Interior Landscape Series
Throughout my creative practice I explore identity, seeking ways to connect with the different threads of my Papua New Guinean, European and Torres Strait Islander heritage. The carving techniques and storytelling aesthetics of Papua New Guinean and Torres Strait Islander culture are combined with the Western influences of my bringing. They converge within my practice as I explore and grows my own story. In Papua New Guinean and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices, the use of multi-disciplinary art forms occur in everyday objects, rituals and communal gatherings to serve everyday purposes. By translating my artworks into a collection of custom-designed rugs, this unique artistic style brings together diverse communities of people. The rug, often placed in a domestic or commercial setting, becomes the celebratory heart of a gathering.
Many people are emotionally fulfilled when viewing or being present in natural environments. By incorporating a wide range of organic patterns and imagery, my artwork aims to include all communities of people through this relatable connection to nature. With four designs – “Complex Ecologies”, “Changing Seasons”, “Native Resonances” and “Propagation” – this collection of rugs becomes one organic body of work, following my journey through native and introduced plant life from both botanical gardens and the natural ecologies of Meanjin/Brisbane.
My rugs can be custom sized, shaped and coloured to suit any commercial or residential space! For rug enquires visit: Designer Rugs Australia.
View Onespace’s Catalogue of Works.
Designer Rugs Collection
Changing Seasons
Complex Ecologies (detail)
Native Resonances
Propagation (detail)
Images of Rug Series: Pablo Martin. Stylist: Kendra McCarthy. Courtesy of the artist and Designer Rugs Australia.
Changing Seasons (detail)
Complex Ecologies
Native Resonances (detail)
Propagation
Designer Rugs Brisbane Show Room Launch Event. Photo: Jax Oliver. Courtesy of Designer Rugs Australia.
Interior Landscape: Changing Seasons, 2021.
Vinyl-cut on Hahnemühle paper with hand coloured watercolour. Paper size: 74 x 50cm. Edition of 30.
Changing Seasons celebrates the Jacaranda and Royal Poinciana trees. These trees, with contrasting coloured flowers, blanket the city in blooms of purple and red during the spring/early summer respectively, evoking anticipation for the peak summer season.
Interior Landscape: Native Resonances, 2021.
Vinyl-cut on Hahnemühle paper with hand coloured watercolour. Paper size: 74 x 50cm. Edition of 30.
Native Resonances depicts the Eucalyptus in its design, highlighting an iconic tree that resonates throughout the Australian landscape. The Eucalyptus may draw a sense of nostalgia – the feeling of air currents flowing through their branches, with memories of the lightning-filled skies of summer storms. The tearing of bark shows the history of each individual tree as it sheds its past experiences. Shared memories are an ongoing source of inspiration for Tamika’s practice; her interest is in connecting with others through the collective experience of Australia’s natural environment.
Interior Landscape: Complex Ecologies, 2021.
Vinyl-cut on Hahnemühle paper with hand coloured watercolour. Paper size: 74 x 50cm. Edition of 30.
Complex Ecologies reflects the diverse sub-tropical plant life that is seen in various botanical gardens across inner-city Meanjin/Brisbane. The design heroes the Frangipani tree as it merges in and out of intricate patterns found in the garden beds below. The continuous change and growth seen in the patterns reflects our urban botanical landscape, a shared space that is transient, offering solitude and connection with nature, or a place to meet and connect with others.
Interior Landscape: Propagation, 2021.
Vinyl-cut on Hahnemühle paper with hand coloured watercolour.
Paper size: 40.5 x 121cm. Edition of 30.
Propagation describes the variety of flora found within the inner-city botanical gardens of Meanjin/Brisbane. Tamika uses repeated lines to create a design that allows one plant (one story) to finish as another plant begins its new story. The narratives within this design highlight the complexities of nature and evoke the way individual city dwellers live, converse and interact with each other within the presence of nature, art and design.
Artwork Photos: Louis Lim. Courtesy of Onespace Gallery.
Designer Rugs Brisbane Show Room Launch Event. Photo: Jax Oliver. Courtesy of Designer Rugs Australia.