Contemporary fibre practice
Badimia therapeutic weaving is an emerging fibre practice shaped by deep listening, identity, pressure, reconnection and the quiet knowledge carried in our hands.
The practice
Sometimes our hands begin the conversation before our words are ready.
Bianca originally began weaving, largely self taught, as a way to decompress from the emotional demands of therapeutic professional work and the pressure of undertaking a PhD.
What began as a personal practice for slowing down, creating space and settling the mind gradually became something more significant. Weaving opened another pathway for deep listening, reflection and reconnection.
As a Badimia (Yamatji) and Ukrainian woman living and working on Kaurna Country, her work considers connection and disconnection, silence and story, tension and release, memory, Country and the ways making can create space for reflection.
Bianca describes herself as a Badimia Therapeutic Weaver and Fibre Artist. This describes both who she is and the lens through which she approaches making. It does not suggest that every weaving technique or material used within her work is traditional Badimia cultural practice. Cultural integrity, relationship and respect remain central to her work.
What the work explores
Deep Listening
Slowing down enough to notice what is carried in the body, the hands, memory and lived experience.
Country & Identity
Exploring connection, distance, belonging and what it means to create while living and working away from traditional Country.
Reconnection
Considering the quiet movement from pressure and disconnection towards reflection, agency, relationship and inner knowing.
Selected works
A growing portfolio of contemporary woven and fibre works is currently being developed. Professional photography and individual artwork stories will be added here soon.
Taking shape
A new body of work is being woven.
Bianca is currently developing a portfolio of contemporary fibre work and preparing for exhibition opportunities in 2027. This page will grow alongside that practice, sharing finished works, stories, exhibitions and future commissions.
Explore therapeutic weaving within Bianca's clinical practice