Lauren and Kass Hernandez are the sister duo behind Crossing Threads®, a collaborative fibre art practice rooted in story and connection. Australian-born and of Filipino heritage, their parents migrated from the Philippines in the late 1980s. Now living and working on Wangal and Gadigal Country, Sydney, they create with an awareness of privilege – knowing earlier generations worked to survive, while they have the freedom to create.

That inherited freedom allows them to explore identity, meaning and expression through fibre. They have developed their signature interknot technique, intertwining hand-knotted chains into sculptural, three-dimensional works. Their practice is sought after by high-end developers, interior designers, galleries and institutions commissioning work for both public and private settings.

Crossing Threads® has been featured by The Design Files, Vogue Philippines, Elle Decoration and Est Living, and exhibited at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Australian Design Centre and leading galleries across Australia. Their practice remains deeply connected to their motherland, shaped by the comfort of Filipino dishes and the vibrant ingenuity of the Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon, where their parents were born and raised. 

Through their work, Lauren and Kass advocate for greater visibility and recognition of immigrant creatives, believing people of colour should not have to work twice as hard to be seen – and that their perspectives deserve to sit firmly at the forefront of Australia’s creative landscape.