Behind the Scenes - The Sewing Area #2

Here is my latest
sewing area set-up.

As this room is larger
than the last, I've been
able to spread out a bit.

The bed is the principle
work space.
This is where I lay out the
fabric and cut out the
patterns.
It was better to have the
bed in the middle of the
room, so that I could cut
the patterns out from
either side of it.


When the bed was against the wall, it was very      
difficult to do this cutting!

Also, I have my small table as before, and a chair
as well.

The principle pieces of equipment are -
  - the sewing-machine
  - the fold-up ironing board
  - the iron
Then there are -
  - a sewing box for the scissors, tape-measures etc.
  - a sewing box for thread on spools
  - the notes that I make about what I find out

The fold-up ironing board, I bought from a large
hardware store.

The iron is positioned near the ironing board, on the other side of the bed.


(c) Katherine Stuart 2014                                                                                     

The Owl "Chinute Chinute"

Chinute Chinute

"Chinute Chinute is a Larrakia
 [Australian aboriginal tribe] spiritual
 ancestor who exists within the sacred
 site known as Stokes Hill adjacent to
 this walkway. This ancestor manifests
 itself from time to time as the Tawny
 Frogmouth [owl] and stands as sentinel
 to the Waterfront area."

      - on the plaque next to the statue,
         in the Darwin city centre,
         Northern Territory, Australia

 This bronze casting was by
 Koolpinyah Richard Barnes
 and Urban Art Projects
 2009


 Behind the statue, you can see the back
 of the Law Court buildings. It may even
 be the Supreme Court  :)

Stokes Hill

"Larrakia sacred site:
  Stokes Hill

  Larrakia history
  and naming of places
  within the landscape
  goes back to the
  beginning of time.

  Stokes Hill was named
  after Captain John Lort
  Stokes, one of the
  officers who in 1839
  arrived in the harbour
  on the HMS Beagle.                    



Stokes named the harbour in honour of Charles Darwin and it is now named Darwin Harbour.

Larrakia were the first people to live in this area and know "Stokes Hill" to have within it a
Larrakia spiritual ancestor. This ancestor is known as "Chinute Chinute" and manifests itself
from time to time as a Tawny Frog Mouthed Owl.

The hill is a registered sacred site and no work is to take place on it. Please respect this area.

Text by Koolpinyah Barnes 11/05/2009"

     -  on the plaque next to Stokes Hill


This hill is actually quite a few minutes walk down from the statue.
The road depicted in the above photo, continues on just out of view and becomes part of and
goes along the top of Stokes Hill Wharf, in the Darwin Harbour area.


(c) Katherine Stuart 2014