Lola Greeno's shell necklaces tell a story about growing up on a remote Bass Strait island. The renowned Indigenous artist's exhibition Cultural Jewels has returned home to Tasmania for Reconciliation ...

Jeanette James combed remote Tassie beaches as a child, collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. Decades later she celebrates the importance of this ancient cultural practice. “My ...

The journey of a seashell from the reef to a pendant on a gold chain is a fascinating tale made increasingly relevant as a ...

Shell-stringing is the cultural practice of collecting, preparing and stringing shells to make necklaces and bracelets. This knowledge is passed from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and ...