of the Union Jack on the form of a North Queensland rainforest shield speaks to the loss of culture and violent persecution of Aboriginal people that occurred on the colonial frontier

all decorated with distinctive marks and surface treatment of cunningly conforming patterns

Artwork story:During the rainy season we would dig out mud from the side of creeks or slope or where ever we could find them and play mud fight

art and culture into the future

PAULA SAVAGE | Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #73-26' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026 Delissa Walker not everybody could do itPAULA SAVAGE is from the Dabugal clan of Moa Island and the Kaurareg clan of Muralag (Prince of Wales Island). An artist at the Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre Moa Arts, Paula works across weaving, printmaking, and jewellery to share contemporary expressions of Torres Strait Islander culture and ancestral stories. Her practice has developed into the making of unique woven bags that bring together land and water relationships through color,