Aly’s art is made of stuff. Lots of stuff. Natural pigments, plant fibres, fishing line, old tyres - in fact, just about anything that can be found or harvested, whether it’s from a tree, a rock, a junk pile or a kitchen sink. Aly uses anything and everything she can to create and design art of both aesthetic and functional beauty. From sculptures to clothing to handbags to abstract photographic experiments, which, she claims, “reflect upon the social, political and personal to mourn the overlooked and celebrate the discarded.”

Larrakia Nation Arts, hot off the heels of their “Contemporary Indigenous Arts” exhibition for Darwin Festival, have a new project: to get the homeless, indigenous long grassers of Darwin to share their creativity with the world.