Okka Wikka
Cane Cutter Way : As Cultural Artists, Okka Wikka provides a window into the spirit of our Coastal Wet Tropics and a unique cauldron of our Pacific Basin Heritage
Through the abundant natural fibers of our region we connect to land and family continuum from our first people to our modern multicultural heritage
Okka Wikka Karrinyarra Artists
Okka Wikka was established in 1980 as a contemporary lawyer cane cottage craft design business
Okka Wikka now focuses on curriculum design and teaching using natural fibers
We target Education, Health, Holiday Programs, Archival Research, FNQ indigenous elders, to develop an online archive and train Teachers
Okka Wikka is a vehicle to carry ancestral memory, commercial and cultural wealth, using renewable natural fibers
Primary fibers used are Coconut Leaf, Banana trunk, Bamboo, Hibiscus, Lawyer Cane, Lomandra, NZ flax, Papyrus, Pandanus, Bulrush, etc
Cane Cutter Way – ‘A Cultural Landscape Tour’