The perfect collection to celebrate dad for Father’s Day, Yarn is privileged to present a legacy collection as Brayden Chambers - son of long-time collaborating artist Charlie Chambers Jnr - makes his debut.
The perfect collection to celebrate dad for Father’s Day, Yarn is privileged to present a legacy collection as Brayden Chambers - son of long-time
collaborating artist Charlie Chambers Jnr - makes his debut.
Brayden’s painting celebrates the invaluable lessons, knowledge, and Culture that is passed down by fathers and father figures. Using the emu father as a mirror and symbol of nurturing, supportive parenting, Brayden tells the story of how knowledge is shared and preserved across generations.
“This is for any fatherly figure, those guiding hands that teach you things that you need to be taught at a young age. You can be taught many different things by many different figures in your life: uncles, grandfathers, any fatherly figure that teaches you the lessons that you need to be taught.”
Brayden Chambers is a young Wakka Wakka and Jarrawoir man. Both his tribes are from the Toowoomba, Dalby and Bunya Mountains region but he was born and raised in Ipswich. He is the youngest of six siblings and takes after his father, long-time Yarn collaborating artist Charlie Chambers Jnr, as an artist and storyteller.
“This is for any fatherly figure, those guiding hands that teach you things that you need to be taught at a young age. You can be taught many different things by many different figures in your life: uncles, grandfathers, any fatherly figure that teaches you the lessons that you need to be taught.”
Brayden’ painting celebrates the invaluable lessons, knowledge, and Culture that is passed down by fathers and father figures. Using the emu father as a mirror and symbol of nurturing, supportive parenting, Brayden tells the story of how knowledge is shared and preserved across generations
“This is for any fatherly figure, those guiding hands that teach you things that you need to be taught at a young age. You can be taught many different things by many different figures in your life: uncles, grandfathers, any fatherly figure that teaches you the lessons that you need to be taught.”
The bottom left of the painting depicts the ways a father emu takes care of his young (father emu with his eggs in the bottom left circle) taking his newly-hatched chicks down to the river bank for a drink (shown with emu tracks).
The father emu will also teach his young how to avoid predators, how to eat, how to navigate the bush and lastly carry on the life of the species.”
The bottom left of the painting depicts the ways a father emu takes care of his young (father emu with his eggs in the bottom left circle) taking his newly-hatched chicks down to the river bank for a drink (shown with emu tracks).
The father emu will also teach his young how to avoid predators, how to eat, how to navigate the bush and lastly carry on the life of the species.”
