LOIS HAYES | 'Brooch 3 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Recycled builder’s wood / paint / copper / oxidized sterling silver / lacquer / stainless steel pin Meeting Place in order to cook the

in order to cook the fish

There are lots of grasses there called malbaa that the women used to gather to make woven grass bags called mijilda

Inub zageth a mineral muynu senub gidha umayk

from which these contrasting materials find harmony through an asymmetrical design approach

Woodblock on bark cloth

LOIS HAYES | 'Brooch 3 - Rainforest Floor Secrets' | Recycled builder’s wood / paint / copper / oxidized sterling silver / lacquer / stainless steel pin Meeting Place in order to cook theRainforest Floor Secrets: "The tropical rainforest floor is a most fascinating place for a contemporary conceptual artist designer and horticulturist. The constant cycle of life, death and decay the Earths life force. Layers of random organic patterns reconfigure chaotically, yet rhythmically all in a busy symbiotic dance. On close inspection, there can be found amongst the leaves, mossy rocks and tree roots, brightly coloured curiosities like fungi,