Lyndal grew up in Burnie, a small city on the North-West coast of Tasmania. A pulp and papermaking factory dominating the landscape and the town’s economic and social activity. Across a 10 – 20-year period around the turn of the century, stage-by-stage, the heavily industrialised pulp mill closed down.
With the pulp no longer its beating heart, Burnie had to reinvent itself. It already had a very strong creative and cultural community. This feature of the city was amplified during the reinvention and Burnie became known as the ‘City of Makers.’
Drawing on its papermaking heritage, paper and paper art was a defining feature of the ‘City of Makers.’ Both of Lyndal’s parents participated in Burnie’s ‘makers’ program. Her father Neil was a mould and deckle maker, and mother Pam became renown for her life-size papier-mâché people.
Lyndal’s serious involvement with Paper on Skin™ began in 2016 when she ‘inherited’ the project from her mother Pam.
Paper on Skin™ is an international wearable paper art competition. It takes place every two years in Devonport (a sister city to Burnie, also on the North-West Coast) and features a number of satellite events including workshops, exhibitions, filming and community engagement activities.
Lyndal is an arts administrator with a passion for grassroots arts activity. Whilst Paper on Skin™ takes up the bulk of her time, Lyndal also volunteers as Chair of Slipstream Circus Inc and President of stARTs North-West (formerly Burnie Arts Council Inc). During 2024 she undertook a 12-month role as RANT Arts’ Regional Community Engagement Officer.
In 2025 she project-managed the release of the book Dream Burnie by Justin Heazlewood – a book about Burnie’s creative alumni; and co-authored the book Burnie Creatives, a book featuring the artistic and cultural achievements of over 300 Burnie artists.
A lifelong learner, she recently completed the Tas Leaders I-Lead Not-for-Profit course, the AICD Company Director’s short course and Cultural Safety Awareness training with Dewayne Everettsmith.
With the pulp no longer its beating heart, Burnie had to reinvent itself. It already had a very strong creative and cultural community. This feature of the city was amplified during the reinvention and Burnie became known as the ‘City of Makers.’
Drawing on its papermaking heritage, paper and paper art was a defining feature of the ‘City of Makers.’ Both of Lyndal’s parents participated in Burnie’s ‘makers’ program. Her father Neil was a mould and deckle maker, and mother Pam became renown for her life-size papier-mâché people.
Lyndal’s serious involvement with Paper on Skin™ began in 2016 when she ‘inherited’ the project from her mother Pam.
Paper on Skin™ is an international wearable paper art competition. It takes place every two years in Devonport (a sister city to Burnie, also on the North-West Coast) and features a number of satellite events including workshops, exhibitions, filming and community engagement activities.
Lyndal is an arts administrator with a passion for grassroots arts activity. Whilst Paper on Skin™ takes up the bulk of her time, Lyndal also volunteers as Chair of Slipstream Circus Inc and President of stARTs North-West (formerly Burnie Arts Council Inc). During 2024 she undertook a 12-month role as RANT Arts’ Regional Community Engagement Officer.
In 2025 she project-managed the release of the book Dream Burnie by Justin Heazlewood – a book about Burnie’s creative alumni; and co-authored the book Burnie Creatives, a book featuring the artistic and cultural achievements of over 300 Burnie artists.
A lifelong learner, she recently completed the Tas Leaders I-Lead Not-for-Profit course, the AICD Company Director’s short course and Cultural Safety Awareness training with Dewayne Everettsmith.
