A Collection of Earrings - Digital Silk Scarf

Artist: Bernadette Watt
Materials: Digital Printed Silk Sateen Scarf
Dimensions: 110 x 110cm

Through working with Darwin-based artist Anna Reynolds, the Warnindilyakwa artists have embraced digital design to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind textiles. They capture elements from their own artworks — inspired by their Country and Culture — and transform them using design software, resulting in original patterns that tell a story.

In 2021, this collaboration grew even further with the launch of an exclusive range of digitally printed scarves. Created on luxurious silks, these scarves carry the rich heritage, stories, and landscapes of the artists’ homelands, reshaped for a fresh, contemporary style.

'I chose earrings to make my design with because it's interesting to do the weaving with pandanus to make the different shapes and how you can work with the pandanus to make, silk sari and ghost net to make a pair of earrings. To mix it up having the different materials, makes it a lovely colour when it comes together. I like making earrings in different ways and shapes. I'm good at making them. I put my favourite earrings to make on my fabric. My favourite colours to make are red, purple, pink and for pandanus I like yellow and red. I'm happy to see when people wear my earrings, I'm so proud of what I do. I'm so proud to see it on the big material like this.' - Bernadette Watt