In honour of NAIDOC Week, Nagnata continues our partnership with The Returning, spotlighting First Nations voices through art, culture and community.

We welcome proud Minyungbal, Tagalaka and South Sea Island woman & artist Kyra Togo to our Byron Bay flagship store with a powerful installation that celebrates ancestral fibre knowledge, connection to Country and cultural preservation.

Kyra’s main medium of expression is weaving, favoring fibers that are most available in her surroundings such as Pandanus, Lomandra as well as Raffia.

Preserving cultural fiber knowledge, Kyra creates woven pieces that embody the beauty in functional artworks. She carries the continuation of weaving craft passed down by her ancestors and is now able to pass that on to her three children while living on Country.

On her journey of reclaiming ancestral knowledge and traditional ways of being, through song, dance and story, weaving is an essential practice that helps her to realign her spirit, to remember the stories of her old people and honouring and respecting Country. Never harming or taking more than is needed to create art and woven works.

This NAIDOC Week, we invite you to reflect, listen and connect.

As part of our ongoing partnership with The Returning, we invite you to support their work in amplifying First Nations voices through art, cultural education, and community empowerment.

Donate directly here.