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 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
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
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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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
7 everyday warrior (BELONGING)
autistic… Aboriginal… woman… intersectional warrior. the Tide flows in diverted directions, some Fish never get their turn. where to...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20222 min read
19 weaving a warrior (RESISTANCE)
why do shitty people seem to come out on top, while those they harm are forever pushed down back onto the ground? why are their hands...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
13 sparrow-hawk (VIGILANCE)
keep watch little Sparrowhawk, don't glare at the world like your Goshawk brother. look upon it all with eyes open wide in surprise and...
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Sara Kian-Judge
Aug 19, 20221 min read
3 same stitch (CONNECTION)
the same stitch. stolen on a shelf of stories from before stories were stolen and put on shelves. we are weaving with the same stitch....
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