Borrowed Kinships is an installation of two woven forms that viewers can move around or beneath – exploring relational kinship from multiple angles. Lit by spotlights, the forms cast shifting shadows, extending their presence. The work engages with kinship as relation: not only inherited, but formed, chosen, or borrowed. Rotating gently on fishing line, the forms’ moving shadows embody ancestral ties while creating a sense of movement that embraces the fluid nature of relation.

Borrowed Kinship #1 was exhibited at Mars Gallery as part of their 2025 NAIDOC Week Show.

Borrowed Kinships (#1 & 2) was displayed at Light Square Gallery as part of the National First Nations Weaving Salon.

Borrowed Kinships (#1 & 2) was displayed at The Victorian College of the Arts as part of the VCA 2026 Grad Show.

Made from hand-dyed raffia.

Woven in Naarm by Georgia Boseley.

Image by Simon Strong.