Yellow Rushes Fish Basket by Jenni Kemarre Martiniello
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Freshwater Saltwater Weave is a series of glass works by contemporary urban-based Arrernte artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello. Her works in hot blown glass, coldworked glass and canes are inspired by the aesthetics of Aboriginal woven forms. The works in this exhibition span the last five years and are inspired by dilly bags, eel traps, fish traps, fish baskets, and bicornual baskets. Jenni Kemarre Martiniello. Yellow Rushes Fish Basket #2, 2017. Hot blown and cold worked glass with Canes. Purchased with funds provided by Maria T. Kluge, 2019.
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