![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by FLORENCE GUTCHEN of Erub Erwer Meta. The title is Aka. [15-20] (Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/a/aka-3782-SMALL.png)
FLORENCE GUTCHEN
Aka
Florence was born on Thursday Island and grew up on the beautiful island of Poruma (Coconut Island) in the central Torres Strait, where her family originates from. She has six sisters and three brothers. Florence was engaged in 1984 and moved to Erub in 1986 where she got married in 1987. She has five children, three boys and two girls.
When she was young, her favourite hobbies were crochet, bead making and sewing. Weaving was a family activity conducted mainly for celebration using coconut palm fronds. Everyone wove such things as laulaus (woven plates for food) and decorations such as fish, grasshoppers and flowers.
Ever since she joined Erub Erwer Meta Arts, she learnt other art skills such as drawing, screen printing, lino printing, etching and ceramics. Her weaving now incorporates ghost nets and in 2012, her handmade ghost net woven figurative sculpture was exhibited in Musée du Montparnasse, Paris in a show called Le Point de Papunya. Florence is an aspiring artist who enjoys her artworks and looks forward to learning more new things and sharing with others in the future.
Florence was born on Thursday Island and grew up on the beautiful island of Poruma (Coconut Island) in the central Torres Strait, where her family originates from. She has six sisters and three brothers. Florence was engaged in 1984 and moved to Erub in 1986 where she got married in 1987. She has five children, three boys and two girls.
When she was young, her favourite hobbies were crochet, bead making and sewing. Weaving was a family activity conducted mainly for celebration using coconut palm fronds. Everyone wove such things as laulaus (woven plates for food) and decorations such as fish, grasshoppers and flowers.
Ever since she joined Erub Erwer Meta Arts, she learnt other art skills such as drawing, screen printing, lino printing, etching and ceramics. Her weaving now incorporates ghost nets and in 2012, her handmade ghost net woven figurative sculpture was exhibited in Musée du Montparnasse, Paris in a show called Le Point de Papunya. Florence is an aspiring artist who enjoys her artworks and looks forward to learning more new things and sharing with others in the future.