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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Proprioceptive Drawing 2
I've already written about my proprioceptive sensory experiences and why I draw them as proprioceptively distorted animals in another...
Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 22, 20234 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 20, 20235 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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continuous line Bat
Inspired by sketching activities from the Urban Field Naturalist Project , this Bat was drawn in a single continuous line. Using a...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 8, 20232 min read
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synaesthesia Bats (scent)
Many autistic people experience sensory synaesthesia. Synaesthesia means that different senses are cross wired so that when one kind of...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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Banggu Bat
Banggu is the name for Bats in my Dhurga Yuin language. This woven Grey-Headed Flying Fox Bat uses pyrography & watercolour illustration...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 4, 20231 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Jan 1, 20231 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Dec 30, 20221 min read
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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'....
Sara Kian-Judge
Dec 27, 20221 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Oct 31, 20222 min read
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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...
Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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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,...
Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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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....
Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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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....
Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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