Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery
Exhibition sales of naturally printed textiles to showcase and advocate for the vulnerable places of lutruwita/Tasmania.
All pieces are for sale, with options to purchase in person at gallery or online from me.
Commissions and workshops available
Contact for more images and information
Acknowledgements
I wish to acknowledge the Anindilyakwa people, whose deep connection to Country inspired me to connect more deeply with nature and my own creativity. The art gallery on Groote Eylandt sparked a new life for me — and I wouldn’t be here without it.
I value intuitive, respectful connections to land — a way of being embodied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who understand and honour Country through relationship and care. This way of connecting continues to guide and shape my creative practice.
I also want to thank the Nayri Niara and Tin Camp community, who gifted me my first opportunities to share my work publicly, through workshops and exhibitions. From those experiences, I’ve built a life of creative practice rooted in care, experimentation, and connection.
I respectfully acknowledge the Palawa/Pakana people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work, and honour their ongoing care for Country.
In recognition and gratitude, five percent of all art purchases will be donated to the Giving Land Back campaign.
To learn more or contribute directly, please visit www.givinglandback.org.
Feast Series – Tannin as Mordant
Coralee Williams
Wool/silk, various eucalyptus leaves
142mm x 150mm
Lovely brown and reds from plant to protein fibre.
$670
Feast Series – Give Me Those Greens
Coralee Williams
Wool/silk, Al/Fe mordant, various eucalyptus leaves
142mm x 136mm
Crisp detail with the help of minimal mineral salts.
$670
THE SEAS AND OCEANS – naturally printed textiles for exhibition
The ocean tells a story of connection — of systems intricate and interwoven.
Over seventy percent of Earth’s surface is water, and through the sharing of global currents, we are bound together, wherever we are.
These ocean-inspired works emerge from seaweed gathered along the shores of the Tasman Peninsula, teeming with life.
Life that struggles to keep pace with human-driven change.
Along our coastline in lutruwita/Tasmania, rapid, human-paced shifts — from industrial fish farming to global warming – are disrupting slow-evolved marine rhythms.
Entire species disappearing beneath the surface, leaving gaps we may not yet fully see.
These works explore the fragile, branching structures of seaweed, echoing the delicate networks of life. They serve as quiet signals — not only of what is being lost, but of what could still be recovered.
Perhaps, in remembering how the ocean connects everything, we can reimagine how we connect — with it, and with each other.
Dead Sediment
Coralee Williams
Wool/silk fabric, mordant, neptunes necklace, kelp, pomegranate, blue op-shop wool blanket
143mm x 139mm
There is a stillness that echoes the seabed below, once thriving lies depleted and silent.
SOLD
The Fractals Underneath
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, seaweed (cystophera species)
121mm x 112mm
Marine diversity connects and sustains life – reminding us that richness lies in difference and renewal begins with noticing what’s being lost
$590
Searching for the disappearing
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, neptunes necklace, kelp, cystophera
180mm x 54mm
You’d think warm, nutrient-rich waters mean abundance – but here they signals imbalance, with some species fading from the story of the sea
$540
TAKAYNA / TARKINE – naturally printed textiles for exhibition
Takayna is a special place for many, with a growing community standing together to protect it.
In 2023, I attended Art for Takayna — an art residency that invites people from all backgrounds to experience, connect with, and collaborate with this threatened place.
This community nurtured my growing sense of responsibility. Art as advocacy. Art as action.
This vast landscape of the north-west holds one of the largest intact cool temperate rainforests. Home to ancient Huon pines, grandmother myrtles, and pondering celery-top pines. Beneath them, leatherwood, sassafras, and a rich understory thrive.
Here the ground blanketed with moss and fungi, the hidden life that keeps the forest breathing.
At the beginning of 2025, I returned to this place with a sense of dread.
How could a rainforest feel so dry underfoot?
And now, seeing parts of this ancient forest scarred by fire, my heart breaks.
Beyond the forest, the buttongrass moorlands stretch wide and open, holding space for life. But with persistent bushfires and industrial expansion, these sacred landscapes are also being pushed toward devastation.
