We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

VCA Art 2024

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture)

When I'm knitting, I can not only feel the weight of my mother's and her mother's teachings, but hundreds of years of history, both material and social, embedded in every stitch. Each stitch carries the pattern, the colours, the fibres, the ribs, the repeats and the cables and the loops that make up the language and essence of knitting.

After all, what could a stitch in a pattern be if not the same as a word in a sentence? Each built upon the next, drop a stitch and the whole thing might unravel, or just press delete and start again.

Hannah Kelly

Hannah Kelly, Installation View. Image Courtesy of University of Melbourne

 (work in progress), 2024, image courtesy of Olivia Speirs.

, circa 1950s, Patons Knitting Book No. R.3.