Yuuitch Peetch Yakeen

10/04/2026

Heywood FNC are proud to unveil our brand new netball dress redesign 💚

These dresses will be worn throughout the entire season, and we are incredibly proud to have incorporated Indigenous design into our uniform, celebrating the rich culture and history of the Gunditjmara lands we play on.

We were lucky enough to have Saige Bell from Yuuitch Peetch Yakeen create this stunning piece. Saige is a proud Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta artist, with a deep family connection to Heywood FNC, and a valued member and player of our club since her junior days.

We would also like to sincerely thank Treaty / First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria for their generous sponsorship of our dresses. Treaty represents a movement of recognition, respect, and partnership with First Nations people—supporting truth-telling, cultural acknowledgement, and a shared future built on understanding and unity. Their support in this space is something we are incredibly grateful for.

A special thank you to Uncle Mookeye Bell for taking the time to come and speak about Treaty, and to Saige for sharing the story behind the design and what it represents. Your words and knowledge made the unveiling even more meaningful for everyone involved 💚

The Story of the Dress:

Heywood Football Netball Club has the honour of being based on Gunditjmara Country, the land shaped by the lava flows from the Budj Bim Dreaming. These lava flows formed the landscape that our Gunditjmara ancestors skilfully transformed into the world’s oldest known aquaculture system, with intricate stone channels, eel traps, and stone houses that still stand today.

This landscape is living proof of care, connection, and survival across generations. It reflects deep cultural knowledge and sustainable practices passed down for thousands of years, connecting us to Country, to ancestors, and to the stories that continue to guide us today.

The artwork on this uniform celebrates that connection.

The flowing green lines represent the waterways of Budj Bim—symbolising movement, resilience, and the interconnectedness of people and Country. The meeting circles and pathways reflect places of gathering, and the shared journey of players, supporters, and community coming together on Gunditjmara land.

Wearing this design is more than representing a club—it’s about honouring the culture, history, and ongoing story of Gunditjmara people.

We can’t wait to see everyone wearing them with pride this weekend 🔥

16/12/2025

14/10/2025

I recently created this piece for Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation, designed for their Social & Emotional Wellbeing Program. The artwork will feature in their information booklets and other program promotions.

The meaning behind the artwork:
“As a community, we need to come together and support our mob who are struggling with mental health. Just like our old ways — where no one was ever left behind — we must carry each other through the hard times until we’re strong enough to walk on our own again.

Having a mental health challenge doesn’t make you any less. It doesn’t take away your spirit, your strength, or your place in community. We are all different, but when we stand together — with culture, connection, and care — we are powerful.

Let’s keep walking alongside each other, with love, respect, and understanding, just like our ancestors taught us.”

01/10/2025

In 2024 I was invited to design a custom sticker kit for Beau’s Go Kart.

Beau, a proud Gunditjmara Traditional Owner, chose to showcase an Indigenous art livery while racing in two state championships in the lead-up to NAIDOC Week.

He competed in a doubleheader, first at the Ipswich Kart Club for the Queensland State Championship, before heading up to the Darwin Karting Association (DKA) for the Northern Territory State Championship.

The artwork features the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, known as Willan or Kappatj in the Dhauwurd Wurrung language of the Gunditjmara. This bird holds deep cultural significance as a guiding spirit — warning of danger, offering assurance, and reminding the Gunditjmara of their social and ceremonial responsibilities.

The design carried both meaning and strength, connecting Beau’s journey on the track with Gunditjmara culture and the Dreamtime.

29/09/2025

The art piece shares the story of connectedness between families and friends, and the memories and values shared within the mob.

It includes family/community group circles to reflect the support provided to and from one another, and a boomerang to resemble fighting for what our mob believes in.

It has a journey track through the middle to represent how each of our stories intertwine.

22/08/2025

I created this design for the Heywood District Secondary College netball dresses.

The design on the dress includes 2 meeting places that represent the 2 clubs or teams that play against each other in the game, then along the dress from the bottom to the top is human footprints to represent the players running around in the court.

The design involves patterns off of the original possum skin cloak that the ancestors from this mirring (country) the Gunditjmara people had made to establish to represent the school and where we’re from. at the top of the front if the dress are 7 people this represents each position that is played in a game of netball.

All these patterns are done in our school colours.

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23/06/2025

I created this design for the Portland Football Netball Club for their Indigenous football jumpers and netball dresses in 2023.

The design tells the story of the club and history of Gunditjmara Country as a meeting place.

The possum and kangaroo tracks depict the evolution of the game that was played with a possum skin ball before the kangaroo leather football was introduced.

The middle patterns, taken from the original Gunditjmara Possum Skin Cloak, depict the travels and achievements of the club.

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20/06/2025

This design tells the story of my Pop (Wayne “Swisha” Bell) who was a role model for community not only here in the South West, but Victorian wide.

This story is about the annual cricket match that is held in honor of my Pop in Halls Gap. It shows the landscape of Gariwerd.

This design is now the official shirt for the Johnny Mullagh cricket team who play annually in Harrow.

09/06/2025

“Importance of Country”
(Commission Piece)

Ngatanwarr (welcome) to this country.
Visiting this country is more than just being here, it’s a chance to learn about and appreciate the culture that has thrived here for a lengthy amount of years.

Standing on Gunditjmara Country means listening to the land acknowledging the people and their deep connections to identity and history.

The history of our culture is represented through artwork and story telling, and this artwork tells the story of the Importance of Country and returning to family.

The artwork contains journey lines in blue to represent travel and history through overseas countries and it shows family groups and a meeting place to represent how no matter where your from or how far away from family you are, the connections between your people are still held strong.

05/06/2025

Traditional Owners are renowned for telling Dreamtime stories through art. Christine lives on my Country, Gunditjmara Country, and asked me to share your story - so here, I tell the story of two sisters connecting.

The artwork is divided into channels to resemble individual backgrounds of the two sisters. over top of these channels are details and patterns that symbolise the building onto the personal backgrounds of the two Thanampool (women) backgrounds and journeys.

These patterns represent strengthening of connections of family's through the meeting circles, expanding in each others journey through each line in pattern. This artwork tells the story of two journeys becoming one, and so two Kalats (sisters) can continue to tell their story of finding one another.

02/06/2025

I was honoured to be selected as the artist to design the new digital artwork for the Aboriginal Justice Caucus (AJC) logo, which will be used across a range of platforms including online, print, textiles, official communications, reports, letters, submissions, apparel, and signage.

The AJC is a powerful coalition of Aboriginal signatories to the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA). Its members include representatives from regional justice committees, Aboriginal justice programs, peak bodies, and community-controlled organisations. They are united in their commitment to amplifying Aboriginal voices in the justice system and driving policies and programs that reduce our people’s overrepresentation while making the system more culturally safe and responsive.

As the AJA moves into its 5th iteration, the AJC wanted a new logo that would reflect 23 years of powerful advocacy and community-driven change. I was incredibly proud to be chosen through the Expression of Interest process to help visually tell that story.

In March, I travelled to Ballarat to attend the Aboriginal Justice Forum, where the new logo was officially launched. It was a privilege to stand alongside AJC members and share the story and deeper meaning behind the artwork.

“The design embodies the strength, unity, and resilience of our people. Through this artwork, I wanted to capture the essence of our shared journey—our ongoing fight for justice, and our unwavering commitment to a future that is more just, equal, and led by community.”