Mick was honoured to collaborate with Shelley Ware on her guernsey design
for the Carlton Football Club 2019 Sir Douglas Nicholls Indigenous Round.
Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman from South Australia.
Mick created the shield section of the jumper design.
He also created a shield crafted from Australian Red Cedar and embellished it with the same design. The shield was given as a gift to the St Kilda FC before the game.
Photo: Mick and Shelley with the Australian Red Cedar Shield he created for Carlton FC to gift to St Kilda FC before the game.
Photo: AFL Photos.
Ben Long of the Saints and Sam Petrevski-Seton of the Blues exchange
gifts during the 2019 AFL round 10 match between the St Kilda Saints
and the Carlton Blues at Marvel Stadium on May 26, 2019
Here is Shelleys' story of the design:
The design entails the iconic navy blue with meaningful indigenous symbols which represents family, strength, protection and highlights the path each individual player has taken on their journey to Carlton.
Watch the link below, to hear Shelley talk about her design inspiration and the elements of the guernsey