MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Coral Cluster (large)’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Sheryl J Burchill which traveled up rivers to

which traveled up rivers to significant sites in the Buluru (story time)

is used to navigate by

like all the other children

2009 Published by Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking

the crescent moon symbolizes that the ritual is performed during a particular moon phase when the village sorcerers can best channel and communicate with the ancestors of the spiritual world

MELISSA STANNARD | ‘Coral Cluster (large)’ | Sterling silver pendant with patina Sheryl J Burchill which traveled up rivers toMelissa 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,