She wears red feathers and a hooly hooly skirt, a rose in her hair and a gleam in her eyes, and love in her heart for the earth.

An Introduction To Kerri Barrie.

Writing a brief introduction to Kerri Barri that sufficiently describes the length and breadth of her Creativity is an insurmountable task. Nevertheless, we shall follow the example set by this Woman to show you the beauty of making.

When is comes down to it, what Kerri does best is creating a new perception in the world, and she continually achieves this in creativity, making, inviting you to share and participate in all the glamor, the education, the inspiration in repurposing the materials in the world to make even more beauty.

Kerri brings the fun, the froth and resourcefulness to her work...no vital pink ribbon, Kerri will be found reusing, re-making and recreating the solution to the problem. None of this is achieved without a little mayhem and it is easy to get caught up in the energy she creates.

There is an artfulness and whimsy to her work. The intense dedication in whipping hair into a confectionery deliciousness for your special event. Wedding, performance, photographic collection. Edgy face art or headpiece or costume that rattles your cage, to an artful collaboration between anyone from a mob of kids, an art curator, hairdressers, University Art students everyone is included. So what creates the Creative?

Bit of Background:

Kerri grew up in Australia’s most isolated City. During her childhood it was also not a place for a child who NEEDED to make and create. Her path to here and beyond was cleared by her Nan. Nan insisted that all gifts were handmade. Use what is at hand. With giftmaking done the next step is obviously outrageous headdresses, friends delighted to model the exotic. Costumes, a truly fabulous silver lycra catsuit, silver moon boots, the hair, the makeup, center stage Darling. Kerri brings *****

You may have started in a dry & sandy town, but at some point a Gal’s got to put her visions to reality. So starting with a hairdressing apprenticeship, we take a moment to point out that when we say Hairdresser, what we really mean is she brings your dreams alive on the top of your head and her scissors cut a sparkle into every fringe. A request: “ I want to change the colour of my hair, you know if you put a gingernut biscuit and some chocolate and drizzle it with honey” . ‘Yes, I do’ . The client’s hair looked amazing, far better than her description.*

Stashing Hairdressing in her bag, the opportunity to bring more into her life and the world*

A Degree in Visual Arts- fibre textiles threw open a door. There are bigger, more flamboyant headdresses, textiles woven, twisted dyed, welded, extreme makeup and a photoshoot. Corrugated iron curtain, the bicycle dress peddled on stage and exhibited overseas, the whimsical piece of handprinted pink ribbons with words of love wrapped around and through iconic pine trees amidst Fremantle fishing harbor.

Her travels to far off and exotic places brought Kerri back to her hometown. In 2008 Red Feathers and Hula Skirt was opened. An amazing store and workshop that only offered handmade, recycled and organic goods. Ethics and Elegance

Life can take you up some very unusual paths and 2010 was no exception. This time the path went straight to Bali, Indonesia. No Eat Love Pray here, more like the smell, the noise, the Textiles!!! Kerri, bags and two children, this path changed direction often. I mean why not move to another country in part so that children can experience of the Green School, the”greenest school on earth” Their vision is sustainability through community-integrated, entrepreneurial learning, in a wall-less, natural environment. What we haven’t highlighted here is the extent to which Kerri takes her creativity, her ethics, her beliefs and is proactive environmentally. What hasn’t been highlighted here is that Kerri is a staunch recycler and a proactive environmental advocate. One world’s rubbish is one womans masterpiece, ones world mess is one woman’s masterpiece. The Island of Paradise is now Island of Plastic and is now the Island of Plastic and old tyres.

As a resident during 2010-2015 in Bali and Artist in Residence at the Green School, which included a shop. During her excursions around the Island Kerri realised the Mountains she saw were not the revered Mountains of the Balianese, but mountains of rubbish, beaches and rivers seas of plastic. Shoes, people, detrise left by - everyone. Utilizing her skills and extensive knowledge of all things material, Discarded plastic shopping bags transformed into funky, fashionable and functional sandals. wearable jewelry repurposed from Inner tubes.Any clean cast off paper bags,glossy fashion magazine became beads, Christmas decorations, old Vogue, now vogue earrings. woven The focus is not just on things. Kerri’s strong faith put her to work with a number of low-income communities, focusing particularly women. Training and employment can afford these women a chance to leave the poverty trap that sees an intergenerational prison of picking through rubbish or begging in the streets, illiteracy and poor life outcomes. Kerri was involved with Bali Life Foundation providing their children with schooling, meals and medical support while their mothers On a cool stone verandah learning to sew, turn used wine bottles into water glasses, a burble of chatting and cackle from possibly rude jokes. A worthwhile and vital enterprise to be involved with.

As if there was room for yet another feather in her bow, Kerri made 2 beautiful human beings. At this time of her personal and professional career,Kerr imanages that age old balancing act between feeding her creative life force and at the same time feeding her children. Generating spaces for Humanity, well, “ it doesn't get more satisfying than that. Funny how following the path to working with people who have not had the same advantages than me in a way that enriches my soul, I have a chuckle to myself with all of this and sometimes it’s just not any fun, projects fail, but this work makes me feel rich." Kerri Barrie https:/https://www.facebook.com/recyclesister