Artwork Images for Arts Mentoring Initiative (Aust Arts Council) April 2019

Images include previous works and video relevant to the upcoming project and mentorship (total 1 video and 9 images)

Sculptures - Deaf Auslan sign language movement sculptures. These were created by wetting watercolour papers in water and then signing a word/phrase each while holding a piece of the paper that then is formed into a weird shape from that signing with my hand n then dipped in plaster to set the shapes. This first set is "I'm Deaf, my 'identity'. Communicate With Me In Auslan My Friend. How are you?" Soon Im going to paint them. Still deciding what colour!

For the Sulman Prize - I Will Never Hear Words Ever! - a Deaf story of truth; mixed medium; 86 x 70 cm; $1500. People always assume I will hear words as soon as I put my cochlear implant on. Not so! Not ever! People are blind to awareness about Deafness and they are black and white about hearing. We Deaf people never had any auditory memory as that disappeared after we turn 5 and then we've missed the chance, unless we were implanted with cochlear implant before age of 5.

Story on Tickle Talker - Elizabeth, one of the four kids, along with myself, who had the tickle talker. Elizabeth with Julia, in 1988.

Me and Baby Moon - previous work, showing the style of painting I do, and planning this style for my tickle talker and me paintings.

The view facing eye level, of the Deaf Auslan movement sculpture series

VIDEO - footage of me with tickle talker in 1988

Footage of me with tickle talker, meeting Queen Beatrix in 1988 (video: 30 seconds)

Previous work of sculpture of cot in 2018, in progress stage.

Previous work - Sculpture of cot and rocking chair, completed stage, June 2018.

My tickle talkers out of Royal Ear and Eye Hospital Archives, on loan to me for 20 months from March 2019 to Dec 2020

Tickle talker sculpture trial, playing with wire and materials. Photo of old tickle talker from 1988.