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WHOMST?

Celeste is an Australian Indigenous artist and speculative fiction writer. She is a queer, disabled, anarchist and her work focuses on environmentalist, anti-colonialist, and feminist themes.

Celeste enjoys gaming, drawing, gardening, and going on bushwalks. Her favourite video games include Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, Hollow Knight, Spyro, and the Witcher series.

She feels most at home when immersed in nature and spending time on Country. She grew up on Gubbi Gubbi Country by the sea, and now lives on Gangulu Country in Central Queensland with her wife and her tabby cat Ursula.

Ironbark Echoes

Ironbark Echoes is 100% owned and managed by Celeste (known mostly online as Prokyon). This is where she conducts the business side of things (commissions, writing, store).

The name Ironbark Echoes is personally and culturally significant to her. Ironbark trees are everywhere in the sclerophyll forests that she's familiar with. Ironbarks are fire-resistant and do not shed their bark annually like other eucalyptus species; instead, it accumulates in a thick, tough texture, showing signs of wear and damage.
They have a hard, dense wood that makes them extremely durable and reliable. Bark which began soft hardens to protect the rest of the tree, providing cover for new growth and habitat for native insects and other wildlife.

Echoes of what was (pre-colonial remnant vegetation, distinct from the rest of the landscape) and what is (bird calls in the trees, alive and loud) form a consistent through-line for Celeste to picture the history of her mob's Country. Remnant forests and nesting birds are a sign of the carefully-cultivated world that Aboriginal people will always be part of and care for.
"We're not gone, and we're not going anywhere" is the resounding feeling that Celeste feels when walking through dry woodlands, plains, and rain forests. Even degraded farmland, which bears the scars of colonisation, is forever changed but not untouchable, and not dead yet. Echoes of the past can still be found everywhere, if you know how to look. And just because what you hear is an echo, doesn't mean the source is dead.

WRITING PROJECTS

Other works in the pipeline:

ILLUSTRATION SLOTS: 6 PER QUARTER

Openings advertised in January, April, July, and October.

*International clients charged in USD, domestic (Australia) clients charged in AUD at a discounted conversion rate of 1.5x the USD price.
E.g., $100 USD = $150 AUD.