Amidst natural disasters and relentless exploitation, takayna’s future feels uneasy.
The slow growing, ancient landscape needs us.
I am inspired by the vulnerabilities of these special places. These pieces are a reflection of my care in action – in a form of exhibition sales of naturally printed textiles.
Forest Fire – 1
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, pomegranate, charcoal, ash, myrtle, blackwood
165mm x 58mm
Flames consume life—life that is slow, ancient, and kin.
$540
Forest Fire – 2
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, pomegranate, charcoal, ash, myrtle, blackwood
165mm x 58mm (x2)
Flames consume life—life that is slow, ancient, and kin.
$540
Spirit of Takayna
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, pomegranate, lichens, byrophytes, laurel, horizontal, leatherwood
195mm x 72mm
A time captured in the moment, in the forest beside the fire. With the canopy gone, who will protect them?
$720
Forest Fire x2 and Spirit of Takayna SET
$1800
Layers of Resilience
Coralee Williams
Cotton, mordant, tea tree
174mm x 79mm
The bark reveals time like a book, sharing stories through its layers of detail.
$570
Convergence of Grasslands
Coralee Williams
Wool/silk, mordant, cutting grass, button grass
195mm x 70mm
They both love a bit of fire, but when the soil is gone, so will they. It’s time to care for the land, not simply maintain it.
$570
STYX FOREST RESERVE – naturally printed textiles for exhibition
A visit to the Styx Valley in 2020 introduced me to the devastating reality of native old-growth logging — an experience that shifted my path toward activism and purpose.
This year another call for action inspired me to reconnect and collaborate with the threatened landscapes of the Styx Reserve.
These art pieces hold the spirit of this place, carrying both its beauty and its urgency.
The dominant species of the Styx stand tall — the tallest eucalyptus trees in the world.
Others are ancient and vital, living pillars of a thriving ecosystem.
Yet all face erasure through native forest logging.
These trees are more than timber; they are living witnesses.
They carry the memory, the breath, the soul of this land.
Just as human choices drive imbalance, they also carry the power to restore.
My exhibition sales of naturally printed textiles is my way of contributing to the change we want to see
Fern Gully
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, pomegranate, fishbone water fern, coral fern, urn gum
196mm x 55mm
Another reminder that details are more vibrant beneath the surface, and some need stark contrast to be seen.
SOLD
Spirit of the Styx Forest
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, sassafrass, celery top pine, urn gum, myrtle, pomegranate
196mm x 67mm
Take a deep breath in and imagine standing within the forest. Can you smell that sassafrass? What does it tell you?
$720
Baby Bark
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, bark of various eucalyptus species
146mm x 37mm
Regrowth standing tall and spindly, fighting for light and shedding for life.
$440
Endemic but Not Protected
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, young urn gum
181mm x 55mm
Many young ones reclaiming the coupe access roads. Where will they go when everything is gone?
$570
Golden Daisy
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, dolly bush
170mm x 45mm
White flowers for the surprise
$510
Bloodlines
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, eucalyptus
194mm x 36mm
Deep reds and purples flow through the bark, tracing the bloodlines of our forest family
$480
Take flight
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, mordant, batwing fern
183mm x 111mm
Give yourself space to spread your wings and listen to your heart. Dream big
SOLD
Shedding Bark
Coralee Williams
Silk satin, blue gum bark
200mm x 55mm
Long continuous strips peel away revealing fresh layers beneath – a reflection of growth and transformation.
$590
Commissions and workshops available
Contact for more images and information
Exhibition sales of naturally printed textiles off the wall are available until 30th September 2025.
All prices are in AUD (not registered for GST)
ABN – 44920982713
FIVE percent of sales go to Giving Land Back campaign
I respectfully acknowledge the Palawa/Pakana people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work, and honour their ongoing care for Country.
In recognition and gratitude, five percent of proceeds from art sales will be donated to the Giving Land Back campaign.
To learn more or contribute directly, please visit www.givinglandback.org.