Complex Ecologies l Hand Tufted Rugs

Tamika Grant-Iramu is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist who incorporates organic patterns and imagery though the medium of relief print carving techniques. Tamika’s practice focuses on native and introduced flora, and highlights the minute details in nature that are so often unnoticed.

Through her creative practice, Tamika explores her identity, seeking ways to connect with the different threads of her Papua New Guinean, European and Torres Strait Islander heritage. Tamika’s unique artistic style brings together diverse communities of people, and through this collection aims to highlight the rug as the celebratory heart of a gathering.

“Complex Ecologies” reflects the diverse sub-tropical plant life that is seen in various botanical gardens across inner-city Meanjin/Brisbane. The design heroes the Frangipani tree as it merges in and out of intricate patterns found in the garden beds below. The continuous change and growth seen in the patterns reflects our urban botanical landscape, a shared space that is transient, offering solitude and connection with nature, or a place to meet and connect with others.