Traditionally, Nganiyal (conical mats) were used as an insect screen when erected, and as a sitting mat when folded. They are used in Ceremony as well as a functional item.
Nowadays, artists weave many different shapes including flat, round and oblong.
Name: Lisa Lalaywarra
Language: Djinaŋ (Marraŋu)
Biography:
Lisa is an early career painter and weaver and is the wife of senior artist Bobby Bununggurr. She is a focussed artist who has developed a very painterly approach in how she tells her freshwater stories on canvas. When Lisa isn’t painting she is outside with the women weavers, harvesting and collecting fibres and dyes to create beautiful fibre art pieces.
Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and Read more…
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) Djerrk are primarily made from the bark of Baḻgurr (Red-flowered Kurrajong – Brachychiton megaphyllus) but sometimes Banyan tree (Ficus virens) and Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Sections of the tree are Read more…