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About the Artist - Tonya Grant
Group: Jirrbal
Tonya Grant is a Jirrbal woman of the Davidson Falls area, north of Cardwell.
Tonya is an expert weaver of the Jawun, which is the traditional bicornual basket woven with lawyer cane and unique to the rainforest people. Tonya’s mother, Desley Henry was a well known and respected Jawun weaver whose baskets are in permanent museum, gallery and private collections throughout Australia and Internationally. Before Tonya’s mother died, she passed on her traditional techniques and skills to her daughters and grandchildren. Tonya is now creating her own Jawun, of differing size for different purposes.
Tonya is also a painter and draws on traditional colours, patterns and design for her inspiration, in particular drawing on the cyclone motif associated with her naming place. Her work is held in a number of private and institutional collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, the Cairns Regional Gallery, Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra.
Tonya’s work has also been used to promote the Echo Creek Cultural Centre where she works as a tour guide, demonstrator and tutor of cultural practices.
Material
Ceramics
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