Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots were etched and painted with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories. Thanakupi passed away in 2011.
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