Coiling technique was introduced in the 1920s at Goulburn Island to the Maung people by missionaries and quickly spread to the mainland. Many artists produce coiled baskets of varied shapes, ranging from small round baskets to large oval baby baskets made from dyed pandanus. Artists combine colours and patterns to obtain intricate new graphic patterns.
Name: Serena Gubuyani
Language: Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Serena comes from a family of celebrated weavers. She alongside Telstra NATSIAA award winning sister Anniebell Marngarramarngarra both learning weaving from their mother Nancy Djuluma.
Sererena first started weaving using the coiling and twining technique which she used to make baskets, dilly bags and string bags. Following her sister she started building bamboo frames with she weaves colourful pandanus between.
She commonly depicts her mother's djang (dreaming) Stingray and Barramundi of which she is djungkay for.
Warraburnburn In Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a wangarra ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn. The Warraburnburn Read more…
Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets. Many of the artists Read more…
Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets. Many of the artists Read more…