The Harvest
Briana Jamieson &
Gianna Christella Hayes
KAUKAU
8 June - 3 July 2022
Walnut, Briana Jamieson, 2022
Oil on board, 400 x 300mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Oil on board, 400 x 300mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Petroglyphs, Gianna Christella Hayes, 2022
Silk hand-dyed with Walnut and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Walnut
Juglans nigra
Walnut is the plant of protection. It contains the chemical juglone, which prevents certain plants from growing around it - a protective mechanism to expel all that could drain its nutrients. Walnut gifts us with a protective shield to expel unwanted energies. A canopy tree that grows tall and strong towards the light, walnut reminds us of our inner wisdom and innate healing abilities.
Native to Turtle Island, North America. Naturalised in Aotearoa and Australia.
Silk hand-dyed with Walnut and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Walnut
Juglans nigra
Walnut is the plant of protection. It contains the chemical juglone, which prevents certain plants from growing around it - a protective mechanism to expel all that could drain its nutrients. Walnut gifts us with a protective shield to expel unwanted energies. A canopy tree that grows tall and strong towards the light, walnut reminds us of our inner wisdom and innate healing abilities.
Native to Turtle Island, North America. Naturalised in Aotearoa and Australia.
Night Sun, Briana Jamieson, 2022
(St. John’s Wort)
Oil on board, 330 x 430mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
(St. John’s Wort)
Oil on board, 330 x 430mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Shadows, Gianna Christella Hayes, 2022
Silk hand-dyed with St. John’s Wort, Mugwort and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
St. John’s Wort
Hypericum perforatum
St. John’s Wort is the plant of light and duality. Infused with the sun’s warmth, it guides us through darkness and shadows. Traditionally used as a nervous system tonic to relieve anxiety, low moods, and improve sleep quality. Warming, soothing and uplifting.
Native to Europe, North Africa, West Asia. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia and Turtle Island, North America.
Silk hand-dyed with St. John’s Wort, Mugwort and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
St. John’s Wort
Hypericum perforatum
St. John’s Wort is the plant of light and duality. Infused with the sun’s warmth, it guides us through darkness and shadows. Traditionally used as a nervous system tonic to relieve anxiety, low moods, and improve sleep quality. Warming, soothing and uplifting.
Native to Europe, North Africa, West Asia. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia and Turtle Island, North America.
Sun Shower, Gianna Christella Hayes, 2022
Silk hand-dyed with Walnut and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Iron (Fe)
Ruled by Mars, Iron is an element infused with strength, protection, passion, interconnectedness and expansiveness. This element is found in soil, rocks, plants, stars, the sun, our bodies, and the earth’s core. Iron used for Plantscapes has been collected from rusted nails soaked in jars of rainwater.
Silk hand-dyed with Walnut and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Iron (Fe)
Ruled by Mars, Iron is an element infused with strength, protection, passion, interconnectedness and expansiveness. This element is found in soil, rocks, plants, stars, the sun, our bodies, and the earth’s core. Iron used for Plantscapes has been collected from rusted nails soaked in jars of rainwater.
Silvery, Briana Jamieson, 2022
(Willow)
Oil on board, 430 x 330mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Willow
Salix babylonica
Willow is a plant of movement, acceptance and release. Willow loves to grow near streams and creeks, their long branches shifting in the wind next to the flowing water. Willow brings relief from pain, fever and inflammation. Emerge from Willow’s care shiny, silvery and soft.
Native to China. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia, and the Southern states of USA on Turtle Island.
(Willow)
Oil on board, 430 x 330mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Willow
Salix babylonica
Willow is a plant of movement, acceptance and release. Willow loves to grow near streams and creeks, their long branches shifting in the wind next to the flowing water. Willow brings relief from pain, fever and inflammation. Emerge from Willow’s care shiny, silvery and soft.
Native to China. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia, and the Southern states of USA on Turtle Island.
Rain Dream, Briana Jamieson, 2022 (Mugwort)
Oil on board, 430 x 330mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Mugwort
Artemisia
Mugwort is the plant of dreams and flowing energy. Traditionally used to cleanse spiritual and physical environments; and to facilitate connections to the divine, through inducing lucid and prophetic dreaming. Mugwort creates a gentle warmth that alleviates muscle aches and pains. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, mugwort is burned to help stimulate and improve the flow of Qi (energy) in the body. Mugwort’s scientific name, Artemisia, comes from Artemis, Greek goddess of wild nature and the moon.
Native to Europe, North Africa, Asia, and Alaska. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia and Turtle Island, North America.
