Abbra Kotlarczyk is a guest on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country where she makes art and gardens with her two kids. Her artworks are often made from materials that she finds in her local surroundings, near to the Merri Merri Creek in Fawkner. This includes foraging for and grinding up flowers to make paints with, making charcoal drawing sticks from local willow tree branches and mark-making onto paper with clay soils in her backyard. In her work she likes to think about how the materials we use impact us and our environments, and how we might tread more lightly. @abbra_czyk

The Arts/ Craft

VAS1.1 / VAS2.1 Makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things VAS1.2 / VAS2.2 Uses the forms to make artworks according to varying requirements VAS1.3 / VAS2.3 Realises what artists do, who they are and what they make VAS2.1 / VAS3.1 Represents subject matter in artworks using forms VAS2.2 / VAS3.2 Uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter VAS2.4 / VAS3.4 Identifies connections between subject matter and meaning