Status: Stock
Trinket jewellery hand made by Martumili Artists using beads, wood and found bush nuts.
Name: Sarafina Jarrabina Dickie
Biography:
I born in Perth, but I grew up most in Jigalong with my family, the Sailors. Three sisters, three golden girls- Brenda, Julie, and Elisabeth, with Chrissy, Alistair and Terry. They in Perth now, but Terry still there in Jigalong. I go back there sometimes, stay there, camp there, but I live in Newman now.
My grandmother, Lorna Mintern, learn me to do painting and to make a basket when I was young- me and Corban [Clause Williams]. We grew up with Lorna, she teach us how to make a basket together.
Long time [ago] I was working with the artists and Gabrielle [Martumili’s first manager], with the old people, doing the baskets and painting before we moved into the new gallery [in 2016]. I’d ride around with her to the different communities, we’d go to the bush to get grass for the baskets. That was a long time ago, I was maybe eighteen.
I come here every day now. I like to do painting about my countryside- next to Parnngurr, other side. That’s my countryside through my pop’s side.
3 Pools “It’s north of here. It might be Nyiyaparli country but we’re caretakers. I haven’t been out for a long time. It’s painted from memory. It’s a beautiful swimming spot, good for a BBQ Read more…
Pitu (Separation Well) “I paint Pitu because my father come[s] from Pitu and all the rest of the family, they belong to there. Family hear the stories all the time from Jakayu [Biljabu]. It’s their connection Read more…
