BIOGRAPHY

Marion Gaemers has been making baskets for over 30 years. Her education consists of a Diploma in Fine Art, Townsville TAFE, upgraded to a Bachelor of Visual Arts, James Cook University.

It is at JCU that Marion discovered art history and different ways of seeing. She went on to a Graduate Diploma in Material Anthropology where she rediscovered all the amazing traditional uses of plant material and the beauty in handmade useful objects, like bags, baskets and headdresses.

Since this time Marion has been exhibiting in local and national exhibitions, teaching her skills to an assortment of commmunity groups, and continuing her education by attending national basketry gatherings.

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Pod 8 [detail] 2014

Cassia petioles, raffia, 62 x 200cm

Right: Marion Gaemers

Poinciana Pods [detail] 2011

Coconut fibre, string and wire, 50 x 55cm

Opposite: Marion Gaemers

Pod 6 [detail] 2014

Lomandra leaves, 130 x 30cm each pod