PAULA SAVAGE - Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #128' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026 Sammy Clarmont women singing and children laughing

women singing and children laughing

Theresa was taught to weave the traditional baskets of the Jirrbal and Girramay people by her mother when she was young

It was our time of bonding and sharing of knowledge

Kassandra is an Early Childhood Teacher and has been teaching for 36 years in many schools and communities including Mount Isa

women and children would go looking for termites in the rainforest

PAULA SAVAGE - Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #128' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026 Sammy Clarmont women singing and children laughingPAULA 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,