The Boneyard Unleashed | Nicola Collins

3 - 18 September 2021

The Boneyard Unleashed presents a selection of work that represents the diversity and breadth of Nick’s artistic output.

Starting from finely beaded jewellery representing Tasmanian wildflowers, Nick’s creative animal became unleashed in the NT after meeting her late husband,

Weed, when they started Boneyard NT.

Out of the Boneyard to the fairy portal, Nick’s work uses the recycled, discarded bones of life to recreate her world, using nature as a starting point and fantasy as portal. Her art practice includes skull painting, wearable art, finely beaded jewellery, sculpture, and fanged creatures inspired by the natural world.

Barn Owl

acrylic on canvas
$280
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Weedy Sea Dragon

Delica Beads, garnets, black coral wire, fabric, cardboard, white coral
$285
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Dragonfly and Butterfly

:5 x jewfish jewels, fish bones, barramundi
scales, (usually $30 ea pair earrings) $175
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Kingfishers

acrylic on canvas
$280
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Flowers

osteoderms, snake rib bones,
$175
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Dragonfly

fishbones, snake ribs, catfish bones $175
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Three Birds in a Tree

black coral, fish bones
$175
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Fish: black coral

fishbones
$175
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Neckpiece 2

mirror box, red coral, natural white coral, sterling silver
$175
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Neckpiece 1

mirror box, fishbones, red coral, lapis lazuli, leather strap,
fish vertebrae
$285
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Flower Necklace

freshwater pearls, garnets, mother of pearl, Delica beads, wire
$285
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Beaded Pendant

Delica beads, hematite, Swarovski crystals, fluorite
$315
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Prehnitian Babies 2

glass dome, polished concrete, polymer clay, prehnite, moss, echidna quills, glass seed beads
$550
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Sea Mother

polymer clay, shells, black coral, Swarovski crystals, pearl,
garnets, shell headdress, glass dome, wooden base
$650
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Prehnitian Babies 1

glass dome, polished concrete, polymer clay, prehnite, moss, echidna quills, glass seed beads
$550
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Hippie Skull

buffalo skull, acrylic
$1725
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Full Moon

acrylic on canvas, hot glue
$210
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Cosmic Explosion 1 & 2 (diptych):

acrylic on canvas
$650
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Life in the Big Fishbowl

acrylic on canvas
$280
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Just Cruizen

acrylic on canvas
$860
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Cosmic Garden

acrylic on canvas
$410
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Bone Bride

Headdress: recycled bridal veil, barramundi scales, pelican
feathers, freshwater pearls, wire
Dress: custom silk undergarment, crocodile osteoderms,
barramundi scales, fish bones, camel vertebrae disks, wire,
crystals, barramundi leather
$3250
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Sacred Kingfisher

taxidermied kingfisher, natural timber, artificial, leaves, moss
$970
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Dragonfly Dreaming

acrylic on canvas
$520
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Warrior Woman, (mannequin)

Headdress: barramundi leather, emu feathers, chicken feathers,
pelican feathers, embellished with a recycled earring
Necklace: Serpentine, stitchtite, buffalo teeth
Frog Brooch: dehydrated frog
Dress: vintage nightgown undergarment, chicken feathers, turtle
shell, barramundi leather, horse tails, eagle feathers, guinea fowl
feathers, owl feathers, assorted gemstones, crystals, brass bullet
shells
$2700
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Through the Portal

acrylic paint, polymer clay, hot glue, mother of pearl, semi-precious stones, crystals, freshwater pearls, peacock
feathers on canvas
$390
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Web of Life - Golden Orb Spider

acrylic paint, seed beads, tigers eye,
bugle beads
$280
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Feather Mandala 4

chicken feathers, guinea fowl
feathers, pheasant feathers, kookaburra skull
$690
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Feather Mandala 2

guinea fowl feather, egret feathers,
pheasant feathers, fish bones, echidna quills, crocodile osteoderms,
crocodile teeth
$690
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Feather Mandala 3,

guinea fowl feathers, pheasant
feathers, turkey feathers, kookaburra feathers, fishbones, echidna quills, crocodile osteoderms, crocodile teeth
$690
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Feather Mandala 1

Egret skull, guinea foul feathers, chicken
feathers, pheasant feathers, and unknown feathers
$690
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Framed Tasmanian Wildflower Brooch Set:

Striped Greenhood – Pterostylis Alata: Delica beads, wire
Waratah: Delica Beads, garnets, wire
Swamp Daisy – Olearia Glandulosa: Delica beads, tigers eye
Donkey Orchid – Diuris Arientis: Delica beads, garnets
Lindley Spider Orchid – Caladenia Linleyana: Delica beads, wire, garnet
Lizard Orchid – Burnettia Cuneata: Delica beads, wire
$850
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