ChiChi Ginjaka, Large green velvet mushroom playfully interrogates ongoing issues between

playfully interrogates ongoing issues between the neighbouring colonised countries Aotearoa and Australia

Bidjigal people used seashells to make fish hooks

fair trade hemp twine and Egyptian cotton with sterling silver hooks

and when I used to go hunting with my brother at around 14 years old

Her work looks at the sentimental relationships we form with clothing through ways of mending and making

ChiChi Ginjaka, Large green velvet mushroom playfully interrogates ongoing issues betweenTitle: Large red and white mushroom Year: 2025 Materials: Re purposed corduroy, felt, and cotton Size: approx 260mm high x 260mm deep x 320mm high ChiChi is a textile artist and the director of Artspark, a sun filled art and sewing studio located in the middle of Rozelle. Artspark sums up ChiChi's practice perfectly! "We respect nature. Students will have opportunities to tend to plants, feed our resident guinea pigs. We encourage students to think