Indigenous art showcased through fashion at Brisbane Museum

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A Brisbane fashion exhibition is bringing a whole new meaning to wearable art.  The collaboration is showcasing First Nations artists using clothing as a canvas for storytelling.

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00:00From country to couture, these runway pieces now exclusively on display for Brisbane.

00:14It's a celebration of First Nations art, design, culture and community.

00:21The exhibition is showcasing 70 artists across 13 regional and remote communities in Queensland,

00:27the Northern Territory and Western Australia,

00:30with designs bringing a whole new meaning to wearable art.

00:34The piece that I'm wearing today is about the Aninti tree.

00:39It's by artist Cassandra Neal from Uwempa Twach.

00:43This story is a bit of a timeline of the tree coming into season, the seeds falling

00:51and then this is the process of making necklaces or jewellery.

00:56They actually heat up long wires and then they pierce all of the different seeds individually

01:03and then thread it to make the bead necklace.

01:06Bold and bright designs that are more than just fashion.

01:10I think being an Aboriginal company, no matter what, you try and act sustainably

01:15and it's all to do with caring for country and making sure that your footprint is as minimal as possible.

01:23Open to the public until October next year.

01:27And here we go, let's try and attach a bigger example of the tree.

01:28Let's say I need to add a little bit of technique.

01:29Let's just add some letters that I love the tree in a way.

01:30If I have a like what or a big part of my family,

01:31let's go back to the Apparatus on this one of the trees in the tree.

01:33And I feel like I'm going to love the tree.

01:34Our founding members are so much bigger.

01:35We can't be like a lot of trees.

01:36We can't really check out.

01:37Let's see.

01:38Let's see.

01:39Let's see.

01:40We can see.

01:41Let's see.

01:42Good.

01:43Wait.

01:44When we're looking for theούle tree.

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