Halinka taught art for many years and has inspired, mentored, and supported her students. She is interested in Japanese art, design and culture and has wonderful skills and expertise with creating dyes using natural materials. In her new work, Halinka has used plants and other botanicals to create warm and rich colours. Since she was eighteen, she has had many visits to Japan, and has obtained pure silk material of high quality and has hand rolled the ends of the material for her textiles, which is a labor of love.

Halinka has also experimented with the use of steam and mordants to produce ‘nature prints’ on silk and paper. The use of natural bark, mordants and resultant tannins could be described as ‘scribblings of nature’ as described by Marcus Clark who also stated that ‘there is a poem in every form of tree or flower, but the poetry which lives in the trees and flowers of Australia, differs from those of other countries.’ Halinka sees the poetry in her materials and her interpretation is evident in her work.

Her new work was inspired by a walk in an Aldgate Garden. Halinka spent her formative years in the Adelaide Hills and is familiar with the range of colours and textures inherent in the landscape. She was intrigued about the possible uses of the red and orange Autumn leaves to provide colour and shape on her beautiful silk scarves.

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