This basket is created from hand dyed raffia veggie dyes, which depict the “colours of the country we live in.” [The] “spirit wheel represents all the Aunty’s and Nanna’s that watch over us from the Dream Time.”
Name: Frances Castles
Biography:
"I was actually born in a small town called Walgett in New South Wales. My family originated from hear but I didn’t know that until I was here. I’ve been tracing my family and the furthest relative is a great grandmother, Lizzie James Thargomindah from Queensland. She taught my grandmother how to weave and my grandmother passed it to me."
Frances is a Kamilaroi and Martu woman
Basket Weaving is a skill that has been practiced by Martu for thousands of years in the making of utilitarian and ceremonial items, such as yakapiri (bark sandals) and manguri (head pads for balancing carved carrying Read more…
Status: Stock Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) Limited edition digital print A1ish size – edition of 2021-252 – 59.4×84.1cm3cm white borderFine art digital print on Hahnemühle German etching rag, 310gsmEmbossed with Martumili This print Read more…
Linyji (Claypan) “This linyji (claypan) story, it’s about when the old people used to be living in the desert, a long, long time ago- thousands of years ago. They used to make a hole in the linyjii for Read more…