“In November 2011 a workshop was held here at the Spinifex Hill Artists Studio, with the people from Urban Art Projects in Brisbane. The workshop went for four days and it was quite interesting. Part of the workshop was doing our art designs on poster paper and cutting out the designs which was quite time consuming as I think we had about eight people in the workshop.
In the last week of November I went to Perth for a meeting, while I was there I had a phone call from Lynda and Carolyn at the FORM office on Murray Street. I caught a taxi to see them and was given the news that my ‘Seeds’ design was chosen for a project that FORM was commissioned to do in Port Hedland over the next 18 months or more, with the help of Urban Art Projects.
On the 5th December I flew from Port Hedland to Queensland where Mary from Urban Arts was waiting for me at the Brisbane airport. I went to the Urban Arts Studio for three days, 9:30am–4:00pm to work with Daniel, the main graphic art designer and also Mary and Mollie from FORM in Perth. Mollie came back each day so it was good to have someone I knew working on the project with me.
Well it was totally different working on a design, much more detail and layout of how the design will be placed on the different panels. Thank you Daniel for your professional help and sense of humour!
After work Mary took Mollie & myself up to the big look out and for a scenic drive through beautiful rainforest country. I didn’t go into Brisbane for shopping, only to the airport. On the Friday I flew out of Brisbane, it was a very rough trip across to WA, a lot of turbulence. I was back home by 5:30pm and I went straight to the Wangka Maya Christmas party, suit case and all. I stayed until 10:30pm with staff at Wangka Maya then back to my home, tired and happy to be back home in South Hedland.”
Ann Sibosado
