The Starfish Dreaming range was inspired by the artwork created by Wendy Dempster. Wendy Dempster is descended from the stolen generation. 

Wendy's Story

It's an artwork that details her son's brain injury. It is a story of tragedy, loss, grief, heartache and a personal growth journey...'tears transformed into a beautiful artwork' 

Note: This is a rendering of the design and a few minor details may be different on actual apparel.

This design comes from the Clarence River Serpent collection inspired by the artwork created by 'Jingalu' Melissa Craig. Jingalu is a proud Gumbayngirr and Yaegl woman from NSW.

Jingalu's Story

The story is how the Clarence river was made, which could be a story of how any river was made. The story is a big serpent was swimming in the ocean and it was hungry so it came onto the land to look for some tucker and every step it took made a little estuary (creek) and the serpent soon became stuck and died. This is how the big river came to be