say a prayer at the stones of home

Beatrice Waller, say a prayer at the stones of home, 2022. Natural clay, red iron oxide, photographic prints. 

say a prayer at the stones of home was a process of saying goodbye to my hometown, a place of great comfort to me. This place is called Warialda, located on the lands of the Kamilaroi people. In preparation for my parents moving away in 2022, I engaged in a ‘ritual’ to bid my farewell, collecting natural clay from the area, turning it into vessels and then returning it to the landscape. The resulting vessels are containers of memory, leaving my mark on the place that left a mark on me.