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Lichen is a reminder that it is impossible to live in this world as an individual; we are bound in an intricate web with other life forms. Mutual Making brought together artists Caitlin Franzmann, Dhana Merritt, Carol McGregor, Sally Molloy and Lilla Watson to share works that encourage listening, learning and living in respectful relationship with one another and all living entities.

The lichen in this image is Cladonia cristatella, photographed by Man Cheung for Caitlin Franzmann’s Karawatha inspired divination cards, Fortunes of the Forest.

mutual making: conversations in the forest

29/10/2017

One-on-one card readings with Caitlin Franzmann. Visitors selected a card from Caitlin’s new Karawatha divination cards (created in collaboration with Man Cheung) and listened and talked about what might be learnt from the plants, rocks and animals of the forest.

mutual making: conversations in the forest

29/10/2017

Visitors ‘Confessing’ their stories to artist Sally Molloy about an experience they’ve had relating to the death of an animal. After being absolved, the paintings sally created during the story telling have become part of her ongoing series Memorial To All The Animals We’ve Ever Had To Kill.

mutual making: conversations in the forest

29/10/2017

Yarning circle held by Carol McGregor for growing cultural knowledge and understanding of traditional plants and their uses by Australian indigenous people.

Aunty Lilla Watson with her warm and wise words as acknowledgement to country for mutual making on 29/10/2017

mutual making: conversations in the forest

29/10/2017

Dhana Merritt’s offerings of refreshments during mutual making. Boronia rosmarinifolia (forest boronia) x Hardenbergia violacea (false sarsaparilla) cordial and coconut macaroons.

fortunes of the forest

Set of 40 divination cards created by Caitlin Franzmann. Each card is a photograph taken by Man Cheung of a plant, animal or rock collected from Karawatha Forest.

Hardenbergia violacea // false sarsaparilla

Colonial settlers experimented with plants that appeared similar to European species. Hardenbergia Violacea was used as a tea based medicine due to the similarity of its leaves to sarsaparilla. Australian indigenous people also used many parts of this plant from the roots to the flowers as a food source and medicine. The stems provide long and flexible fibre for rope and weaving.

This hardy evergreen plant is endemic to Australia and will adapt to most locations. The plant regrows from the roots after fire, and seeds are generally dispersed by ants. It is a vigorous climber, twisting around other plants but rarely causes damage. It is known as a nitrogen fixing plant, meaning it develops symbiotic relationships with bacteria that transform nitrogen from the air into a form that is available to plants through the soil. It’s network of roots also help to support unstable soils.

Collecting Boronia rosmarinifolia (forest boronia) x Hardenbergia violacea (false sarsaparilla) with Dhana for her soothing cordial! These native plants are both in bloom in Karawatha Forest at the moment

mutual making: conversations in the forest

28 October 2017

Join artist Caitlin Franzmann and friends in celebrating the closing of her six-month residency at Karawatha Forest with an afternoon of art and conversation considering this unique place and the relationships we form with the natural world. 1pm // Artist Dhana Merritt will welcome visitors with Karawatha Forest inspired refreshments as part of her interactive artwork, DM Teahouse. 1:30pm // Following welcoming words by Aunty Lilla Watson, artist Carol McGregor will invite visitors to join a yarning circle. The circle formed will become a safe and inclusive space to grow cultural knowledge and understanding of traditional plants and their uses by Australian indigenous people. 2:30pm-5pm // Experience experimental one-on-one encounters with Caitlin Franzmann and Sally Molloy. Select a card from Caitlin’s new Karawatha divination cards (created in collaboration with Man Cheung) and discover what we might learn from the plants, rocks and animals of the forest. ‘Confess’ your stories or unresolved feelings to artist Sally Molloy about any experience you’ve had relating to the death of an animal. You will be absolved. Your confession will become part of Sally’s ongoing series Memorial To All The Animals We’ve Ever Had To Kill. Musician, Mckisko, will see the afternoon out with her slow-creeping sketches of sound. This residency and event is supported by Brisbane City Council. Image credit: Photographs by Man Cheung for Caitlin Franzmann's Karawatha Forest divination cards

These shelter bag moths are just starting to emerge from their cocoons. When I first started the residency, they were hairy caterpillars making their way across my path in a procession. I’ve share a transformative cycle with these beings.

The tradition of Dadirri—deep listening to the land—is central to the spirituality of Miriam Rose Ungunmerr Baumann and her people, but its teachings are also being adopted by non-Indigenous Australian Christians.

#indigenous (aboriginal and torres strait islander)

Rock carvings at The Rocks. I’ve had differing opinions on the significance of these carvings. The first carving has lichen growing in the crevices, which could indicate it is quite old. It is not hard to imagine that this site might have been an important site to indigenous people.

I was also informed that the letters may be a tag from army troops that would have been based on the rocks during World War II.

Whether these are old or more recent markings, they are still a trace of someone that has been here before you or I.

They are finally here! I've been collaborating with Man Cheung to create a new set of divination cards. Over the last four months we have been exploring Karawatha Forest and collecting plants and rocks which Man has beautifully captured using his unique photographic technique. For the final month of my residency I will be doing card readings during open studio at Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre on Wednesday 11th, 18th & 25th and Saturday 14th, 21st & 28th of October, 9am-4pm. Please come visit me and learn what nature has to offer when given your time and attention.

'Stone to dust' is the fourth sound experiment created by artist Caitlin Franzmann and collabrator/musician Helen Franzmann, as a part of Caitlin's residency at Karawatha Forest. This sound experiment is an expression of the expansive and shifting states of Karawatha's landscape throughout geological time.

#SoundCloud #music #caitlinfranzmann

Gordon Hempton says that silence is an endangered species. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is a 'solar-powered jukebox' and quiet is a 'think tank of the soul.'

Karawatha scar tree at ‘The Rocks’

This unassuming log is incredibly important as it holds a mark of history. The scar you see is the record of an aboriginal tradition of removing bark from a tree for a variety of traditional purposes including canoes, shield and food implements.

The number of scarred trees remaining standing in their original location is dwindling. They are fragile reminders of the resource harvesting techniques practiced for thousands of years.

Source: https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/land/aboriginal-scarred-trees#ixzz4sXNpq7k1

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