"From Little Things Big Things Grow" is a song written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody about
the Guringji's withdrawal of their labour from Wave Hill Station in the 1960's. This action
led to the Aboriginal Land Rights' movement. I first heard this song at the Glen Innes
Folk Festival in the ealy 1990's and the chorus has become a fixture in my thinking.
My first efforts in card making, using pressed flowers, was for my Year 3 class of Macquarie Fields
Public School in 1992. Each card carried a message about the special qualities of each child and
some encouraging words of inspiration. This Christmas card making continued until 1994,
when my teaching was directed away from whole classes to individual and small groups.
It was not until my enrolment at the School of Colour and Design in 1999, that I
started making cards again. The course taught me how to make the most of colour in any design .
Combined with my love of photography of the natural environment, my Creative Environment 2000
Series was born.