Oil on board, 430 x 330mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Mugwort
Artemisia
Mugwort is the plant of dreams and flowing energy. Traditionally used to cleanse spiritual and physical environments; and to facilitate connections to the divine, through inducing lucid and prophetic dreaming. Mugwort creates a gentle warmth that alleviates muscle aches and pains. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, mugwort is burned to help stimulate and improve the flow of Qi (energy) in the body. Mugwort’s scientific name, Artemisia, comes from Artemis, Greek goddess of wild nature and the moon.
Native to Europe, North Africa, Asia, and Alaska. Naturalised in Aotearoa, Australia and Turtle Island, North America.
Showers in the Dark, Briana Jamieson, 2022
(Walnut & St. John’s Wort)
Oil on board, 825 x 625mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
(Walnut & St. John’s Wort)
Oil on board, 825 x 625mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Thunder, Gianna Christella Hayes, 2022
Silk hand-dyed with Nettles, Walnut, Eucalyptus and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Nettle
Urtica dioica
Stinging Nettle is known as a protective plant ally. The aerial part of the plant is covered in discrete hair like structures that will sting upon contact. This plant carries profound virtues in medicine and spiritual wellbeing. Nettle is ruled by Mars, a planet associated with action, assertion and passion. Nettle’s protective make-up brings clarity in self assertion, igniting inner passions and approaching confirmation in a healthy manner.
Native to Africa, Europe,and Asia. Naturalised in Aotearoa and Australia.
Silk hand-dyed with Nettles, Walnut, Eucalyptus and Iron, 880 x 880mm
Photograph by Cheska Brown
Nettle
Urtica dioica
Stinging Nettle is known as a protective plant ally. The aerial part of the plant is covered in discrete hair like structures that will sting upon contact. This plant carries profound virtues in medicine and spiritual wellbeing. Nettle is ruled by Mars, a planet associated with action, assertion and passion. Nettle’s protective make-up brings clarity in self assertion, igniting inner passions and approaching confirmation in a healthy manner.
Native to Africa, Europe,and Asia. Naturalised in Aotearoa and Australia.
Devils/Angels, Briana Jamieson, 2022
(Angel’s Trumpets)
Oil on canvas, 730 x 980mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
(Angel’s Trumpets)
Oil on canvas, 730 x 980mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Elliot Creative
Angels & Devils, Briana Jamieson, 2022 (Angel’s Trumpets)
Oil on board, 480 x 600mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Redican Framing
Oil on board, 480 x 600mm
Framed in dyed Tasmanian oak by Redican Framing
Golden Walnut, Briana Jamieson, 2022
Oil on board, 430x330mm
Framed in walnut by Elliot Creative
Oil on board, 430x330mm
Framed in walnut by Elliot Creative
As rain falls heavy on the roof of her garage studio,
Gianna tells me about holding a datura flower in her hands and falling asleep,
time slipping away.
Walking home at night, sea mist floats in halos around the streetlights.
I walk past my house to the beach: dark sand, the washing of waves, salt air.
Around the curve of the bay, black water ripples between shadowy trees.
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Calm days of warm autumn light. Eating feijoas outside in morning sun, the garden hazy from sea air, smelling of salt and seaweed.
Lying on the lawn, arms spread wide, golden sky.
On the hill: a small walnut tree, its leaves caught golden in the last of the sun.
Sitting in the grass next to the walnut tree, eating a chocolate-coated caramel heart. Melting in to the earth. Smell of ground, grass seed in low sunlight.
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In misty rain I run my fingers through dew caught on the ends of green fennel, edging the path below the walnut tree.
Pine trees grow up from the valley below the road, their branches reaching level with the footpath. New pinecones form along the branches; the hard green cones smooth under my fingers and wet with rain.
She collects willow branches as they fall to the earth.
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Sitting on the slope below the walnut, I watch fog travel in waves across the hills, moving in from the sea.
Angel’s trumpets hang in the fog
at the entrance to a garden.
at the entrance to a garden.
Walking through cloud along the beach, the ocean and sand are silver,
water floating in the air.
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I shower in the dark during a lightning storm
so I can watch the flashes light up the bathroom.
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In a meadow in the south of France,
a friend sits in the spring sunshine and writes a poem.
The meadow is covered in acorns,
and yellow dandelions facing the sun.
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She showers in the dark, just to see the light.
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On the street above my studio, angel’s trumpets grow in the heat of the sun.
On days of rain, the skylight glows pale light down into the shadows, water falling on glass. The wet green branches of trees outside the window droop and sway.
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At night, when all is still and dark, I listen to the ocean.
Through the open bathroom window, waves echo off the neighbour’s house.
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She slept with a flower cupped in her palm.
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