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Weaving Tradition in Glass | Adelaide News
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Jenni Kemarre Martiniello is redefining Indigenous art by weaving ancient traditions into glass—using an Italian canework technique to recreate sacred items like dilly bags and eel traps. Her bold fusion challenges museum stereotypes, proving Indigenous culture is alive, evolving, and unstoppable. Inspired by bush medicine, the Rainbow Serpent, and even her Chinese heritage, her art bridges 65,000 years of Indigenous history with 2,000 years of glassmaking. A finalist in this year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Martiniello’s work at Canberra Glassworks is opening doors for First Nations artists everywhere—because tradition doesn’t have to be stuck in the past.
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