00:03Fragile Forms Forged in Fire
00:07Jenny Camara Martinello's foray into glasswork began with a simple question.
00:14Can I weave glass? Which of course you can't.
00:17But you can use a cane technique that was created centuries ago in Italy.
00:24Using that method, she and her team evoke traditional woven creations.
00:30Looking very good.
00:31Like dilly bags, eel traps and fish scoops.
00:34There's a 2000 year history in glassmaking and it's linking up with this beautiful 65,000 year story of First
00:42Nation artists.
00:43More recently, the Lower Southern Arunda artist has been inspired by rainbow serpent eggs, traditional bush medicine plants and her
00:52Chinese heritage.
00:54There is so much more to heritage that needs to be told.
00:58So many more stories.
01:00Martin Yello is a finalist in this year's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin.
01:07She won the prestigious prize back in 2013.
01:11What Jenny's done is opened up a lot of doors and given First Nation artists a road into glass.
01:19Sometimes you feel, especially a lot in our community, you feel that you have to stick with traditional materials to
01:27continue culture.
01:28But contemporary materials actually offer an incredible wealth of new ways of preserving culture.
01:36Using a delicate medium to weave a strong legacy.
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