Eucalypts of Narrogin - Art, Science and Story
EUCALYPTS OF NARROGIN are ready to bloom!!
After 4 years, we are very excited to share our journey of discovery with our local eucalypts. From small beginnings we have branched out much further than we ever envisaged, discovering many stunning attributes of these eucalypts. We look forward to showcasing and sharing these qualities with you.
We have gone out on a limb and will take over 2 galleries right here in Narrogin. NEXIS Gallery Federal St Narrogin will showcase our process pieces, while ARTs Space in Park Street Narrogin is where the creative art will be displayed.
The exhibition will run from Tuesday, May 12 until Saturday May 30.
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Thank you Peter Denton for this beautiful gift, depicting our local Marri gum, that you created for us while gallery sitting at NEXIS this morning. It will be treasured!
Art Works
Chasing Colours Exhibition: May 2026
Dianne Strahan
What can we say about the beautiful E. myriadena? This tree just keeps on giving colour.
It is an ordinary looking eucalypt which delivers an amazing range of dye and print colours from stunning reds and yellows through to beautiful caramels and browns; add some iron and the greens start showing through. Several mediums and techniques have been used to showcase some of the possibilities, but we are sure there are many more surprises to come.
Sally Rogers
Sue Bicknell
Annette Nykiel
A pile of different sized “carrier blankets” was left over from experiments with a botanical printing process. These pieces of old flannel sheets had been used to carry the dye or mordant when printing on wool, cotton or silk. In the spirit of making do and reducing waste, the challenge was to find a way to use these prints. In acknowledgment of the stories the flannel sheets carry, and the history of using eucalypt tannins for dyeing, the prints were blanket stitched into a wagga.
Kitchen string is finger plied and netted into small bags that are dropped into pots or jars of eucalypt dyes. The vessels are resilient and may resemble the gumnuts and opercula from which their colours come. These bags are portable and can be easily picked up and put down or unobtrusively worked in moments of anxious waiting or travelling in these uncertain times.
A pile of different sized “carrier blankets” was left over from experiments with a botanical printing process. These pieces of old flannel sheets had been used to carry the dye or mordant when printing on wool, cotton or silk. In the spirit of making do and reducing waste, the challenge was to find a way to use these prints. In acknowledgment of the stories the flannel sheets carry, and the history of using eucalypt tannins for dyeing, the prints were blanket stitched into a wagga.