SA Museum, Waterhouse Natural Science Prize – Emerging Artist Award sponsored by HSAA

Andrew Gall is the 2024 winner of the SA Museum, Waterhouse Natural Science Prize – Emerging Artist Award of $10,000 sponsored by Hill Smith Art Advisory.

Photograph by Angus Northeast

Coming Together
Winner – Emerging Category

The first kanalaritja strung using 3D printed porcelain shells. Ocean acidity levels are rising; our shells for kanalaritja are fragile and diminishing. How can we protect our sacred Pakana tradition, practiced since time immemorial? This necklace is my response to this threat of cultural extinction. My research was informed by published knowledge and first-hand accounts of Pakana ‘shell stringers’, the custodians of kanalaritja. I developed a process to make 3D printed porcelain shells, so they look, feel and act like the natural shells, and are safe from climate change and its devastation.

Andrew Gall, Queensland

Coming Together
Andrew Gall
3D printed porcelain.
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Photograph by Angus Northeast