Welcome
WE ARE NORTH QUEENSLAND CULTURAL ARTISTS
WE ARE LEADERS IN CONTEMPORARY WEAVING
As Cultural Artists we seek to reinterpret the metaphors for the myth and meaning of our times
Okka Wikka
Okka Wikka was established in 1980 as a contemporary lawyer
cane cottage craft design business.
In 1996, world heritage closed the 20 small cottage industry
innovated by our design.
Influences: Renewable fibres, Education and Event curriculum,
Remote Youth at Risk programs, Contemporary Master
Crafts people and Indigenous Elders and the needs of our own children.
Okka Wikka innovated teaching natural fibre craft, as a medium to
hold international Folk Craft and FOLK LORE.
Okka Wikka now focuses on curriculum design and teaching using
natural fibres.
We target networking Education, Health, Holiday Programs, Archival
Research, FNQ indigenous cultural custodians to develop an online
archive and train Indigenous Australians to take on teaching opportunities
Okka Wikka is a vehicle to carry ancestral memory, commercial and
cultural wealth, using renewable natural fibres.
Primary fibres used are Coconut Leaf, Banana trunk, Bamboo,
Hibiscus, Lawyer Cane, Lomandra, NZ flax, Papyrus, Pandanus,
Bulrush, etc etc.
