Spirit & Soul Creations X Kilmaille Wallawar Reversible Art Merino Knit Blanket
A collaboration between two local family businesses, Sherry Johnstone at Spirit and Soul Creations and Sue & Malcolm McClure at Kilmaille Knits. This amazing piece of artwork has been transformed into a stunning blanket or throw for all sorts of purposes. It is made from Australian extra fine merino yarn, it is snuggly warm, soft and a delight to snuggly up with on a couch anywhere, any time.
About the Artwork: Wallawar means Glow in Peek Woorroong (Gunditjmara) language.
The story behind the Wallawar design was based on the thoughts of local Elders, reflecting on what our ancestors would have seen glow before colonisation. The use of the stars for navigation is represented in the top half of the design amongst the lightning, the volcanic lava flow from Macarthur to Killarney is represented through the middle, and the glow from all the campfires amongst the wetlands is represented in the bottom half of the design.
About Spirit & Soul Creations: Sherry is a proud descendant of the Keerray Woorroong Aboriginal people within the Marr Nation better know as Gundijtmara in the South West of Victori as well as the Yorta Yorta people. Her art blends traditional knowledge and the symbolism of the new. Infusing cultural connection, story nd perspective in a contemporary style.
About Kilmaille: Sue and Malcolm McClure run a family business based around sheep and wool. You could say it’s in their DNA. They have a love for this natural, sustainable fibre. They operate from their property in the South -West of Victoria. The product is Australian grown. Sue’s passion for working with wool has been developed over a lifetime. Now she has taken her interest in home and domestic knitting and is expanding it to a commercial level still in the heart of wool country on her family farm at Pigeon Ponds.
Wool supplied by the dedicated, careful and skilled work undertaken by growers in Tasmania, is formed into bespoke, zero waste garments and items knitted on state-of-art machinery. Care for the product starts with the care for the environment and stock that is an intrinsic part of the business. The same values, goals and mission of this new branch of the farm’s enterprise maintains the approach that has always been part of how Sue and Mal do everything; with integrity, honesty and sustainability, using only natural products.
The wool is spun from high quality Merino, RWS certified and traceable right back to the point of origin through a supply chain that makes the gentlest
footprint on the environment. At the heart of the circular natural business model, is the Untied Nation’s 17 sustainable Development goals. With such solid natural foundations, the only result can be a superior product that is natural, sustainable and has the quality that comes with a dedication to making the best wool products that are not just a purchase, but an investment. You will not be spoiling yourself by buying our products, you will simply be giving yourself what you, and the environment deserve. Care, nurturing and the respect for the environment and the process of enhancing a natural, sustainable fibre.
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