MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Dhinawan Emu’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Yalanji Arts Like many things that are

Like many things that are timeless

I grew up with all my family members living in the same house with many rooms

when we loose our Language

Ink type: Heidelberg Pantone black

“This is where I learnt our traditional customs

MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Dhinawan Emu’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Yalanji Arts Like many things that areMelissa Stannard is a proud Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay, and Koama artist, researcher and poet, living on Kabi Kabi land on the Sunshine Coast. Melissa has completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, majoring in (JSO) jewellery and small objects in 2019, and undertook the Kungullanji Program under the supervision of the esteemed Dr Michelle Langley, during the summer of 2018 2019. She has a keen interest in nature and the environment,