Numbulwar Numburindi Arts – Ghost Nets

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Numbulwar Numburindi Arts is a collective of fibre artists from South East Arnhem Land. They combine locally-harvested and naturally-dyed pandanus with ghost nets in their work. Ghost nets, or ‘fish killers’ as they are known in Numbulwar, are discarded from commercial fishing vessels and travel thousands of kilometres through the ocean, harming vulnerable marine life and coral in their wake. They often wash up on Numbulwar’s shores, where the nets are collected, cleaned up, sometimes dethreaded and then repurposed into the bold and brilliant fibre art of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts.

Ghost nets account for about 40% of all ocean plastic, and take 600 years to break down. Removing these polluters from their oceans and shores is a modern act of caring for Country for Numburindi people.