STRATA OPENS
As part of Tasmania's "Ten Days on the Island" festival, curator of The Wilderness Gallery, Tracy Thomas, has brought together the work of thirteen photographers in a group exhibition that "explores the nexus between tradition and innovation using handmade paper as a foundation for modern photographic printing techniques".

For my contribution to Strata, I collaborated firstly with ngatu (tapa cloth)-makers Melene Tonga and Paulene Tonga from Nu'kalofa, and together with Jared Wise from printing company Photoline in Brisbane, I produced three large, one-off prints on this traditional fibre.

The images were all shot during my Aurora Expeditions trip to Papua New Guinea in April/May last year. Two of the finished tapas are approx 700mm x 1500mm, whilst the third is approx 2800mm x 1300mm.

Strata opened yesterday, 20 March 2009 and will continue until 17 July.