West wind – Thurrkaarra

$4,250.00

These mountains are Urruna Tjinya and I grew up in this country. This country is Urruna Tjinya but you call it James Ranges. Everytime we go hunting in Urruna for goanna, honey ant, tjaapa (witchetty grub) and watch all the different birds and the camels. And the camel is going west, chasing the wind. They travelling to west, chasing thurrkaarra, the hot west wind. They travelling long, long way to the west. 

Joining the Hermannsburg Potters in 2009, Hayley Coulthard developed her talent under the mentorship of senior potters Judith Inkamala, Kwementyaye Ungwanaka and her mother Anita Ratara. Hayley is known for producing work of both a high technical standard and of artistic merit. In recent years Hayley has led the art centre in a project reintroducing the use of local clay, harvested from her country around Ntaria, into Hermannsburg Potters’ ceramic practice. In January 2024 Hayley travelled to Delhi to exhibit and present the Local Clay Project at the Indian Ceramics Triennale. Hayley has been a finalist in the prestigious Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2022 and 2023.

Hayley is a dedicated art worker and director at Hermannsburg Potters. She was the Chair of the Board from 2022-2023. Hayley was also a member of the Desart Executive Committee.