Hand Wings
Sensory art is much harder than people think. Sure, you can throw together a bunch of stuff that feels nice to touch and play some...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Proprioceptive Drawing 2
I've already written about my proprioceptive sensory experiences and why I draw them as proprioceptively distorted animals in another...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20234 min read
Art With Country
The Earth is alive - a macrocosm of our small bodies bound together by regulatory ecosystems and diverse organisms that to a Planet are...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 30, 20231 min read
no good at school, but well educated
I drafted this comic not long after finishing my job as a content producer for the Burra Learning Place at the Australian Museum. The...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 22, 20234 min read
eye contact with Bats
Eye contact with humans is hard. I find holding the gaze of another person for longer than a few seconds excruciatingly painful. It...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 20, 20235 min read
proprioceptive drawing
Did you know that we have more than five senses? One of these lesser known senses is 'proprioception' - the sense of bodily location and...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 12, 20231 min read
creature of the night!
I've been experimenting with a Microbat character for a story I am writing. My character needs to be someone who reflects the nocturnal...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 9, 20232 min read
continuous line Bat
Inspired by sketching activities from the Urban Field Naturalist Project , this Bat was drawn in a single continuous line. Using a...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 9, 20231 min read
synaesthesia Bats (scent)
Many autistic people experience sensory synaesthesia. Synaesthesia means that different senses are cross wired so that when one kind of...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 8, 20231 min read
Banggu Bat
Banggu is the name for Bats in my Dhurga Yuin language. This woven Grey-Headed Flying Fox Bat uses pyrography & watercolour illustration...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 5, 20231 min read
weaving a warrior
The following images are part of a poetry project called 'Weaving A Warrior' that reflects on my recovery journey after trauma. These...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 5, 20231 min read
woven Bats
These cute little people are my first attempts at weaving Bats, a series of designs that I have been working on and perfecting since...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 1, 20231 min read
black paper animal drawings
These coloured pencil drawings on black paper were done as part of sketching workshops to improve technique. The use of black paper was...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Dec 31, 20221 min read
mary had a zombie lamb...
First ever attempt at a hand-drawn comic from start to finish. I've always had a dark sense of humour and couldn't resist illustrating my...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Dec 28, 20221 min read
woven Waratahs
The Waratah is a stunning, large red flower who is Indigenous to the south-eastern parts of these unceded lands now known as 'Australia'....
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Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Burra Map
While working on the conceptual design story for Burra Learning Place at the Australian Museum, I drew this map based not only on the...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
18 Eagle cam hatching (EMERGING)
Sea Eagles are born twice: once from Mother, once from Egg as though the pain of her bearing is learned, respected in the pain of tiny...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
9 #metoo (SUPPORT)
no matter what they believe, no matter what they say, no matter how much they love you... they will never understand why we can't forget,...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
2 spirit yarn (COURAGE)
we had a yarn where dreaming reflects River, Rock, and Reeds. a Spirit yarn where Sun shines behind closed eyes, and we are most awake....
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
1 after the Flood (DEATH)
trauma is a River after the Flood has raged through, devastating the life in its path. the Waters subside. the River calms, welcomes....
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